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How fast is your Internet connection -- really?
I'd bet technically this web application doesn't break any new ground in the actual numbers it produces -- but it does win major points for having a very cool interface.
Requires Flash.
I just updated my PhotoShrinker application to save settings from one session to the next and also copy EXIF photo information from the original image to the shrunk image. Enjoy!
I'm trying Microsoft's new "Windows Live Writer (beta)" this evening. I see a number of complaints already -- but considering it's beta and free -- PEOPLE! Stop. The editor is decent. Has basic formatting, spell checking, and image uploading:
The image uploading features are nice including thumbnailing, borders (such as 3D and the "photo style" shown above), size control, and even effects such as watermarking. (Oddly, the application doesn't yet support PNGs?)
Update: Apparently, there are some issues with image uploading in the beta -- at least on my MovableType configuration (I'm running in a subdirectory under the web application, and that's caused confusion in blog editors before when uploading images)
The application behaves similarly to Blogjet by opening a new window for each post.
Additionally, it works with quite a few of the major blogging engines, such as Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad (Movable Type), Wordpress, and more. Given all of the problems that I continue to have with RocketPost, I'm going to keep watching this application.
It uses .NET WindowsForms by the way for the user interface.
I so rarely watch more than a couple of minutes of any on line interviews, but I found this interview with Miguel de Icaza of Novell interesting to watch (from Port 25, the open source software lab @ Microsoft). The discussion centers primarily around Mono and its implementation and testing.
Very near the end, Miguel mentions WPF/Avalon somewhat negatively and compares it to J2EE (as a big beast, specifically potentially the "Waterloo" of Microsoft). Specifically, he agrees that the surface area of WPF is too large and it's much too hard to learn (earlier).
Apple usually wows the audience when they announce new versions of any product, but Leopard ..., ah, yawn? Hello?
Paul Thurrott sums up the announcement nicely here. There's a bunch of chatter on the web about it.
According to this editorial, Jobs claimed he held some things back to prevent Microsoft from copying them. It hasn't really stopped him in the past, so I'm not really sure I believe him. Has your OS started to grow stagnant Steve? It's clear that innovating is hard -- and even Apple must stoop to copying competitors from time to time (check out the feature list for Leopard if you have any doubts).
Turbo Pascal is back! Not quite -- Turbo Delphi, Turbo C++ and Turbo C# however are for real. Borland announced that they would be soon releasing "Turbo" branded developer products aimed at two different markets: the hobbyist and the professional. There will be an "Explorer" edition of each product which is free and a "Professional" edition priced under $500.
Considering Borland is trying to sell their development business, I'm not quite sure how giving away copies is going to make them any additional revenue. No matter, I'll be happy to download a copy and check them out when they're available.
I couldn't agree more.
