Category Archives: OS X

The Illustrated History of QLab, Personal Milestone Edition

Or: “Holy Frijoles. Five years?”

Or: “So THAT just happened.”

Or: “In a few hours the circle closes and I am going to yell about it from my little rooftop because although it ain’t really all that huge — wow it sure feels huge to me.”

Warning: personal story ahead. And yeah, it’s kind of long. [...]

If you can’t earn it, hire lawyers to claim someone else’s.

Some time in the past year—I don’t remember when—I was installing software updates on my Mac and decided to actually read the license agreement. I encountered this:

You agree that all goodwill arising out of your authorized use of Apple’s marks shall inure to the benefit of and belong to Apple.

Um…what? Do they have [...]

Interlude: Check out Pear Note!

We interrupt your regularly scheduled Russia travelogue to announce the release of a new application for Mac OS X.

Last night, my friend Chad from Tresys released his new application Pear Note:

http://www.usefulfruit.com/pearnote/

If you take notes during meetings or classes, this app is for you. It’s a simple note taking app with a brilliant twist: [...]

The Leap

I started my own company back in 2006. The company, Figure 53, LLC, has been a labor of love since long before it was officially formed. Scraping together a few hours each night, and cramming 20 hours into the weekends, I slowly managed to make a product and…holy hell…even managed to sell a [...]

Steal this idea: iPhone Pedometer

An idea I don’t have time to pursue right now:

The new iPhone SDK, which gives developers access to the accelerometer, should make it easy to write up a little iPhone pedometer application.

Just tell the app your stride length, turn it on, slide the iPhone in your pocket, and away you go. A friendly display [...]