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Review: Iconfactory xScope

February 15, 2009 · 9 comments

I may be rather late to the party but I recently discovered Iconfactory’s xScope last week while graphic designer Justin Ruckman was in town working on the next version of Skribit. I saw him using xScope’s Dimensions tool to painlessly measure distances between on-screen elements. I was hooked from then and started using the xScope trial. In the last week xScope has proved so immensely useful that I had no hesitation paying the full $26.95 to buy it. Let me show you why. [click to continue…]

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Review: GrabUp – Automatic Screengrab Uploader

December 21, 2008 · 30 comments

It is not very often I find a software application that saves me time, doesn’t require much work on my end and actually gets used often. GrabUp (free, or $20 paid account) is one of those applications that I value enough to purchase. The OS X-only application intercepts your screenshot command (Command+Shift+3 or 4, etc) and automatically uploads the captured screenshot to either grabup.com, or [click to continue…]

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How To: Create an OS X Icon from a Vector Graphic

November 19, 2008 · 6 comments

Back in 2005 I wrote an very basic article on how to change icons in OS X with ones you find online at sites like Interface Lift. Unfortunately, that method of icon swapping only works with actual embedded icon files. I quickly discovered this when I wanted to make my laptop more work-oriented and use the Skribit logo for my drive icon. This post shows the [click to continue…]

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Review: PGP Whole Disk Encryption for Mac OS X

September 6, 2008 · 98 comments

Last week I boasted about the release of PGP Whole Disk Encryption for Mac OS X and how it is definitely something to consider if data privacy is of utmost importance to you. By encrypting my hard drive, I am able to keep all of my data safe from physical disk access and other such tampering. Since publishing that post I have installed and been using PGP WDE [click to continue…]

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PGP Whole Disk Encryption: Now for OS X

August 29, 2008 · 43 comments

It’s all too often that laptops are stolen and data like company secrets and employee social security numbers is divulged to unauthorized sources. It’s not just that; there are a number of reasons why you might want to enforce the privacy of your digital documents. It might have something to do with the U.S. government’s recent publishing of its policy for seizing laptops at borders or [click to continue…]

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Fluid.app with Campfire Rocks My World

May 23, 2008

Back when I wrote Startup 101: Tools for the Job, I had briefly mentioned Campfire by 37signals but had not gotten around to using it for Skribit. In the last month or two, things have changed completely as we have not only begun using Campfire but made it our primary form of communication and how [...]

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Thoughts on Leopard

November 17, 2007

I’ve been using Mac OS X Leopard for a few weeks now and have started to form my thoughts about it. For the first few days, I really didn’t think Leopard was all that different than Tiger. Yeah, it had little things here and there, but none of them changed the way I interacted with [...]

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