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User Interface
Yesterday I had the privilege (or was it?) of having Missing Sync for Palm OS reviewed by a user interface guru at Apple. He had some good ideas on how we can improve the user interface that I think will be quite beneficial to the product. It is quite intimidating having the product I've been working on for more than a year and a half critiqued and ripped apart. After thinking about some of the things said, I have to respectfully disagree with some of the comments made as there isn't one type of user interface for all applications and even Apple's own applications seem to contradict many of the things the guru said.
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Misinformation in TV Shows
My wife and I are fans of CSI (Las Vegas), but the summer has re-runs, so we've being using our TiVo to record CSI:NY and CSI:Miami which can no way compare to the original one. Most people don't watch the shows thinking that everything they say is factually correct which is good, because there is so much stuff in the shows that almost make you laugh. In last night's episode of CSI:Miami, they were looking at an LED (Light Emitting Diode) and the tech said that they're used in TVs. I'm not sure about you, but I've never seen a TV consisting of LEDs. If a TV was made up of LEDs, it would be like a LightBrite which would be kind of funny to watch for a few minutes. Nice try, CSI, but you might want to check your facts.
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Pictures of my home audio system
I just snapped some photos of the components of my home audio system. They're in the gallery.
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Apple's Transition to Intel
In June, Apple announced the move to Intel processors with Steve Jobs saying on stage that the transition would be relatively easy for most developers. While this is true for simple applications and applications that have been cross platform for ages, it is not true for what I develop. I took a simple program, TimeRecord, and had it running natively on Intel in about 10 minutes. Not bad, but the application doesn't have hooks into any other program, doesn't connect to websites, doesn't transfer data, nor take advantage of any cool features.