Gus' Ramble
Hi. I write software for the mac.
MicroISV/Startup Bootcamp
Link: 2008.10.09 03:10 PM
Big Nerd Ranch: MicroISV/Startup Bootcamp.

'''MicroISV/Startup Bootcamp is for experienced developers who are ready to fire their bosses and start their own software or web companies. Taught by Bob Walsh, author of Micro-ISV: From Vision to Reality and co-moderator of the popular Joel on Software Business of Software forum, this class will be digging deep into all those things besides coding you need to come to grips with to successfully sell Mac and Windows commercial software or launch a profitable software as a Service Application.'''


Sounds cool. (via Mark Dalrymple)
Acorn free for registered DrawIt 3 users
Link: 2008.10.03 10:10 AM
Pieter Omvlee: Compensating for Bitmap: Acorn for registered DrawIt users

'''Those of you who read my previous post will know that I removed the bitmap editing from DrawIt Pro. It’s fairly uncommon to remove features, especially if they are this important, but DrawIt’s bitmap editing has never been that good.
...
When I decided to remove it, I knew I had to compensate the current users and I think I succeeded here and I’m sure you’ll agree. Some time ago I contacted Flying Meat’s Gus Mueller with a shy attempt at maybe getting a discount for Acorn for current DrawIt users. To my joy he even proposed to give away a free licenses of Acorn to all registered DrawIt users.'''
Ceramic Notepad
Link: 2008.09.29 11:09 AM
Yoyo Ceramics: "Plain Jotter" ceramic notepad.

Looks neat, not sure how well it would stay clean though. Might as well just use Acorn anyway :)

SousChef
Link: 2008.09.29 10:09 AM
Congrats to Ben Lachman for releasing SousChef, "A digital cooking assistant".

'''Most cooking software stops at letting you organize your recipes. SousChef helps you cook, start to finish. Find a recipe, cook it, modify it and share it with friends & family—all in one application.'''
What I did on my summer vacation
Link: 2008.09.28 01:09 PM
What I did on my summer vacation, pictures from climbing in Horseshoe Canyon Ranch and Sam's Throne, Arkansas.

And various pics from our time in St. Louis.
Vacation time wooooooo!
Link: 2008.09.15 06:09 PM


woooooo!



more woo!


(No, the text tool isn't broken in Acorn dev builds)

Podcaster rejeceted because it duplicates iTunes functionality
Link: 2008.09.12 12:09 PM
Almerica Blog: Podcaster rejeceted because it duplicates iTunes functionality.

'''Today I finally got a reply from Apple about the status of Podcaster.

Apple Rep says: Since Podcaster assists in the distribution of podcasts, it duplicates the functionality of the Podcast section of iTunes.'''


What's the message developers get from Apple? Don't bother trying to innovate on the iPhone, because that's what we do.
Air Sharing
Link: 2008.09.11 11:09 AM
Air Sharing is an iPhone app for copying files to your iPhone, as well as viewing them.

Works great, and it's free for a limited time. I love how they start up a WebDAV server on the iPhone to copy files over. Exporting a VoodooPad document and copying that over works great as well.

(Via Joe Heck)
Happy Birthday Acorn
Link: 2008.09.10 01:09 PM
Today Acorn, "The image editor for humans", turns 1 year old.

Happy birthday Acorn! Yes, I like to celebrate birthdays for my apps. I'm different that way.

So what's coming up for Acorn? Well, once I push out an update to VoodooPad I'm currently working on, I get to continue adding cool tech to Acorn 1.5. I won't spill the beans on what exactly that is, but it's code I've been wanting to write for a long time now.

Actually, most of Acorn is that way. But this code is especially cool if you use Wacom or other tablets.
Fraser and Casey on C4[2]
Link: 2008.09.08 04:09 PM
Fraser Speirs on C4[2], and Casey Fleser as well.

I had a feeling going in that this was going to be the best C4 yet, and I was right.
Mike Ash on lockless thread-safe data structures
Link: 2008.09.08 04:09 PM
Mike Ash (of Rogue Amoeba fame) was recently on Late Night Cocoa, talking about lockless thread-safe data structures.

This is something I've been curious about for a while, and while I haven't listened to it yet, I certainly will.

There is also a little conversation about it on Mike's blog.
Microprints from Jorge Ortiz
Link: 2008.09.08 04:09 PM
Jorge Ortiz is selling "Microprints".

What a great idea. He's also got some pictures of the creation process.