September 22, 2011

Where did all the good desktop blogging software go?

Seems like just a year or so ago the web was flooded with all sorts of blogging tools. You almost couldn’t turn around without running into a new piece of blogging software. Strangely, things seem to have quieted down. Those apps are still out there, but so many of them haven’t been updated since 2009. Zoundry was an app I really liked, but it went open source and died on the vine. There were simple apps like BlogDesk, but that too has been abandoned. Of course, Microsoft came along with Live Writer, which has a lot of great futures, but the development is extremely slow. When it comes to Internet technologies, you can’t wait that long to update your app. Then we have apps like BlogJet, which looks interesting, but not head and shoulders above any of the other apps, and comes with a $30 price tag. That’s a bit bloody steep. I’m all for developers getting paid, but let’s […]

September 22, 2011

Ambience is like Ambien

Since I’ve switched jobs and need to get up at 5am (who knew such a time existed) I’ve been trying to drown out the noises of the house so I can go to bed early. You would be amazed at all the things you hear when you try to go to bed at 9pm. The house creaks, the dogs scratch, cars drive down the street, the water runs and drips. It can be a bit maddening actually. So, I turned to the trusty iPod to try and help me out. I wanted to listen to something, but not music. I try to listen to the words or study the beat and never go to sleep. I was listening to audiobooks, but got too wrapped up in the story. What to do? I turned to an app called Ambience. Like one of my other favorite apps simply called, "Audiobooks", Ambience hooks into a vast repository of sound files and presents them […]

September 21, 2011

Let’s settle down on the fandom

Now, before people start calling me an Apple fanboy and Microsoft hater, let’s get a few things straight. I do indeed own an iPad and I love it. I think it’s an insanely useful and convenient device that lets me have a laptop computer in my hands at all times with a 10th of the weight and heat coming off of it. I also have an iPod Touch which I love and think is incredibly cool. Not only is it fantastic for songs, but the range of apps it offers me is almost mind-boggling. It’s a mini computer right there in the palm of my hand. However, there is no Mac desktop in my life (at least not yet), no Macbook Air, or iMac or any other Mac desktop or laptop. In fact, the last Apple products I owned were an Apple IIe and an Apple II+. Yeah, it goes back that far. I’ve used Microsoft products since the Dos […]

September 21, 2011

Windows 8, you scare me

I’ve been reading about the upcoming features of Windows 8 and I have to say I’m far from impressed. Now that Microsoft has been handed their asses in the both the tablet and mobile market, they’ve decided to forego fixing the deficiencies of Windows 7 and are overcompensating by making everything touch enabled and mobile ready. That’s a great idea, but I have no use for such things in my desktop OS. I don’t want those damnable widgets I’ve seen on the Windows 7 phone. That is a horrible UI for a desktop. The only cloud feature I need is something as easy and convenient as Dropbox, except more secure. I don’t want everything tied to Internet Explorer. Is the ability to make an ISO something I need to wait for an entirely new OS for? Why can’t I manipulate ZIP and RAR files natively in Windows? Why do I have to use a file manager tool as antiquated as […]

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