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links for 2006-10-28

by Rob Friesel

RubyOSA (via TUAW) a Ruby/AppleEvent Bridge (tags: AppleScript Ruby dev OSX todo) More Internet Preference Pane for OS X that allows you to configure what application handles the downloading of different file types. (tags: freeware Mac OSX software UI tools) MenuMeters via Raging Menace – a preference pane for OS X that allows you to […]

links for 2006-09-20

by Rob Friesel

fleep.com Awesome deep house mixes from a DJ in Japan… (tags: blog music mp3 house) The Magical Number Seven A good essay (article?) that talks about human attention spans and puts it into a scientific context; understanding this goes a long way for understanding usability principles – – especially when it comes to things like […]

“the anti-wiki”

by Rob Friesel

From the “Wow, why didn’t I think of that?” department: The Tao of Mac explains “Yaki” (the “anti-wiki”): …the content store is a folder tree. Each Wiki node is represented my a folder containing a plain UTF-8 text file, with metadata in a pseudo-RFC:2822 format: […] I chose this approach because the file format is […]

the browser ghetto

by Rob Friesel

Why I simultaneously love and hate web developers (via Musings from Mars » All The Lovely Browsers!): Regardless of why it’s favored, developers need to understand that when they fail to include Safari in their compatibility testing, they are basically thumbing their nose at Mac users. In my world, that’s not just a nasty thing […]

late-ish random update

by Rob Friesel

Continuing with the Xcode/Cocoa/Objective-C lessons. Tough being your own teacher. Generously free mini-book PDFs help though. Successfully upgraded to WordPress 2.0.2. (Did you notice? Me neither.) A. finished an experiment today. And with awesome results apparently. She’s probably calling you right now to tell you all about it. currently playing: Roots Manuva “Fever” > Sneaker […]