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Another great software development article…

[via Disobey Nonsense Network] Wonderful Alan Cooper article: 14 Principles of Polite Apps. Read the article for explanations of:
1. Polite Software Is Interested in Me
2. Polite Software Is Deferential to Me
3. Polite Software Is Forthcoming
4. Polite Software Has Common Sense
5. Polite Software Anticipates My Needs
6. Polite Software Is Responsive
7. Polite Software Is Taciturn About Its Personal Problems
8. Polite Software Is Well-Informed
9. Polite Software Is Perceptive
10. Polite Software Is Self-Confident
11. Polite Software Stays Focused
12. Polite Software Is Fudgable
13. Polite Software Gives Instant Gratification
14. Polite Software Is Trustworthy
(link)

[via bbum’s rants, code & references] A new version of Accessorizer came out today. It is a very useful little app that, given a variable declaration, generates the various random Obj-C idioms that developers have to create over and over and over again when building Cocoa/ObjC apps. (link)

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[via bbum’s rants, code & references] A new version of Accessorizer came out today. It is a very useful little app that, given a variable declaration, generates the various random Obj-C idioms that developers have to create over and over and over again when building Cocoa/ObjC apps. (link)

Something poetic on hockey, of all sports…

[via Michael McCracken - Weblog] There’s ma in hockey too… It just comes in shorter bursts. (am I missing a point here?) The ma in hockey comes while a pass is on its way, in the lull after a play, or the two seconds of nothing between a goal and the ensuing celebration when noone really knows whether it went in. You can see it in the center’s faces before the puck drops on a faceoff. Most distinctly, you can see it right before a pass gets in place for a one-time shot. The puck’s on its way to the shooter. (In my mind, it’s Alexei Kovalev, but you can use whoever. OK, no Eric Lindros.) He’s got his stick raised, everyone’s looking toward him, but noone can move yet. The pass froze the defensemen, and the goalie can’t see the puck. In that moment, nothing is happening, but everything’s about to. It’s ma, only shorter. (link)

Unsanity creates really cool Mac OS X interface hacks - haxies.

This means, being a shareware developer, we have to release things at a steady pace to get noticed by general public (link)