Do you use multiple Macs? Did you ever move files from your computers harddisk to an external medium (CD, DVD, backup device …) because you’ve run out of free space? Now what if you need to search for files on one of those external mediums or that other Mac in your office? What if you […]
Some that linked to my blog called me an “alpha geek”. Now I don’t really care if I am one or not, but if you think I am and for whatever reason think you have to be like me, then have a look at this nice list of requirements for being an “alpha geek”. Actually, […]
More info about that French pro DRM and anti open source & free software bill I’ve posted about last week. The following comments should give you a much better idea of what’s going on in France:
The DADVSI law (Copyrights and laws bordering on them in the Society of the information) provides for, amongst others, the […]
Nice interview with Michel Mayer, Freescale CEO, explaining how Jobs wanted to switch to Intel a long time ago, but than decided to go with IBM and why they now make the switch:
Weren’t you there during the discussions when IBM convinced Apple to adopt the G5?
Mayer: In my previous job, I ran IBM’s semiconductor business. […]
Personally I was never a big fan of computer based DJ’ing, auto-sync features and all that high-tech stuff. Maybe that’s surprising for the regular readers of my blog, but when it comes to DJ’ing the nerd/geek in me gets silenced out by my love for the human imperfection in live club mixing. Anyway, I gave […]
SWiK is a great site for all AJAX developers and everyone that wants to become one someday. One of the best parts of the site is a list of what to avoid when programming in AJAX. Many of the points are valid for non-AJAX web applications as well, so even non-AJAX devs should have a […]
The following article shows you some of the basic concepts of information design, with a great section on the differences between Information Architecture and Information Design. Every web and software designer that’s new to this field should have a look, the users of your products will be thankful about it.
Information design is concerned with transforming […]
Now as Firefox 1.5 is out for a few days and you already had enough time to explore the new set of features, it’s time to install some new, old or updated extensions. The following list contains 15 of my favorite extensions and I’m sure you’ll love some of them as well:
Greasemonkey: Install user-script to […]
Yes, I’m thankfully taking any chance to post something about our all design hero Jonathan Ive as those chances are pretty rare. This one isn’t an interview, but it lays out a lot of facts you may not know about Apple’s design guru. An excerpt:
With the lack of information, a mythology has grown up around […]
Too many companies are releasing their product and calling it ‘open source’, but between the real open source (1.0) that’s based on the original idea of a community driven project development process and open source 2.0, where a company just opens the code, is a pretty big one, one that should be avoided whenever possible.
Open […]
If you’re running some huge or badly coded applications on a Mac with limited RAM and harddisk space and you start to wonder why the spinning wheel comes up more than usual, then you may find the tips on this list very useful. However, if you have a Mac with more than enough RAM and […]
I don’t like cold weather, it’s even to the point that I think about moving to a country like Costa Rica because of it, especially now as scientists have predicted that average temperatures in Europe could fall by 4°C the next years. However, what I really like is falling snow and as much a geek […]
To gain maximum knowledge of the network world, go for some online courses like N10-003 and SY0-101. You will easily be able to play with the wireless cable concept. It will not be hard to install a computer software without any instructions. Not only this, you will also be able to work on a remote pc software. Sounds too good? Bet it is!
