BOSS logic

Subversion of OS/X

I recently stumbled on a comparison of Version and Cornerstone, two leading Subversion clients for Mac OS/X. These are both excellent clients for SCM control, although if you use an IDE such as Eclipse or IntelliJ you probably won’t need a stand-alone SCM client. In my case, I’m more interested in accessing the code than [...]

Notebook event

For those of you in love with the Apple notebook line, Apple is about ready to turn their attention to the next generation, as the company announced a special event being held in Cupertino on October 14 at 10:00 am. I’ve been a fervent fan of the MacBook Pro line for it’s power and developer-friendly [...]

Precipitate

Oh, this is cool.
Precipitate lets you search for and launch the information you have stored in the cloud from within Spotlight or Google Desktop for Mac. It currently supports Google Bookmarks and Google Docs. Precipitate works by creating files on your machine that are imported by Spotlight, then periodically checking in with the server [...]

Virus

Even though Mac OS/X has been demonstrating more problems of late (40 Mac OS X security patches this month, preceded by 90 security patches last month according to Mitchell Ashley), there have still been no significant breaches of OS/X security. Mitchell’s point is that Apple has remained too obscure a target to garner much attention [...]

Self-charging iPod?

http://devicedaily.com/gadgets/apple-files-patent-solar-cells-for-portable-devices.html

Omnifocus inbox aka getting things done

After reading Charles’ inbox hero post, I thought I’d take a whack at describing my own process. Charles’ technique works; I can attest to it, because it’s essentially how I managed to stay on top of my own email (which, at times, pours in at the rate of a few hundred messages a day). [...]

Contextual interfaces

The debate regarding the effectiveness and wisdom of contextual user interface design has been getting more heated over the past decade. As program complexity expands and users developer greater technical savvy, contextual interfaces seem inevitable. But are they a good thing, or just a way to obfuscate already complicated systems?
Contextual interfaces are no easy thing [...]

Mac video

I’ve been too busy to breathe lately (let alone post), but I’m trying to get back into it. Anyhow, I saw this really creative screencast and just had to post it. Take a look, especially if you’re a Mac user.

Leap

I’m trying to decide whether I like Leap or not. On the one hand, the Finder has been overdue for a major overhaul for years. On the other, it may not be major enough.

A lot of what Leap tries to do has been in the back of my mind for quite a while. I keep [...]

iPhones in Iceland?

How do I get an iPhone that works (natively, not using roaming) in Iceland? I’ve visited the Iceland Apple Store but the site is woefully out of date and offers no information about iPhones. And yet, there are a scattering of references across the ‘net that make passing reference to using iPhones in and [...]

AppleTV… one year later

About a year ago, Brent Schlender wrote off the AppleTV in Fortune magazine. So where do we stand today? Bottom line, just about any analysis about AppleTV or any other “set top box” is premature. This is a market that is just beginning to open up—about the only thing I think we can count on [...]

Being agnostic (about technology)

I really do try to keep my bias in check. I use Linux, OS/X and Windows frequently. But, in the interest of full disclosure, I have to say that my personal laptop is a MacBook Pro, and I do love it. I generally feel that the Unix-core operating system is much better for my research [...]