Posts in "Mac Love"

The new PowerBooks look great! November 21st, 2005

I took a trip to the Tyson’s Corner Apple Store today. It was PACKED full of Christmas shoppers buying iPods, Macs, and accessories. But I was there to check out the new PowerBooks. Why? Aren’t I content with my 17″ 1.33ghz PowerBook G4? Yes I am. Its the best computer I’ve ever had and is …

What is Happy Apps? November 18th, 2005

You might have noticed that this blog is hosted on happyapps.com. So what is that? What is Happy Apps? I’ve been thinking about writing a manifesto, but maybe this impromptu chat session with my buddy Shep will explain it better: 1:13:57 AM louielouie: so you think i should have a big manifesto or just a …

Safari in OS X 10.4.3 passes Acid 2 test November 16th, 2005

I upgraded to 10.4.3 today and noticed that the Safari that is bundled with it is now Acid 2 compliant. What does that mean in plain english? It means that Safari is fully web standards compliant, putting it ahead of Firefox and way ahead of IE6 and even IE7. I had been running a WebKit …

Mac developers caught on video November 15th, 2005

The video of Evening at the Adler is now online. It features 10 Mac developers talking about a whole bunch of stuff. Most of them are Mac Indies, meaning independent software developers. You’re probably using some of their apps. Its quite a big download, but well worth it if you are interested in getting a …

MarsEdit lives November 7th, 2005

I like MarsEdit. It has a nice metaphor: blogging should be like writing an email (and just as easy.) The design is fairly minimal and it is useful for bloggers on the Mac. I reviewed MarsEdit last year. So it’s good to see that MarsEdit will finally get a new programmer, thanks to Gus Mueller …

Welcome to MacHappy! November 4th, 2005

Welcome to my new blog, titled MacHappy! What’s MacHappy you say? Well… its the state of mind when you’re sort of obsessed with Macs, but… in a positive way. I’ll be blogging about design, focusing in on Mac application design, but also considering other sorts of design. I’ll also be blogging about business, especially the …