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Apr 17 08

The open source movement, from Wordpress to Linux and back again, has a strength that no closed organization or movement has or will ever have.
I’m referring to community.
I recently decided to install Linux on a Sony laptop. Sony’s engineers had locked the machine into it’s Windows centric ways so tightly that getting […]

The future is open source

Mar 29 08

Ashley Morgan_Software8 Comments

Regular readers will know that I am a loyal Mac user. I used windows once, a very long time ago. Never again. It was a painful experience that I have no wish to go into.
So, with a deeply ingrained hatred of all things Microsoft, imagine my dilemma when recently I was presented […]

Linux guru needed

Mar 21 08

Ashley Morgan_Software TipsNo Comments

Even after shifting to Gmail and escaping from the grips of the spammers thanks to it’s impressive filters I still have an email problem.
My voluminous amounts of email can be split into two groups. The first group is email from people who are important to me and whose emails I want to be notified […]

Take total control of your email with Highrise and RSS

Feb 20 08

Ashley Morgan_Blogging Software12 Comments

For a long time I’ve been a fan of Camino. It’s light and fast and does everything you’d expect a browser to do but today it let me down. Irregularities in color management meant I wasted hours switching between photoshop and browser and back again, rubbing my eyes in disbelief with each blink. […]

3 reasons why you should use Safari as your browser

Jul 13 07

Robert Ellis_Software1 Comment

I don’t know if anyone will be browsing Upstart Blogger on their iPhone, but if you want to see what your site looks like on an iPhone and don’t have one, here’s a way to get a cheap thrill.

Preview Your Site in iPhone with iPhoney

May 03 07

Robert Ellis_Software11 Comments

Panic Coda is a great all-in-one Web development environment, but it’s missing some of the power and refinement of dedicated applications. If you already have a collection of power tools, you’ll still love working in Panic Coda, turning to Transmit, CSSEdit, skEdit, or TextMate as needed. But, especially if you’re starting out and want to […]

Panic Coda: What’s Missing? 19 Free Apps to Fill the Gaps

Apr 25 07

Robert Ellis_Software24 Comments

I’ve only been using Coda for a day or two (see Panic Coda 1.0 First Impressions), but I have to admit, it’s growing on me. Coda isn’t just a pretty face. It’s simple and straightforward and a pleasure to use.

As I’ve been poking around, I’ve been making a mental list of some things that […]