Archive for March, 2008
Best April Fools Joke Yet - Aviary’s Dodo
Closed Published March 31st, 2008 on Ryan Stewart - Rich Internet Application MountaineerI’ve always loved the subtle way that the Aviary products keep with the bird theme (the EGG file format, the cool product names) and they did an absolutely great job with Dodo, their web-based time machine application. With Dodo, you can take a picture and then apply time to it to see how it might […]
HTML email gets a deservedly bad name mostly because it’s used to send out spam and marketing and also because it’s tough to work with from a design and code standpoint.
However, under controlled conditions and in limited circumstances, HTML mail can be a whole lot cleaner than plain text email. In converting Mike Industries […]
Chumby Raises $12.5 Million in a Series B
Closed Published March 31st, 2008 on Ryan Stewart - Rich Internet Application MountaineerChumby, one of the first and best use cases for Flash Lite 3 has raised another $12.5 million dollars in a Series B round. Chumby is one of the coolest uses of Flash that I’ve seen. Flash Lite developers can create their own widgets and deploy them on the Chumby website. It includes a touch […]
AIR Linux Is Out - It Could Change How I Use a Computer
Closed Published March 31st, 2008 on Ryan Stewart - Rich Internet Application MountaineerAt the on AIR event here in Madrid just hours after the AIR Linux alpha hit Adobe Labs, Enrique demoed it to the crowd. He had Ubuntu set up as a VM and dragged an AIR file (Twhirl) from his OS X desktop onto the Ubuntu image and installed it. Same code, same AIR file, […]
A few months ago, I silently moved Mike Industries from the aging Movable Type platform to the quicker-developing WordPress platform. I didn’t even plan to change platforms, but after more than a week of trying unsuccessfully to move from Movable Type 3.0 to Movable Type 4.0, this blog was in such a state of disarray […]
This is part of an ongoing series called Blinders where I explore some of the ways I streamline my computer workflows to minimize distractions.
I have a good chunk of writing to do in the next week. Friday, I was hoping to get a good head start. It was a catastrophe.
This afternoon, I took drastic measures. […]
Yesterday, I raved about Leap. This weekend, as hoped, Leap is half-price at MacZot.
The handful of video tours available from the makers of Leap offer a look at how useful Leap is. If you’ve ever spent more than three minutes looking for a file, then consider Leap.
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This is part of an ongoing series called Blinders where I explore some of the ways I streamline my computer workflows to minimize distractions.
Spring seems to be reluctant to make it’s way to the Pacific Northwest this year. I decided to coax it along with a good spring cleaning in my documents folder.
Documents folders […]
The Future is Now - Adobe Photoshop Express
Closed Published March 27th, 2008 on Ryan Stewart - Rich Internet Application MountaineerWe launched Photoshop Express tonight and the early reviews seem to be pretty positive with a couple of odd blemishes (the terms of service seems very odd). I’ve been playing around with it a bit tonight and I’m pretty impressed. I’ve seen it demoed a few times and really like the ability to roll over […]