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Live From the iPhone Launch in Nashville

Friday, June 29th, 2007

I’m updating this post with photos and more below…
Four hours to go and I’m here at Green Hills Mall waiting patiently in line for an iPhone. I’m camped out on the floor next to Sharper Image. There’s about 150 people in line in front of me. The first guy was here at 4am! But [...]

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PHP Programming Contest

Monday, June 25th, 2007

Nick Halstead is running a PHP contest on his blog and offering a free copy of Zend Studio to the winner. It’s a wonderfully simple challenge that doesn’t require arcane PHP knowledge or experience with any particular framework. Instead, you’re forced to rely on your own problem solving skills. Entries will be judged based on [...]

Posted in PHP, Programming | 1 Comment »

Dippin’ Dots Launches New Website

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

Paducah, KY — Beaded ice cream pioneer Dippin’ Dots, Inc. today launched its latest version of the www.dippindots.com website.
The company’s new site features all the essential website basics, plus blogs and galleries so Dippin’ Dots fans can keep up with all the latest news and events about their favorite ice cream.
“We’re always getting [...]

Posted in Company News, Press Releases, Web Design, Website Marketing | 1 Comment »

New Yahoo! Sync Framework in OS X 10.4.10

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

Any time I install a major system update I always do a system-wide diff to see what files have been added / removed. This afternoon I installed the 10.4.10 update for OS X and saw that a new framework called YahooSync has been quietly added. Want to see for yourself? Go to this folder…
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/YahooSync.framework/
What’s Apple [...]

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Yahoo! Makes a Strange Bedfellow for iPhone

Wednesday, June 20th, 2007

Everyone knows that Apple and Google share a comfy partnership. They recently announced the addition of YouTube access for AppleTV and the iPhone. Google also provides their mapping service on the iPhone and they’re the default search engine for Safari. The only action Yahoo! has had with Apple, and in particular the iPhone, is the [...]

Posted in Apple, Commentary, Google, Tech Industry, Yahoo! | 1 Comment »

Live Blogging with Amazon S3

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

Yesterday’s live blogging of the WWDC keynote was a big success. Within the span of about 2 hours we received 20k visitors. Tyler did a great job of posting text and photo updates as they happened, thanks to his Verizon Wireless V740 ExpressCard.
Our main objective was to test the viability of using S3 as [...]

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Safari 3 Now Supports Textarea Resizing

Monday, June 11th, 2007

The new Safari 3 Beta supports the ability to resize any textarea box. This feature is supported on both the Mac and Windows version of Safari 3. The video below shows it in action.

Posted in Apple, Safari, Usability | No Comments »

Welcome Twitter People

Sunday, June 10th, 2007

I arrived in San Francisco early this afternoon, checked into my hotel, and headed down to Moscone West to register for the conference. Much to my surprise, I met Daniel Jalkut in the H - J line. He was just as nice in person as I had expected after reading his blog for so long. [...]

Posted in Apple, Commentary, Conferences | 3 Comments »

Apple WWDC Predictions

Saturday, June 9th, 2007

What self-respecting Apple geek could pass up the opportunity to make predictions about what may or may not be announced at Steve’s keynote Monday morning? Certainly not me. Everyone else is doing it. So, without further delay . . .

Widget development kit for the iPhone. It’s way to early for Apple to release a full-on [...]

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Live Coverage of Apple’s WWDC 2007

Friday, June 8th, 2007

It’s summertime which means Apple’s WWDC event is just around the corner. Steve takes the stage Monday morning at 10am (pacific time) and Sitening will be there live covering announcements as they happen. You can check out our live blog of the conference here. The page will refresh automatically every fifteen seconds, or you can [...]

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