Hi, I'm a Husband, Father and IT Manager based near Cambridge in the UK. I have been delivering web solutions for over 15 years and in my spare time enjoy all things tech, photography, mountain sports and am busy training for my first triathlon.
This is my blog in which I post links & random thoughts from my travels across the web, primarily focussing on web apps, web development and all things Apple. I hope you enjoy it!
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Interesting discovering by TUAW that Finder now offers you a chance to find a suitable application to open an unkown file type in the Mac App Store.
Its this kind of integration that is really going to make the Mac App Store work, especially for non-techs who historically wouldn't have known how to easily resolve a problem like this.
The first Mac app I downloaded this morning after finishing the update to Mac OS X 10.6.6 was Twitter for Mac 2.0. This is the app formerly named Tweetie, and it's a free download from the Mac App Store.
I did exactly the same myself and have to admit to being slightly underwhelmed by it myself.
I was a big fan of the original Tweetie but got frustrated by the lack of updates and moved onto other clients. I'm currently using the Weet beta on my Mac, am extremely pleased with it and will be immediately purchasing a license when it hits version 1.
Personally I think the problem with Tweetie 2, or Twitter for Mac as its now called, is that while it stood still other apps overtook it and all this release has done is caught its competitors up.
Don't get me wrong this is still a fabulous application and because its free it will be first choice for many people. You can download it from the Mac App Store right no, just remember there are other equally good options out there, especially if you are prepared to invest a few quid!
I’ve been heavily invested in Delicious as a bookmarking service for many years. However, after learning about Delicious’ sunsetting, I’ve decided to join the ranks of the Great Delicious Exodus and sign up for an account with Pinboard.
One tool that has been an important part of my workflow is a tool called delimport, which automatically indexes my Delicious bookmarks and makes them available via Spotlight and Spotlight-powered tools (e.g. Alfred) on Mac OS X.
While delimport hasn’t been updated since 2007, it has continued to work remarkably well. The upside is that the project has an open-source repository available, but I still ran into a few issues. Here’s how I added Pinboard support to delimport.
I'm always looking for ways to make my bookmarks easily accessible on my Mac and integration such as this with Spotlight, Alfred and Launchbar makes it a real winner in my book.
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