Posts from 2007

85 posts from 2007

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 31, 2007
Photography

Prints

I’ve become something of a photography whore over the past few months. It started with a Digital SLR, and has moved to horribly expensive lenses, a burning desire to spend far too much money on lighting equipment, and an unholy fascination with fr...

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...

Windows System Colors

A while back, I created a table detailing every system color from every official Windows theme in existence. I keep moving or misplacing this page for some reason, but the link below works: Here’s the table of Windows system colors in its entire...

Dec 04, 2007
Web Design

dom:loaded makes me happy

I’ve been using MooTools for the past month on a personal project, and I couldn’t be happier. In my new job, I’ve been boning up on my Prototype skillz. I certainly don’t mind Prototype, although I do find it to be a little heavy. The one thing th...

Nov 27, 2007
Popfly

A moment to be afraid…

Up is down! White is black! Cats and dogs living in sin! Program Managers doing graphic design work! The horror! My friend Doug, one of our Product Managers on Visual Studio Express, contacted me in a bit of a panic a few weeks ago. It turns out ...