Ten Mac Apps
My friend Ian Smith pinged me today to alert me to the fact that MacHeist are running a limited promotion which provides a bundle of very nice OS X applications for a reduced price ($49 instead of a...
View ArticleTime to make a change
It’s time to move on. Maybe there’s something in the air, since Roo left recently, and Dale has just written about his switch to new things. A seven-year itch? Almost exactly seven years ago, I was...
View ArticleSnapping web pages – LittleSnapper
I’ve written before about a little app I utterly love on the Mac called Skitch. It’s a really nice tool for taking and annotating screenshots, and I often use it to add an image to my blog posts, or...
View ArticleUseful tools for homebrew media – my OS X workflow
As I’m sure regular readers are aware, I’m producing a wider range of media than ever before, now that I’m a regular podcaster and creating a range of video content as well. I thought it would be...
View ArticleMy Mac Menubar
Continuing some of the posts about Mac software and tools I use, this might be of interest – a few of the applets you’ll find in my menubar. The vast majority of these are free. View full size...
View ArticleIBM WebSphere Application Server – free to developers
My friend Per and the guys who write the WebSphere Community Blog have already posted today to note that developers can now download and use WebSphere Application Server version 7.0 for free. Nada....
View ArticleAlpha, beta… [aka try stuff for free!]
A couple of small IBM Software announcements, depending on your point of view 🙂 WebSphere Application Server version 8.0 is now available to try out as an alpha version. This was announced over on the...
View ArticleBack to my Mac, aka Lionification
There are simply so many things to write about lately, but the one which has finally prompted a post is this: … yes, it’s a computer desktop. Exciting stuff, huh? 😛 Background I’ve been a Mac user for...
View ArticleGetting all philosophical about Software
A few weeks ago, my friend Paul Squires from Perini Networks contacted me wondering whether I’d be interested in taking part in Imperica’s “In Conversation With…” series. The idea was to pair me up...
View ArticleWebSphere MQ 7.1 is out – here’s why it is cool…
I’ve been fairly quiet about the latest software from the Hursley lab here on my blog – although, over the past few weeks since the announcements back at the start of October during the European...
View ArticleSushi, code, and craft
On the recommendation of my friend and colleague Alexis Richardson, last night I went along to the ICA in London to watch a documentary. Not at all my usual fare of sci-fi, action or comedy, but Alexis...
View ArticleBook Signing 2.0?
Last night I attended a unique event – what we think is the first ever “virtual book signing”! Well, you’ve just published a book… it’s all about working digitally and online “in the cloud”… and you...
View ArticleTwo weeks with a Nokia Lumia 920
Just in time for Nokia to announce the Lumia 925 (and 928), I’m belatedly posting my review of a Lumia 920 (d’oh!). As a techie and long-time disparager of Microsoft technology, the Xbox 360 was the MS...
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