Watching FoldingText

HogBay Software makes some great Mac and iOS software. (I’ve got WriteRoom on my iPad home screen right now.) So I’ve been watching the development of FoldingText with some interest over the past several months. The application is now at version 1.2.2 and available…

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So Long Surfbits

When I first started thinking about putting myself out there with podcasting and blogging, one of the first people I contacted was Tim Verpoorten. Tim ran the Surfbits MacReviewCast and was always welcoming with advice, assistance, and that friendly midwestern accent. Tim’s been sick…

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Absence of Paper

For years I carried a little paper notebook (usually Field Notes) in my pocket along with my iPhone. I don’t do that much anymore. At the day job I still carry a pen and notecards in my breast pocket—which are useful for sharing—but after…

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Wordify for Fun

Over the weekend I bought a copy of Wordify from the Mac App Store. Wordify takes an existing picture and a stack of words about that picture and then outputs a PDF that recreates the picture with your words. I made one of my…

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Hacking The Onion

I found this article about the Syrian Electronic Army hacking The Onion fascinating. They pulled it off with phishing. In particular, they embedded malicious links in friendly sounding email. Once they got a few people to bite, they used those compromised email accounts to…

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