MySEQUEL
Never underestimate the power of documentation. Without the thoughtful testing, documentation, and creation of easy installer packages, I might just think that MySQL was another Hollywood slang term. Instead, I know it to be an all too powerful open source database that’s not impervious to the careless deletion of files an amateur “dba” such as [...]
Switched at Birth
Indulge me just once with this blatant propoganda and I shall never speak of it again. Maybe. True, I am that low and dirty word — “enthusiast.” But I don’t give a shit. I hereby declare myself a member of the emerging class. You connect the dots.
Seventh Heaven
I can now safely vouch for the validity of Photoshop 7. The new upgrade from Adobe, optimized primarily for Mac OS X (and that other OS), has met with this designer’s satisfaction 100%. With items like the new file browser, which lets you view entire folders at once and cleverly allows for batch renaming, and [...]
Democratic Design
It looks like there’s some indecision happening in the apparent redesign of the Applecare Support page. Either that, or some new and eager designers are really aiming to please. Visitors are being surveyed with a choice of 4 different designs. Personally, I like the first one, but I’m easy. We should all give our opinions [...]
Dream a Little Dream
Macromedia Dreamweaver lives up to its name once again with a brand new preview release of Dreamweaver MX, available today. Having just downloaded the evaluation myself, already I see two unadvertised features which make this clearly a no-brainer upgrade for most web developers. First, this seems to be an upgrade to Dreamweaver Ultradev, the application-making, [...]
