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Yeah, as for the idea of the "hack" itself, it seems pretty daft and juvenile to me. I never really noticed it though as I didn't read Glenn's site until after the whole thing so doesn't really bother me. I'm never sure about Phill Ryu and his schemes, he tends to come up with stuff that's full of hype but delivers very little.

Well I just posted a comment on his post -

Well I have to say it was a daft idea but some of the criticism has been way too harsh, especially on those who played along to help MacHeist. I’m not familiar with MH and having just read Josh Gruber’s post, I guess there are those who don’t think too highly of it. But the guys who played along probably only had good intentions in trying to help publicise it. I think those who have a right to be royally pissed are the hosting companies and CMS makers, whose reputations are on the line, as well as those who host commercial sites with them, who were misled into thinking their sites were at risk.

Other than those two groups, I don’t see why regular readers have to get their panties up in a bunch. It’s not as if the New York Times just played an April Fool’s joke by telling everyone a nuclear bomb had gone off in NY. At its heart, this is still a personal blog and Glenn’s a young guy, you can’t possibly expect “journalistic professionalism” from it. If you did, then you’re a fool.

He did make a huge mistake, as did all the other participants in this silly promotion, but he’s been man enough to own up and apologise now. I think we all know how hard it is to stand down and admit one’s mistakes, not to mention in front of an entire readership of thousands. If you’re just a reader who gets his feed from your RSS reader, I don’t see how this whole charade has monumentally changed your life. Cut the guy some slack man.

I don't get why some people get so angry over this if they're not directly involved. He's made a mistake and apologised, yet some still throw vitriol in his direction. It's not as if they've been monumentally affected in real life. They have a right to be annoyed but I don't think they have a right to be this abusive. Well I guess that's life and the school of hard knocks for Glenn. The Internet really has made some people so narcissistic that they think the world revolves around their opinion and the fact that they unsubscribing from a feed. Go figure.

I use it primarily for launching applications (those that I use less and don't warrant a place on the Dock), system functions like empty trash (just hit 'E', use this all the time) and restart as well as folder browsing. It's much faster browsing folders using QS than the Finder. Some of the plugins are pretty useful too - I use the Flickr plugin to upload stuff from my desktop.

It takes forever to load a login though, don't know why. Hope going open source will help bring people in who can streamline its performance and update the plugins, some of which are now hopelessly outdated. Hopefully there'll be some innovative new ones too.

I guess QS is more for those who prefer to use the keyboard for navigation rather than the mouse. It all depends on your usual workflow.

Tumblr 3 just came out on November 1, there was quite a lot of anticipation over it but personally I'm not really impressed with the new update. They didn't introduce their planned alternative to regular blog commenting which had really intrigued me from the start. I do enjoy the medium tremendously though, and it's picking up in a big way seeing as how Tumblr got a fresh injection of some VC cash not long ago.

There's still no search or commenting (they're recommending Disqus) built in, so I'm sticking to my ported Wordpress theme for the moment.

my design tumblelog: inertgreymatter

I just use TextEdit on the Mac really, not a hardcore coder and it serves my very basic needs. I edit all my CSS in it, but it does get a little troublesome finding code sometimes without colour coding.

Adium! I would use iChat but everyone else I know is on MSN/Windows Live so it's a no-go for me. Plus I like how Adium is infinitely customisable.

I'm definitely going to be pre-ordering it, probably at the rip-off price that's the norm here in the UK. Hopefully, the student discount will ease some of the pain. The only downside I'm seeing at the moment is the new dock and menu bar, they seem to be rather extraneous and "Vista-like".

Thanks vicky!

Edit: Haha you've got 2 friends including me and you're my only friend! I don't know anyone else around me who uses Pownce so not sure how useful this is going to be. They haven't even caught on to Twitter! Everyone's on Facebook.

Anyone still have a spare invite to Pownce? I'm a little late to the party but thought I'd try it out since it's the weekend.

zweisheng at gmail

Thanks!

Mine's zweisheng.

Never used Picasa but I love Flickr! I started using it because of the FlickrRSS plugin, there's great synergy with blogs. And you can't beat instantaneous uploading of images from the desktop in Macs. If you've got Quicksilver, install the Flickr plugin! Select image in Quicksilver, tab, type "fli", enter and you're done!

I just ordered the touch but I'm keeping my second gen nano, it's so small and portable. I think it's the best designed iPod so far. The touch/iPhone is pretty cool too.

Oh and I had to order my iPod touch online, the estimated delivery is the end of the month :( I can't get my hands on one at the Apple Store here in London, new stocks sell out within hours of arriving o_O

I thought the new iPod nano was ugly as hell when it was first unveiled but it does actually look pretty nice in person. The lack of capacity on the touch is quite disappointing and it can't be used as a portable drive but I'd go for it purely because of the widescreen. Videos will look great on it! And I'm not too convinced by the new UI in the other iPods.

How do the TV shows/movies look on a 30" display? Are they excessively pixellated? TV shows have just come on the iTunes store for the UK and I may consider buying an episode or two of Lost and Grey's Anatomy in the future. I mostly watch video on my 20" display and DVDs still seem to be superior in almost every aspect. The quality is much better, there's subtitles and I can always sell it off on eBay when I'm sick of it and recoup 80% of the cost. The only plus point for downloads is instant gratification, like when you're bored at midnight and want something to watch.

I'm thinking of getting the iPod touch along with the new Apple wireless keyboard. What screen issues does the touch have? The problem with video display (too dark)?

I think they crippled the functions to prevent the touch from cannibalising into the iPhone's sales. I'm not too bothered about that though, I was only ever interested in the iPod part of the iPhone. I'm hoping for more progress on the hacking front, I was looking forward to possibly using some iPhone apps on the touch.

I wish they wouldn't use a mirror back for iPods. It scratches far too easily and becomes all smeared with fingerprints after a while. I can throw my second gen nano anywhere. I'm thinking of the 16GB... to buy or not to buy? Knowing how Apple treats its early adopters... :)

Calendar, Weather, Capture, iCal Events, Junior Mint, Flip Clock (for international time), Sing that iTune! (saves lyrics into songs), MailPop (Gmail) and Dashlicious (posting to del.icio.us)

Yeah there was nothing earth shattering but some of the features announced I would use. Like Time Machine, that has to be the most awesome backup software ever. I have an external drive and that would Time Machine would be the perfect fit for it. No more ChronoSync for me!

Remember the SmackBook? Spaces is like that, without the smacking. Multiple desktops are going to be very useful. Apple is always changing the way we work on the computer.

Even so, I can't help but feel a little underwhelmed by this year's WWDC. Never expected iPods/iPhones, those are usually announced at separate special events. I think Apple couldn't go all out in promoting Leopard because of the Vista delays, they didn't want to clue Microsoft in on stuff that they'd copy to shore up their woefully late OS. I'm hoping Apple does have something really innovative up their sleeves though, expectations are always so high people are bound to get disappointed. Read that shares dropped after today's keynote.

Steve Jobs keynotes are always great to watch! The anticipation is palpable...

Yeah I would wait awhile more. There'll be some announcements at the upcoming WWDC, which is always very exciting for Mac fans!

I would recommend getting a MacBook Pro and connect it up to a widescreen display. You get the portability of a laptop with the screen space of a desktop when you need it. I have a PowerBook and an Apple Cinema Display and the combination is magnificent. If you find the ACD pricey (as many do) then consider getting a Dell widescreen, which I think is a more economical solution.

Yeah, I don't understand why Apple hasn't included the mapping of key combinations onto the Mighty Mouse in their driver software. That would be tremendously useful.

Yeah I bought the wired Mighty Mouse because I couldn't wait for this one, I was sick of my massive wireless Microsoft mouse. I'm getting this one when it becomes available at the Apple Store.

My Apple 20" is more than enough for me, but I'm always dreaming of a 30". Wow dual displays would be way too much of a cost for me. I'm thinking of upgrading to a bigger display only if I get a new MacBook Pro, since the PowerBook doesn't support 30".

I think Dell displays are definitely more cost effective and I've read reviews that say the quality is equally good. I bought the Apple display merely for aesthetic, plus the fact you can adjust the brightness on the display itself.

Good old HTML 4.0, tables and all? That's the only stuff I ever knew how to program, I've given up learning all these new-fangled languages.

I'm going to have to say only Quicksilver and iTunes are apps I can't live without. I'm good with any browser although I prefer Safari.