http://foggynoggin.com/blog The FoggyNoggin Software Weblog Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:53:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the latest This Week in Tech, good friend Leo Laporte hosted, among other people, Dave Winer. During the show, Dave (with whom I've had dust-ups before) claims that Podcasting in iTunes had nothing to do with why Ray Slakinski and I gave up developing iPodderX, the first true podcasting application. ... http://foggynoggin.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/03/quixote/ It took a while, but we're finally happy to announce a Leopard-compatible version of Desktopple Pro, version 1.3. There are lots of minor improvements and fixes here, and one big new feature: "Cover Sets." Cover Sets allow you to define different "covers" for your Desktop. Switching between them is then just ... http://foggynoggin.com/blog/index.php/2008/01/09/desktopple-13-now-leopard-compatible/ After a few weeks of production and red tape, I'm happy to announce that my book is finally available! Optimizing your Website for Mobile Safari is a guide designed to help you prepare your website for the onslaught of iPhone and iPod touch users. It was a lot of fun doing ... http://foggynoggin.com/blog/index.php/2007/11/02/published/ If you're wondering why things have been quiet around here, it's because over the last several weeks I've been working on my very first book. I turned in the first draft yesterday, and I'm anxiously awaiting the first round of editor's notes. I'll have more details soon... http://foggynoggin.com/blog/index.php/2007/09/24/0321544013/ For those that care, I'll be at C4[1] this weekend in Chicago. If you're one of those hard-core Mac developers attending the anti-WWDC, drop me a line -- I'd love to meet up! http://foggynoggin.com/blog/index.php/2007/08/08/c41/ Like a lot of people, I hopped on the iPhone train as soon as it pulled into the station. I admit, it wasn't cheap, but I couldn't be happier with my new phone. In fact, though I really didn't intend to buy the phone for business purposes, it's helped me out ... http://foggynoggin.com/blog/index.php/2007/07/15/iphoning-around/ I just saw this nice little review of Desktopple over at the Junkie Blog. In one sentence, they sum up the entire reason I wrote Desktopple in the first place: There is nothing worse than a presenter who hooks up to a projector only to show the audience his cluttered desktop. Thanks, ... http://foggynoggin.com/blog/index.php/2007/06/25/junkieblog-gets-it/ Victor Cajiao, of the Typical Mac User podcast, has invited me to co-host with him this Sunday (June 10th). We'll be talking about FoggyNoggin Software, of course, but I'm sure we'll also be talking about my days helping get podcasting off the ground. It's should be fun, and anyone can join ... http://foggynoggin.com/blog/index.php/2007/06/06/podcasting-with-the-typical-mac-user/ That's right! Your favorite Desktop hiding utility is only $9.95 instead of its normal price, which amounts to over 40% off. The catch is, it's today only. For those of you who wanted a great reason to upgrade from the Basic to the Pro version, this is it! Just pop over to ... http://foggynoggin.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/05/one-day-only-desktopple-pro-for-over-40-off/ Earlier tonight, I was doing my regular Mac-web browse, when I came upon a review of Desktopple at The Unofficial Apple Weblog. Wow! What a fantastic review! Hats off to David Chartier and the rest of the gang at TUAW! And there's more news about Desktopple coming later in the ... http://foggynoggin.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/03/tuaw-love-for-desktopple/