ranchero.comNews and software for smart people. Mostly Mac.Not an OS- June 7, 2008 Tim Bray: “But the Internet’s killer app is people, has always been, will always be. Every single step forward has involved finding new routes and patterns and tools for people to use interacting with other people.”http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2008/06/03/Not-an-OS Sweet Decay- June 7, 2008 Rands In Repose: “Scars are stories. What I want out of my notebook is that it looks better after three months of beatings. A great notebook decays gracefully.”http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2008/06/01/sweet_decay.html Apple’s Script- June 7, 2008 Daniel Jalkut: “While AppleScript is lauded for being accessible to naive users, it’s factual ease of use is becoming less relevant as JavaScript’s actual ease of use explodes.”http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/502/apples-script Version Control Makes You A Better Programmer- June 7, 2008 Cocoa Is My Girlfriend: “I realize that version control isn’t just about versioning any more. It’s a whole methodologyideology that makes better programmers.”http://www.cimgf.com/2008/06/03/version-control-makes-you-a-better-programmer/ WWDC Survival Guide- June 7, 2008 Peter Hosey: “The objects that Moscone serves as lunch are not food. Food, by definition, is edible. Eat out.”http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2008-06-05/wwdc-survival-guide Mike Lee on Tapulous- June 7, 2008 Ars Technica: “Tapulous hopes to show the upcoming swaths of iPhone developers that you don’t have to work for a huge company with a huge budget in order to be successful and create kickass products. ‘I wouldn’t say we’re hoping to lead the community per se, but we definitely want to help build it and shape it into the kind of friendly, respectful, and cooperative environment that the Mac has enjoyed,’ Lee told us.”http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/06/06/mike-lee-talks-tapulous-his-grassroot... RogueSheep is hiring- June 4, 2008 Jobs at RogueSheep: “More than a specific set of skills, RogueSheep is looking for someone with the right convictions and personality to match with our tightly knit, if quirky team. We need someone that is versatile and willing to learn new skills in old technology and to remap old skills into new technology.” My pals at RogueSheep — well, I would work for them, myself. Good folks. If you’re looking for a job or thinking about a change, definitely check it out.http://jobs.roguesheep.com/ Preview of Versions SVN Client- June 1, 2008 Theocacao: “Versions is the first practical solution I’ve seen for developers — web developers included — who have high standards for UI and don’t have the patience or interest to learn the quirks of the subversion command line tools. For those folks, this is far better solution than making zip copies of your source folders with manual timestamps, particularly when you work within a team.”http://theocacao.com/document.page/576 |