Forgive the rant, but who the heck thought of using the Command+Left and Command+Right shortcut for Back and Forward in a web browser (I’m looking at you Firefox)??? I can’t even begin to count the number of times this shortcut has created necktie-in-the-shredder frustration and had me accidentally backing out of a WordPress post or […]
I don’t normally like to blabber about random downloads across the internet, but this one has struck my fancy. In place of the standard LAMP configuration of most web servers (Linux Apache MySQL PHP), there is a one-click freeware installer to do all of this on a Mac, thus the acronym MAMP and the […]
In the world of software and ever-increasing complexity in software, help manuals with proper grammar, clearly written language, and even better visual demonstrations of functionality are a hard thing to come by. Should software even have a manual? How would you explain advanced functionality to users? As I’m finishing the 50+ page to the InBloom […]
InBloom is the first-ever complete shop solution made to organize your store and run on your Mac, PC, or both. It’s the only inventory management, point of sale, check printing, contact & buyer management, and more solution that is networkable and customizable. You can use and create the sexiest reports & receipts you’ve ever seen, share data and network computers with multiple users, and it doesn’t require a whole technology staff to run. All you need is your computer and a printer.
The logo for Secret Weapon Labs has been a bit of a creative prick/splinter in my mind for years. I’ve designed a number of logos but the one for my own company has never satisfied me, or at least satisfied me for more than a couple of days, for one reason or another. […]
Through ups and downs of the past year, it’s been a very fun and interesting ride. Here’s what’s piqued my interest the most:
News, Stories, Software, People, & Places
Apple is taunting us with yet another WWDC and who knows what will turn up
FileMaker is still fun to run and develop in. I purchased 8.5 […]
In a great and positive move, Google recently released a new and FREE version of SketchUp. The new application highlights some of the wonderful basic features of SketchUp and lets users build 3D models and render them in a sketch view, as well as add them to Google Earth. There remains a Pro […]
For those not following any of the recent negative buzz surrounding Apple’s Aperture 1.0, you should start by scouring the web for most of the reviews that have labeled it as phenomenal and a ‘must-have’, then read the initial review at Ars Technica. The latter, while having been demonized as an Aperture bash-fest or […]
As if you didn’t know! Now go get it… I’ve been using the newer 1.5 version and it certainly is more responsive and has the nice candy of being able to re-order tabs.
