1. Writing good software basically comes down to having a worse case of OCD than your customers.
    Drew McLellan, via Twitter

    Sunday March 14th, 2010 (3 notes)

  2. The Big List: 2009 Edition

    Favourite Albums Released in 2009

    1. Passion Pit - Manners
    2. Mumford & Sons - Sigh No More
    3. Sourhaze - EP1

    Favourite iPhone Apps

    There’s been tonnes of new iPhone apps this year, but these are the new ones that have stayed on my phone since their launch in the year.

    1. Birdfeed - I’ve tried every Twitter client out there (and I mean, every Twitter client out there). This one remains my favourite - and I’m looking forward to seeing what Buzz has in the works for Birdfeed.
    2. Ramp Champ - easily the most stylish iPhone game out there, I’ve remained hooked on Ramp Champ and its ramp-packs since its launch.
    3. Reeder - I’ve waxed lyrical about Reeder here before, and it remains my favourite RSS reader.
    4. Ego - Another beautifully-designed app, Ego is super handy for keeping track of my vanity stats (website views, Twitter followers, Ember followers and the like).

    Favourite Mac Apps

    1. Viewfinder - Placed at the top as it’s the only all-new app, Viewfinder has been a huge timesaver for my Download Squad writing. If you’re forever researching images to use in posts etc, you need to be using this.
    2. LittleSnapper 1.5 - I know, I know: I’m a little biased. But LittleSnapper is one of the few apps that run all the time on my Mac. Whether it’s for desktop screenshots, websites or iPhone screensnaps: I can’t live without it.
    3. The Hit List - I’m eagerly awaiting the iPhone version to accompany it, but The Hit List is great even without the iPhone companion.
    4. Xscope - In all the work on Happening, Xscope has been utterly invaluable in gathering dimensions within screenshots and UIs.

    Favourite Web Apps

    1. Tumblr - I’ve used Tumblr since it was launched in 2007, and you’d have to pry it from my dead cold hands.
    2. Twitter - If you need an explanation about this one, where have you been?
    3. Github - I’m no SCM zealot, however Github was pretty much the deal-breaker when I started work on Happening. The social coding aspect is brilliant, and the recent UI tweaks continue to make browse commits / diff online a breeze.
    4. Upcoming - Much as I dislike aspects of the Upcoming website, it remains one of my most-visited sites to see what’s going on.

    Favourite Movies

    1. Up - As some have quipped, not so much Up as ‘Down’. The first 15 minutes of this movie is - to my mind - some of the best storytelling found in modern cinema. The rest of the film is brilliant, as you would expect.
    2. District 9 - Seen in San Francisco, front row at the Metreon, I was completely immersed in this film. Rewarding on so many levels.
    3. Star Trek - A lot of fun and definitely lacking in lens flare. Ahem.
    4. Watchmen - Whilst I’m not graphic novel fan, this was super-slick, super-stylish - though a little long for my liking.

    Saturday January 2nd, 2010 (4 notes)

  3. ➶ Brent Simmons: The Anatomy of a feature

    This is music to my ears - a great piece.

    Thursday July 30th, 2009 (1 note)

  4. ➶ Brent Simmons: Where I am with NetNewsWire

    To summarise, he’s hard at work on NNW 3.2 / 4.0 for the Mac, and NNW 2.0 for the iPhone, the next big feature that’s coming to my favourite RSS reader is Google Reader syncing. Maybe this will finally convince me to switch to Reader.

    Sunday June 7th, 2009 (1 note)

  5. ➶ Connected Flow - Making Changes

    Fraser Speirs talks about his recent acquisition of Changes.app (an OS X File Comparison and Diff-ing application).

    Sunday May 31st, 2009

  6. Unlike software on the Desktop, mobile software will have a finite development life. The 1.0’s and 2.0’s you currently use and enjoy most likely won’t make it to 3.0 or even 9.0 because there’s not enough money coming in to support the development. If there is not much financial incentive to continue developing and improving a quality application, why bother?
    Done Point Oh «  carpeaqua

    Tuesday May 26th, 2009 (2 notes)

  7. I don’t know how well the developers are doing in the MacHeist equation, but whatever they’re losing, they’re buying the services of a master marketer.
    Sci-Fi Hi-Fi: Weblog: What We Can Learn From MacHeist (via chartier)

    Thursday March 26th, 2009 (20 notes)

  8. ➶ MacHeist Kvetching 2009...

    Alternate side of the story from TUAW’s Christina Warren (a.k.a. my sister).

    Wednesday March 25th, 2009 (48 notes)

  9. ➶ RE: MacHeist

    An update from Marco Arment who’s heard from MacHeist’s Phil Ryu.

    Wednesday March 25th, 2009 (26 notes)

  10. ➶ MacHeist and the ethics of software discounts

    Marco Arment on MacHeist, which is running again. I’m posting the link purely for reading: Realmac are taking part this year, so I’m not going to comment further.

    Wednesday March 25th, 2009 (48 notes)