I recently wrote an article about how you can create a Lessn, Bit.ly, Is.gd, Tinyurl desktop shortener with Applescript, but if you don’t use lessn from Shaun Inman (which is the most important reason to use that script) or you just don’t want to mess with Applescript language, Shrinker is for you.
Hey, Developers! How Can We Improve the Installation of Mac Apps?
There an interesting debate which is going on since many years about how Mac apps should be distributed an installed. Back in September John Gruber wrote this interesting piece, outlining the pros and cons of three popular formats of delivering Mac apps: .zip, .dmg and installer. He was inspired by this post where Alexander Limi (founder of Plone, working at Mozilla now) discussed the problems of the installation process of Firefox on the Mac platform.
In this post I’ll discuss all the possible scenarios, referring to other articles found on the web to give you my idea of how Mac applications should be distributed.
That’s Why Cydia Store Is Great: Multifl0w and Overboard
Though the App Store was a revolution for Apple, and besides the fact that everybody uses the App Store, there are many apps which Apple will never approve. You know, SDK. Backgrounder, BiteSMS, Twidget,Winterboard: the best hacks for your iPhone can only be installed with Cydia, the amazing “alternative App Store” from Saurik. Obviously, you’ll have to jailbreak to install and use Cydia.
But anyway, if you already have a jailbroken phone, you should know that Saurik launched a few months ago the Cydia Store, a real store within Cydia where you can purchase paid apps. Today, I’d like to talk about two new apps from the Cydia Store, Overboard and Multifl0w.
App Store Comic Strip
Quickly Switch From Top Sites to Cover Flow History View
Great tip.
MultiFirefox: Run Multiple Versions of Firefox Side-by-Side
This is awesome guys. If you ever wanted to run multiple instances of Firefox on your Mac, this is for you. Thanks to this lightweight utility you can easily create and run as many profiles / versions of Firefox you’d like. This means, each profile or version can have different addons, different settings.
Great!
TimeTracker: The Perfect Time Tracking Tool for Freelancers. Review and Giveaway!
You’re a freelancer, and time is precious for you. Time is everything. You have a lot of projects, you have to deal with clients, you have deadlines. You have to monitor how much time you spend on stuff to improve your workflow and get more money by doing more stuff, at the same quality, in less time.
Now, you also have an iPhone. Then, TimeTracker is for you.
ASTwitterLibrary Integrates Twitter with Applescripts
ASTwitterLibrary it’s a nice script I discovered today which lets you easily integrate Twitter calls within Applescripts. It’s from Collin Henderson and it’s open source.
Applescript nerds, go download!
