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03.27.08 When Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen announced the company was going to turn it's portfolio of applications into web apps, I thought he was either stupid or high. It turns out he was neither. Photoshop Express is a perfect application for Adobe to take online, and they've done a beautiful, almost perfect, job of doing it. The feature-set is robust for an online tool, and the free storage and galleries make it a perfect fit for casual home users, the same folks who are currently keeping their photos all over the web (kodak, snapfish, maybe flickr if they're good). As a stand-alone application, Adobe's made some clever decisions like the subtle animated transitions, which mask load times and make the site feel just like a regular app. I don't think the UI is as perfectly discoverable as it could be, but all things considered, it's a pretty great solution. At the very least, you can stop pirating your copy of Photoshop for your mom, who can never remember how to use it anyway. # 03.14.08 GOOD magazine (which is a pretty stellar publication in the first place) has a great infographic on the food conglomerates who own most of the most popular organic food brands. Fascinating in and of itself, but interesting to me that the organic/meatless brands I consume the most are all owned by the same company (Kellogs, for the record). # 03.06.08 Does anyone know what's up with the current state of Quicksilver? Or any good alternatives? I've got a speedy new Macbook Pro at work now and I wanted to try using again. Only, when I installed it this evening, I couldn't get the app to catalog any custom folders without completely locking up. At home, Leopard's speedy new version of Spotlight (and the application priority in searching) pretty much pushed Quicksilver off my personal computer. Most of the stuff I do at home is web-based or simple email; I wasn't using it for anything more than application launching. But it would be really useful for me at work, where I do a lot more intensive multi-tasking and file management. I know it went opensource and that the developer kind of stopped developing the application, but I thought it was left in good working order for those who wanted to continue to use it. Is there a cleaner working build out there that I'm missing? Any advise would be appreciated! # « February 2008 | archive index | May 2008 » built with movabletype |
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