Here's something I've missed since OS 9: a wee program that checks if your other programs are up to date. The App Update widget compares your programs against the listings at Apple, Version Tracker, and MacUpdate, and then offers download links to the programs that are outdated. It generated a few "false positives," but also reminded me of a...
In which I pass one some additional tips about past subjects, point out some interesting links, and say farewell for time being.
The cost of fixing bugs found early in development is much less than the cost of fixing bugs found late -- like during Q A or after a product ships.
After much debating, we decided to enable Google Apps Premier Edition for in-office use. SSL had always been a sticky point for us, and Google Apps are notoriously lacking in this regard, but probing around various newsgroups and sites seemed to show behavior had been improved across the board. Unfortunately, things are still very hit and miss and I fear...
The R Project for Statistical Computing is a free multi-platform Open Source statistical and graphical programming platform. It provides a Mac friendly R Console for all the statistical and graphical work you can throw at it. Version 2.7.1 was released earlier this week.
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac users can finally read those DOCX, XLSX and other "X" files created by Microsoft Office 2007 (for Windows) and 2008 (for Mac). Office 2008 for Mac gets its own giant 12.1.1 update with a bunch of fixes (some related to the previous SP1 update).
Two weeks ago, I complained about something not being quite right with the way OmniFocus -- a task management application based on GTD -- handles repeating actions, which may cause most of a project's actions to be hidden from you. In the comments to that blog post, a reader suggested three possible workarounds. Here's how useful those workarounds turned out to be, plus an official view on the topic by the OmniFocus developers.
If a Mac-based home automation system is on your wish list, but you don't want to hassle with your own configuration and installation, Savant has an impressive system just for you.
One of our office iPhones recently had to return to Apple for "service" — read replacement. For some reason, the phone started complaining at random intervals that a mysterious phantom accessory was incompatible and kindly suggested we enable airplane mode to avoid any risk of interference. Judging by the sympathetic smiles we got at the Apple Stores in both Chicago...
Why bring your *nix app to the Mac if you're a scientist?
