Archive for September 2007

Apple Considers Joining FCC Wireless Spectrum Auction?

In Apple on 10 September 2007 with 3 comments

Business Week is reporting that Apple might bid on the wireless spectrum that will be newly available next year:
Signals at the 700Mhz spectrum, for example, could provide far faster Internet access than today’s cellular or even Wi-Fi networks, and the signals can easily pass through buildings and work glitch-free, even in lousy weather.
But, get this. [...]

Skills Alert Level

In Graphic Design, Marketing on 8 September 2007 with no comments

I really like the way rising star web designer, Ben Bleikamp sets out his skill set on his portfolio page:

The layout is clear and obvious (no Terror Alert colors here), but even more importantly, the information reeks of honesty. Bleikamp tells us exactly where he is strong and where is still learning. This [...]

Change Mac OS X Icons

In Icons on 8 September 2007 with 8 comments

The icons that ship with your Mac are beautiful. But you want to be different. You want to stand out.
A fun way to do that is to change the icons of your existing Mac apps. In an effort to promote their custom work, many icon designers offer freeware icons. The replacement [...]

Being Featured on Mac Downloads

In Mac Apps on 6 September 2007 with no comments

Kevin Hoctor’s keynote on the download effect when MoneyWell was recently featured on the Apple Download page.

Congratulations Kevin!

iTunes Stops Updating Podcasts When I’m Busy

In Mac Apps on 6 September 2007 with 2 comments

I don’t know when iTunes started doing this, but I don’t like it.

I can understand if I have it set to keep all podcasts, but I set my preferences to keep only the most recent unheard podcast. Just cause I haven’t listened in a while, it stops downloading them and when I go to [...]

The Perfect About Page

In Around The Web, Mac ISV on 4 September 2007 with 2 comments

Speaking of creating good [About pages][abp], everyone can learn something by taking a close look at [Panic's][panic].
It goes without saying that the page is pretty. I would expect nothing less from Panic. But it gets better. The very first topic is not even *about* Panic per se. It’s about the customers. [...]

Create a Simple Cocoa App Tutorial

In Cocoa Tutorial on 3 September 2007 with no comments

Download IconExplorer.a1 XCode project.
As part of [The 7 Things Your Mac App Needs Before You Ship][seven] series, we need to create a sample application to work with. Since this is [icon week][iweek] at kupuk.com, let’s create an app that lets us browse the icons for all the apps in the Applications directory.
This will [...]

Pownce Other Profiles

In Around The Web on 3 September 2007 with no comments

Lifestream site [Pownce][pownce] has until now been a bit of a me-too app running hard behind [Twitter][tw] and [Jaiku][jk].

But they just added a feature that I really like and one that shows some “we-get-the-internet” guts.
It’s called Other Profiles and quite simply it lets you enter your profile id’s for all the *other* social media sites [...]

Adblock Plus Sets Typography Free?

In Typography on 3 September 2007 with no comments

The NYT front page in Firefox with [AdBlock Plus][abp]:

and in Safari without:

[abp]:http://adblockplus.org

Mac Icon Design

In Icons on 2 September 2007 with no comments

This is icon week at [kupuk.com][kp].
Your Mac app’s icon is essential. It has to be beautiful, emotive and obvious all at once. No mean feat.
It’s also the one element that you are very likely to outsource to a [graphic designer][gd]. A good designer will do much more than just deliver you a [...]