2005 July 27

At least, according to this entry from July 19th:

I don't think a woohoo is in order, considering that I haven't updated the site in oh, I don't know, perhaps a year? Pretty pathetic, if I do say so myself. On the bright side I have quite a few programs stockpiled to release – of course, I did a year ago as well, and I don't think you need to be a rocket scientist (or programmer, for that matter) to see how well that went.

He's apparently been working on a BitTorrent client over the past few months, and has released it in public beta. Mark's always been ahead of the curb when it comes to freeware; it's designed well, runs efficiently, and generally stands the test of time. I'm still likely to stick with Azureus for BitTorrent – it's complex, but relatively straightforward (and visual) for all kinds of users. There are dozens of BitTorrent clients out there, but only a few are easy to use. I wonder why Mark didn't enable his BitTorrent client to be downloaded via BitTorrent?

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Yeah, I know Steve Rubel's post on Dumping Microsoft is a few days old… but I couldn't let this one slip by without plunking down my two cents. I, too, have wrestled with the iSwitch. Despite how much I might complain about the state of consumer Windows software, I find myself reluctant to leave the platform's speed behind for something a lot more expensive – even if it's a lot more elegant. Why can't I have the best of both worlds, I ask you? Some say it's really coming with OS X on Intel, but I'll let my eyes be the ultimate judge. Although I own a pretty li'l (big) iMac G5, I don't use it as my primary machine at home. I'm still jealous of all the OS X programs and developers, who truly understand that aesthetics come FIRST!!! This is a sharp contrast against my disapointed observations of more recent builds of Windows Vista (Longhorn). I want 100% of coders to write software once and have it run anywhere. Perhaps I'm just being too damn idealistic again.
It's when I don't say anything that you should start to worry. If I didn't care, I wouldn't bother to tell someone what's wrong (or what's right). I have several reasons to dislike newer versions of Microsoft Outlook – including the “lock up whenever I damn well please” feature. Ultimately, I made it to the person who needed to hear my list of complaints – and that person listened to what I had to say. With any luck, those observations will be directly impacting the next version of the PIM. If you sit there and say it's “good enough” or “better than anything else,” you're not helping the product – you're hurting it. I'm platform and brand agnostic, mind you. I also believe that Microsoft is headed down a decent path with Vista (including the way they're rolling out Avalon, WinFS, Indigo, et al). The next version of Office has promise, too. Let's see some “Power User” / Extreme editions, eh?

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I think someone was looking for this the other day:

Loudblog is a sleek and easy-to-use Content Management System (CMS) for publishing audio content on the web. It automatically generates a skinnable website and a feed for Podcasting. Just upload your audio files, add some notes and links, and you're done! There are a variety of ways to put your audio content into the system. You can upload it via your browser, use a free FTP client like FileZilla or – get the files from the Web!

…but I can't remember who needed it?

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