Archive for April, 2008

Sweating the details…

April 12th, 2008

A repost of the last posting, with some words crossed out and color-coded additions.
When I first saw it I thought mr. Gruber was giving us some sort of insight into his writing process.
Then I saw the exact same thing in some other feed and I realized it has nothing to do with mr. […]

Speaking out of one own’s behind: Michael Arrington

April 9th, 2008

Can you believe this thread?
Some Google employess released a blatant (semi-endorsed by Google) rip-off of 37 Signals’ Campfire.
When people all around the Intertubes complained, Google took it down.
Michael Arrington comments on TechCrunch:
Google showcased HuddleChat, a real-time chat application, as one of many test applications (directory here) to show off their new Google App Engine platform […]

3G iPhone : The plot thickens…

April 9th, 2008

Mossberg said he sees it sometime in the next 60 days (or, maybe he didn’t).
Gruber calls bull:
Mossberg’s the same guy who claimed in July last year that Apple would release an iPhone update with Flash support “within the next couple of months”.
Update: Regarding my “I have no idea why…” question, reader S. Ben Melhuish writes: […]

Google enters the battle

April 8th, 2008

Found on the new Google App Services blog :
Google App Engine gives you access to the same building blocks that Google uses for its own applications, making it easier to build an application that runs reliably, even under heavy load and with large amounts of data.
Now, where have I heard this one before?

Cocoalicious Photoshop

April 3rd, 2008

Scott Byer of Adobe on John Nack’s blog:
Don’t assume that we don’t use Cocoa and CoreImage. Photoshop CS3 already does in places.
Interesting.