November 11, 2011
by Daniel J. Wilson
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That the Windows 8 Task Manager in simple view is very similar to the Mac OS X Force Quit window is not surprising. What’s interesting is that Microsoft apparently arrived at this design via telemetry data and user observation. I …
November 4, 2011
by Daniel J. Wilson
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Somewhat belatedly…
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January 4, 2010
by Daniel J. Wilson
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Icon design is still very much a skill in development.
Full 512px size:
July 26, 2009
by Daniel J. Wilson
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I use the Password Assistant in Keychain Access (/Applications/Utilities) to generate passwords for new accounts. The Assistant is pretty handy, but currently not integrated with any browsers, meaning I have to open Keychain Access, create a new Password Item (File …
June 30, 2009
by Daniel J. Wilson
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I didn’t see anything on the Snow Leopard Enhancements and Refinements page about Detectors being added anywhere but TextEdit.…
May 23, 2009
by Daniel J. Wilson
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I finally redeemed two iTunes gift cards last night, finding the process generally straightforward. That said, many Macs now have iSight cameras built-in. As proven by Delicious Library, an iSight can also function as a barcode scanner, moving the …
May 3, 2009
by Daniel J. Wilson
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I find myself wasting a lot of time creating calendar events that share a lot of properties, but differ in time of occurrence and duration. Auto-complete still requires per-field interaction.
For example, a band may rehearse regularly, but not on …
December 4, 2008
by Daniel J. Wilson
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Mac OS X’s DVD Player allows users to set the title and a jacket picture for each disc. Some DVDs specify the jacket picture already, as in the case of Samurai Rebellion. These two pieces could be used to …
October 18, 2008
by Daniel J. Wilson
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I want to be able to add contacts, events, and tasks to Contactizer Pro without having to move to its space (virtual desktop), open a New Thing window, then move the New Thing window to the space displaying the information …
October 8, 2008
by Daniel J. Wilson
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