software

My Favorite Steve Jobs Quotes

August 25, 2011

Here are a few of my favorite Steve Jobs quotes: Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected. I once had an employee of mine say that I don’t give enough compliments on people’s work. That’s because I expect good work to be done. That’s why I [...]

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Apple vs. Adobe (or Thoughts on Section 3.3.1)

April 30, 2010

This post started life as a voice memo on April 13th, a few days after Apple announced the iPhone 4 OS and unleashed the much bandied about section 3.3.1 (“no 3rd party development platforms”) rule in the new iPhone SDK Agreement.  Since Steve Jobs himself decided to weigh in on this point, I figured it [...]

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OmniGraffle Stencil for Sale

August 25, 2009

OmniGraffle, the Mac-based workflow application, comes with a pretty good set of stencils.  You can also find loads of free stencils and  build fairly nice workflows and diagrams by throwing random icons on a screen.  But if you’re looking for a consistent set of icons for designing information technology related workflows and diagrams, good luck. [...]

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Two New Projects Launched

August 8, 2009

This week was a busy one for me.  I launched two new websites: hallornohall.com and smartcarvs.com.  Both of these sites are purely just for the heck of it.  If they get some traction, great.  If not, great. Hall Or No Hall is a co-creation with my long-time pal and business partner, Matt Thompson.  Our graphic [...]

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