"Reviews" Category

2011 VW Jetta Review

 

I recently was in the market for a new car in the 16k – 22k price range, and ended up purchasing the newly redesigned 2011 VW Jetta.  I’m going to share my experiences looking at other vehicles and what I loved about the Jetta, including the 7 weeks & 2100 miles I’ve driven. Criteria My [...]

iPad is Changing Things

 

The iPad is changing things. How do I know this you ask? Take my word for it. I met a friend for dinner last night, another programmer and Apple “enthusiast” like myself and brought along the iPad for him to play with while we were geeking out. The waitress asks us what that gorgeous thing [...]

iPhone OS 4 Announced

 

Apple announced the immediate availablility of a developer preview of the next version of the iPhone OS yesterday, with plans to bring the update to iPhone 3G & 3GS and late model iPod Touch users “sometime this summer”, with the iPad lagging behind “sometime this fall”. The announcement hinged upon seven major features, with well [...]

iPad as a Platform

 

Adam Engst gets it: So what’s the difference between a Mac and an iPad? It’s that blank slate thing. No matter what you do on a Mac, the keyboard and mouse and window-based operating system make it impossible to ignore the fact that you’re using a Mac, and it’s often equally impossible to ignore the [...]

Interview with Cinder iPhone Developer Patrick Burleson

 

I recently wrote about BitBQ’s acquisition of LittleSnapper for iPhone, now Cinder, that was originally developed by Realmac software.  Being a very light LittleSnapper user myself, I was interested in who had taken interest in the application and wanted to get to know Patrick just a little better. He agreed to answer some questions I put together, [...]

MacHeist NanoBundle 2

 

MacHeist is know for giving consumers a great deal on awesome Mac software.  The NanoBundle 2 is a collection of 7 great Mac applications, valued at over $260 separately, for just $19.95! Now’s your chance to get great Mac applications, such as: MacJournal ($39.95) MacJournal is the perfect app for you if you do any [...]

“Open Access to Content and Applications” – Adobe CTO

 

It took the Adobe executive a few days to release an official announcement regarding the recently announced iPad and the lack of Flash support on the new device, but a statement has been made. CTO Kevin Lynch wrote a wonderful snippet regarding user choice in technologies: Engaging with ideas and information also means ensuring there is an [...]

Pastebot for iPhone

 

Pastebot for iPhone warrants mentioning for two very important reasons.  It is an important enough application to have earned its place on my dock.  Phone, Messages, Pastebot, and Mail.  That is what is most important to me throughout my day. First, the UI of the application is absolutely superb.  I place it in the top [...]

Tweetie 2 for iPhone Released

 

The superb iPhone (and more recently Mac) Twitter client has seen a 2.0 release late this week. Version 2 adds support for multiple twitter accounts, a gorgeous UI, simple gestures for refreshing tweets, application persistence (get a call you can relaunch Tweetie 2 and it takes you back to where you were, not just the [...]

Cruz – New Mac Broswer

 

It’s very evident that there simply isn’t a perfect browser for Mac with the myriad of choices available: Safari, Firefox, Opera, Flock, Camino, Cruz and probably several others I’m missing. Point being, every browser attempts to bring something unique to the game that will ensnare users. Safari is speedy and reliable with some nice features. [...]