iA Writer touts itself as one of those distraction free writing environments. Whether you think the terminology to describe these kind of apps is gimmicky, there is some merit to it. I've only ever tried one other full-screen writing app on my Mac, and that was OmmWriter Dãna.
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Whether you prefer to develop native or web apps, there is without a shadow of a doubt still a huge advantage of native apps. This got me thinking though. The line is slowly blurring between what we now consider “web” apps and what we consider “native” apps. One good example
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I’ve been using Google Chrome off and on since its inception. It doesn’t quite offer me the experience that I prefer, so I keep going back to Safari on my Mac. There are many reasons for this, but there’s one thing that’s been bothering me for
Many of Twitter’s most passionate users have long clamoured for an option to let them pay for the service (yours truly included). The problem is I don’t think this will ever happen. The reality is that the advanced users who have been using the service since near the
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After several years of getting accustomed to the kind of retail experience offered by Apple stores, all other retail stores seem to pale in comparison. If I just compare Apple’s retail environment to other electronic hardware stores such as Best Buy, the similarities end at the fact that both
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There are a lot of people in your life — perhaps family or even friends — who try to give you their “advice” about many things that you do. In less than eight months from now, I will be turning 30 and I somehow figured that by now people would trust that
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I’ve spent many years both working with and using, a combination of native and web apps. When you’re working for a mid-sized company or larger, many times it’s far more difficult to get things done at the speed and quality you really want. It seems like the
I admit to not using Google+ a whole heck of a lot. I do have a personal account and even my own page, but I just haven’t really had any incentive to use it much. What’s interesting though is in the little time I’ve spent on the
So Facebook lost its battle with the FTC on charges it was facing amidst privacy concerns. Concerns that have been going on for the last couple years. This is a huge deal, and I ultimately think this will help Facebook double their efforts in ensuring user privacy managed and communicated
I was born in 1982, and thus grew up in the 80s at a time when culture and computers started to intersect each other in an impressive and interesting way. The 80s were not only a time of the burgeoning personal computing market, but it was also a time when
I love writing in Markdown. In fact, anything I post here always starts off as a Markdown document (usually just in a plain text editor). As long as I can remember, I have always used a database driven CMS to run my weblog. When I first started out, I played
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If you’re a comic fan to any degree, then like me, you would have literally jumped out of your comfortable office chair, fists facing the heavens while you screamed with joy when Marvel announced Joss Whedon would be directing the new Avengers film. As such, if your’e a
