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18 Jan 2008

Using the iPhone alarm

Coming from a Nokia I found it frustrating that you can't completely turn an iPhone off at night and be woken by the alarm. Thankfully there is a workaround. Read more

30 Oct 2007

Leopard OSX’s UI Design

Leopard, Apple's latest version of the the OSX operating system was released last Friday. In my opinion some of the interface changes are a step backwards. Read more

26 Oct 2007

Today is the launch of Leopard, Apple's latest version of the OSX operating system. With it comes Safari 3, a product that almost a year on from the launch of Vista highlights the stagnant performance of Internet Explorer 7. Read more

22 Oct 2007

How to Sync iCal and Google Calendar

A short tutorial on syncing iCal with Google Calendar for free with iCal on your Mac being the master calendar. Read more

18 Dec 2006

Review of Photoshop CS3 Beta

Photoshop CS3 is released as a public beta with a few new features but most importantly Intel support on the Mac. Here's a review from a Mac-based web design perspective. Read more

18 Jul 2006

Windows Vista User Interface Design

If you haven't seen the Windows Vista site I think you should have a look. I'm quite impressed with it. For a moment I was quite excited at seeing a strong design used with tableless layout. What was a shame was that the site failed to validate. It wouldn't take much effort to get the site through the validator either. Read more

14 Jun 2006

Vienna - A Great Free Mac Newsreader

I have been looking around for a good Newsreader for the Mac for a while now. There are many out there on the market. Here's a quick overview Read more

26 May 2006

Mac Browser Love-in

Although I love Firefox for Mac I can't deny that it is very slow compared to other browsers. After reading of the adventures of the Mac browser pimp Jon Hicks I decided to experiment a bit more in my browser usage. Where did I end up? Well in a multitude of places with multiple browsers open! Read more

23 May 2006