It’s fitting that just after Apple sold its billionth song via the iTunes Music Store that I write about music. By the way, that was billion with a “B”. Amazing! Oh yes… music. I find that I program way better when I’ve got my Sennheiser HD280 Pro’s plugged into my PowerBook. (Hmm there’s that “Pro” …

I’ve noticed that programming time tends to squeeze out blogging time. And vice-versa. But I guess eventually I’ll become a more efficient blog writer and it’ll just flow out of my head like the code does. Today was pretty good – making improvements in the layout to hide more advanced features until they are necessary …

Keeping schedules – corporate managers use Microsoft Project. Joel uses Excel spreadsheets. What does a Mac Indie use? I use VoodooPad. It don’t keep track of estimates or hours worked. But I do keep track of the priority of tasks and when they are done. (Hint: Use Control-Command-Delete.) It works well for me as it …

One of the things that is nice about being on your own is that you really don’t have to worry that much about when you blog. Sure, blogging is probably less harmful than smoking and people take smoke breaks during the day, but then again there’s not usually a corporate policy about what cigarettes you …

Today I woke up at around 10:30 – which seems kind of slackerish, except that I went to sleep at around 3:30. I answered a few emails. Answering emails seems to be the sort of thing that people don’t plan for when considering The Life. As John Gruber points out: So the conundrum is this: …

About to get some sleep after working on WebnoteHappy during the day and also my usual night hours. I forgot that today actually wasn’t a vacation day but was actually a federal holiday, President’s Day. So for a holiday I made pretty good progress. I got closer to finishing del.icio.us support and released a new …

Welcome to “The Life“. This week, I’m taking a vacation from my day job and spending it working on WebnoteHappy full-time. I’ve done all the development on WebnoteHappy in my spare time, on weekends, nights, holidays, but never have dedicated a full workday to it until today. I thought it would be interesting to take …

Some people go surfing in Maui on vacation. Or perhaps tour Rome. Or maybe go skiing in the Alps. Me? Next week, I’ll be living “The Life”. Or at least the seeing what The Life would be like. I’ll try to blog a little here and there throughout the week while in the process of …

I got word from some friends who ordered the MacBook Pro that they have now been upgraded. You can now get the MacBook Pro in: 1.83Ghz ($1999) 2Ghz ($2499) and 2.16Ghz! ($2799) This is excellent! What’s even better is that everyone who had ordered a 1.67Ghz MacBook Pro (which will not exist anymore – or …

I presented at the Tysons Corner Apple Store tonight. Turnout was light, but the presentation went well. Actually one guy, Don, drove all the way from Gettysburg, PA! That is the kind of Mac devotee that I love to see. I gave a presentation that Pat Faquet, our VP of Programs at the Washington Apple …