Archives for January, 2006

WebnoteHappy Lite 1.0 is out! January 31st, 2006

I finally released WebnoteHappy Lite 1.0! It’s been a long, hard road but it’s been worth it. Please check it out and tell me what you think. Now I get to do marketing, which is probably my weakest point right now. But I’ve found its good to work on your weaknesses. :) I guess I’ll …

WebnoteHappy Pro progress January 27th, 2006

Things are going well with the shareware version of WebnoteHappy, tentatively named WebnoteHappy Pro. I’ve got a good group of beta testers who have been giving great feedback and suggestions on the early betas. I’ve been pretty happy with the progress I’ve been making. I’ve found along that way that I’m optimistic, aggressive, still somewhat …

Wow – Spirited Away January 26th, 2006

I just watched Spirited Away. It’s an amazing, mind-blowing Japanese animation fantasy movie. It’s about a young girl who accidentally wanders into a strange but wonderful alternate world. It is beautifully drawn, which is a breath of fresh air in the current world of computer animation. To underscore this, at the beginning of the movie …

One of my favorite iTunes Smart Playlists January 25th, 2006

I just wanted to share one of my favorite iTunes Smart Playlists. I call it “good songs i haven’t heard in a while”. If you rate your songs, it helps you find those hidden gems that you haven’t run into in a while. It looks like this: Match all of the following rules: My Rating …

WebnoteHappy Lite 1.0fc2 January 22nd, 2006

WebnoteHappy Lite 1.0 final candidate 2 is up. Please check it out. There’s only three minor things that changed: 1. You can press Enter in the notes text field in the main window to insert a new line. 2. You can press Esc in the add/edit webnote dialog to cancel it. 3. Updated the copyright …

WebnoteHappy Lite 1.0 final candidate 1 released! January 17th, 2006

I’ve been fighting a cold, but I promised myself that I’d release the final candidate release of WebnoteHappy Lite this long weekend. So hopefully we’ll have a 1.0 by the end of January. :) Check out WebnoteHappy Lite 1.0 final candidate 1. I’m looking for showstopper bugs now, so if you find any, please report …

Macworld 2006 live January 10th, 2006

Check out http://www.macrumorslive.com/web/. It’s a nice live news feed that automates automatically every minute and is AJAX-enabled.

Macworld 2006 predictions January 9th, 2006

Steve Jobs gives the keynote tomorrow at Macworld 2006. Unfortunately, I can’t be there this year, so I’ll have to watch the replay. Hopefully I’ll be there next year. But just for fun, here are my predictions for Macworld 2006: 1. Calculate – the long awaited spreadsheet app that rounds out the iWork 2006 suite, …

WebnoteHappy is the 14,000th app on HyperJeff’s OS X Apps January 5th, 2006

I just got word that WebnoteHappy is the 14,000th app on HyperJeff’s OS X Apps list. Very cool and its always nice to be part of a milestone. By the way, HyperJeff has a blog now.