I should take more care what I wish for. For sometimes, it comes true … most notably, if you have a really playful friend (which, in all honesty, is exactly what I (secretly) wished for, clearly without considering the consequences, notably the fact that I have to be prepared for surprises).
So. This evening, around 9 [...]
Of all the software demonstrated at the iPhone SDK launch yesterday, nothing was more compelling to me than the games. With the addition of the iTunes App Store which will allow iPhone users to purchase and install third-party applications right from the phone, even over the relatively slow connection of the EDGE network, the reward [...]
For future reference: Images placed in Microsoft Word for Mac v.X (yes, that’s quite an old version now) only print when having a width of less that 4096 pixel. Height seems to have no influence, neither does the colour mode (experiments have been conducted with both a 8bit-RGB TIFF and a Bitmap TIFF). And I [...]
Just wait long enough, and the thing I predicted gets real.
Since I a) get asked that a lot and b) Mathieu Tozer has a post with the same name, that gave me the inspiration and c) some people around me will get a shiny new Mac and d) some people actually read my blog (surprise!).
Microsoft is being helpful again, as the Adium Blog explains.
May I suggest to all those users of MSN Messenger to switch over to Jabber?
Ha, great. Adobe introduced so-called Smart Objects in Photoshop CS3. With these nifty things, you can apply filters to layers, without destroying the underlying data.
Too bad, that exactly those objects destined to be treated smartly aren’t: Applying filters to text will inevitably render the text, making it uneditable in the process. Great.
But wait, there’s a [...]
The Quick Apply window is one of the most useful tricks in InDesign. It gets even more useful with these shortcuts.
To open the window, press command + enter, type some letters of the desired style, then press enter again, to apply the style to your current selection. Now, if you press the command + enter after [...]
Being lucky enough to work in a bureau that is one of the early adopters of new software, I have now the chance to use the new InDesign CS3. So, what’s new and great from my perspective?
RegEx for search. Absolutely useful. How cool is that? And it took them 4 major versions to implement that [...]
So, I haven’t been the only one to come up with this intriguing idea …
This is, for now, just a quick note to myself, soonish to expanded into a proper post. If possible.
Based on German Dvorak Type II by Matthias Halibrand, I made my own Dvorak keyboard layout for Mac OS X.
You can get it here. Basically, it’s a bastard for programmers and designers, with goodies like good reachable [...]
Dear Adobe, Would you be so kind to explain me, why there is some thing like a computer, which is supposed to make my life easier and do some thinking for me, if …… I have to take a piece of paper and jot down the colour values by hand …
There won’t be any third-party apps for the iPhone, says Steve Jobs. Luckily, soon enough, Apple will introduce some new iPhone products, including a rather small, reasonably priced one …
Why Apple has not yet proved that they really re-invented the phone. What this business needs is a platform that is open.
infoscreen der sbb Originally uploaded by phpfreak…. Very informative, having Windows telling all travellers that it just screwed up, right?I would be so embarrassed if I were working in SBB’s IT department. This thing is failing as ungracefully as it can possibly get.Come on: let it run on something stable, far less chatty than Windows – and, most of all, program it to fail gracefully and invisibly to your customers.Can that be so hard to accomplish?