Posts in Mac OS X

17 posts in this category

Best Cocoa Controls

I just launched a new website that tracks the best custom Cocoa controls for iOS and OS X. It doesn’t have a ton on it yet, but I’m stocking it up with my favorite items. Also, feel free to submit your own!

May 26, 2010
Mac OS X

Minimum Viable Products

(This is the redacted version of a blog post I will update in the future. I’m redacting certain bits of information since there is virtually no moat or secret sauce outside of the novelty of the idea and an opportunity to get out in front of other...

Jun 06, 2009
iPhone Mac OS X

And on a lighter note...

I should be asleep right now, since I’m leaving on a jetplane (back next Friday) for San Francisco at 9:30 tomorrow morning. Toothbrush? Check. Credit card? Check. WWDC registration confirmation? Check. Virgin America first class seat? Check...

Jan 05, 2009
Mac OS X

Picasa for Mac Available

Pick it up from the Google Picasa website. Looks exactly like the Windows version. Blech. via Twitter / Steve Rubel: You can get Picasa here….

Textmate competition == fail

I use TextMate for just about everything: Skytap Virtual Lab, processing random text files, storing notes and thoughts…you name it. I just heard about the new “TextMate killer” for the Mac from the creators of CSSEdit and gave it a try. The app, E...

Sep 10, 2008
Apple Mac OS X

iTunes 8: 60 Second Review

Immediate reactions after first firing up iTunes 8, and configuring the Genius feature: Wow, I didn't think Apple could make iTunes look more inconsistent with the rest of the OS and itself than they already had. Guess they topped my expectation...

Jul 14, 2008
Mac OS X

RSS Readers and Rich Client Myths

I installed iPhone OS 2.0 on my iPhone last Thursday, and immediately set to work pimping out my phone with every halfway decent-looking free app I could cram into its eight shiny gigabytes of flash space. This included NetNewsWire, which I used t...

Aug 24, 2004
Mac OS X

Apple Events

One thing I’ve wondered about for the longest time is how Apple Events work. I’ve never really found a really good tutorial on them, and they’ve always mystified me. It feels incredibly fragile to use AppleScript in shipping code, but I’ve always ...