Brent Simmons approach to “incremental” software development:
Deleting features has always been a big part of the way I work on NetNewsWire — in some ways, it’s my favorite part, since clutter is the death of software.
This is why I am confident that NetNewsWire will remain my RSS reader for time to come.
(Via Inessential.)
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Wordpress 2.5 Closer than we think
The WordPress development blog has posted more pics and info on the revamped interface and development. So far it looks great and can’t wait to get in on my blog. Hopefully there won’t be any interoperability issues with the themes and plugins.
if you are a WordPress user, make sure you send some feedback so [...]
My Guess: SDK on Tuesday, but NO Consumer Update
The end of February is imminent and most importantly iPhone update is right around the corner(or delayed a couple of weeks). So instead of repeating what every one is saying, let me list a couple of things we should expect.
-The release will be geared towards developers: don’t expect iTunes prompting you to upgrade your [...]
SuperDuper! 2.5 Released!
SuperDuper! the great backup utility has been upgraded to be Leopard compatible. The cool thing is that the backup can live side by side with a Time Machine backup in the same drive. Among other changes, the interface has dropped the brushed metal(finally).
(Via Shirt Pocket Watch.)
MarsEdit Updated to 2.1
Daniel Jalkut from Red Sweater, jut updated my favorite blogging app MarsEdit. It has some interesting feature upgrades like:
-Improved Tagging(more Mac like)
-Better searching(fast even while testing it with 100 blog posts…even though the max recommended is 30)
-Save as draft to server (not a big deal for me since I don’t like the Wordpress back-end anyway).
But [...]
Awaken 4 Released
Jerry Brace from Embraceware has just released v4 of his Mac OS X alarm clock. Very nice upgrade and site refresh(very cool looking). This is one of my recommended software, for it’s sleek, minimalist and easy to use approach. It is actually great for setting the computer to sleep without having to go to Energy [...]
MacWorld Reader’s Chooice Awards 2007
Great software deserves great recognition. Mostly Mac software…lol. In this year’s Reader’s Choice in the “Mac Gem of the Year” category there are three programs I regularly use:
1Password
Handbrake
MarEdit 2
There are different experiences I get from using software that range from a “this is really stupid!” to “It’s so good I want to write something like [...]