Author: JT

Navigon 5100 Review

(I found this in my draft folder and I figure I’d post it as is. I do have some follow up comments since using the device since Xmas, but I’ll do that in another article.)

I just recently bought my oldest a new car for Christmas (yeah, my kids are spoiled.) One of the features that I didn’t get in the car is a navigation system. Automobile manufacturers need to get a clue on just how much someone is willing to spend on a navigation system. I have not seen a system for under $1600 for any new car. $1600!! That’s three times the amount I spent on my first car!

Tags gps, navigon 5100, review, Tech

Blogging

Current Blogging Setup

A real quick post on what I’m using nowadays for blogging and working in general. If you’ve read any of my previous post it’s pretty easy to surmise the following:

Blogging Reviews

Ecto Beta 3 – MS Live Writer Replacement?

Post author By JT
Post date May 15, 2008
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I read an interesting review of Ecto in my daily meanderings through the blogsphere yesterday. Just like the article’s author, I’m constantly on the look out for a MS Live Writer replacement for the Mac. Although my current setup works – there is something evil, dirty, shameful about firing up a whole VM running Vista JUST to use a blog editor. (Ye Gods! why is MS Live Writer so damn good?!).

Tags Blogging, Ecto

Development

Starting My Cocoa Education

Post author By JT
Post date May 14, 2008
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Since I’ve switched to the Mac as my main work machine, I’ve been keenly interested in developing on that platform. There have been a couple of tools I really want to build but I have no idea how to even start programming on this platform. I figure that I might as well blog about my learning experience as well.

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Mac Tech

Evernote Mac 1.1 – The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

Post author By JT
Post date May 13, 2008
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Woohoo! Found out from one of my favorite stops, TUAX.com, Evernote just went to 1.1 beta and includes a number of new features.

Version 1.1.0 Beta (05/11/2008) build 29438:

PDF support. Please update to the latest version of Evernote on all of your Macs before creating notes with PDFs.
There are now three view styles: List, Mixed and Thumbnail. All views now include a note editor pane.
Spotlight integration.
Fixed a bug which prevented content from being dragged directly into an open note.
Thumbnail rendering improvements and fixes.

I’ve just downloaded the program now. I really like the Spotlight integration feature – that could prove very useful.

-JT

Evernote Mac 1.1 – The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

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