Aaron Brethorst (Page 92)

Dec 31, 2007
Newyears

2008 Predictions, and a 2007 Recap

One year ago today, I posted a list of predictions for 2007. Let’s see how I did: Apple will release a new UI with Mac OS X 10.5 that is reminiscent of iTunes 7, and I will spend the rest of the year slagging it. - Thankfully, no. Apple did ex...

Dec 30, 2007
Rails

Capistrano, Rails and Nginx

Looking for the missing Capistrano recipes for Rails and Nginx from http://jonmagic.com/assets/2007/2/21/jonmagic_recipes.txt? No need to fret: The Internet Wayback Machine actually did what it was supposed to for once, and cached the file. Also,...

Dan Tynan is a dolt on Office 2007

Dan Tynan of PC World just awarded Office 2007 with a big lump of coal as part of PC World’s 15 biggest technological disappointments of 2007 awards. I’m severely disappointed in this, especially given that the stated rationale is that the Ribbon ...

Dec 08, 2007
Windows

When is Too Much Transparency a Bad Thing?

Steven Hodson and Long Zheng wrote yesterday about whether Microsoft is becoming less open and transparent than they were a few years ago: the post-Robert Scoble era, as he put it. Apparently, a new position entitled Director of Windows Client Dis...

Dec 06, 2007
Web Design

Snazzy Buttons in HTML

I discovered Oscar Alexander’s tutorial on snazzy HTML rounded buttons a while back, but needed it for something just a minute ago. It’s a fantastically easy way to create really attractive link buttons without much work and without using Javascri...