If you, like me, are excited about the possibility of creating rich apps for the iPhone but aren’t too excited about paying the high price for the iPhone I’ve got just the solution for you. MarketCircle, creator of the great Mac time tracking software Billings has created iPhoney, an iPhone simulator that allows you to test your web apps on an amazingly realistic looking iPhone interface. From their website: “iPhoney is...

Phil Dow, the creator of the great journaling software Journler has finally gotten some recognition for his wonderful work! Macworld has reviewed his software and given it a 4.5 star rating! I’ve been involved with the Journler project for some time now and it’s wonderful to see the project really taking off! Check out the writeup on...

The highly publicized interview with Bill Gates and Steve Jobs is online in video form! I watched it last night and I have to say that it is wonderful. It’s nice to see these two men, who are usually seen by the public as enemies, talk about themselves, each other and the industry. There are some wonderful things in this interview. The full video of the interview is available from All Things Digital. Note that there are 7 parts, so...

If you’ve been looking for a way to share your application data on your Mac between multiple computers, I’ve got a great solution for you. If you’ve been using a Mac for a while you probably know that most of your application data is stored in the Users/YourUserName/Library/Application Support/ApplicationName folder. So, how do you share that data between two or more computers? Simple, you tell all of those computers to...

I’ve been in the process of ripping my DVDs onto my computer for quick access. In the process I found that for some DVDs Handbrake didn’t find or detect the disk’s main feature so I was unable to rip the DVD. Initially I thought this was just because of the way the DVDs were encoded but I found an easy workaround. When you initially load the disk into Handbrake you usually choose the “Detected Volumeâ€? option to...

Today I’m sitting in Charlie’s Coffee bar working. Last night I sat outside on the back porch and had a face to face conversation with my dad (and he’s in Arizona). I’ve finally taken the plunge and bought a laptop and it has been one the best purchases I’ve ever made. Now don’t get me wrong, if I didn’t work with computers for a living I wouldn’t have bought a laptop. However, seeing as my...