Bing Search in FeedDemon

Now that Microsoft’s Bing search engine is live, I figured I’d create a "search definition" for FeedDemon to simplify subscribing to Bing search feeds. Here's how to use it: View this page in FeedDemon, then click here to install the Bing search definition Click the Subscribe button, then type the keyword you wish to search for and click Next Select... [read more]

Monday, June 01, 2009 in FeedDemon, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (3) | Incoming Links

The Great Un-Friending of 2009

If we ever friended each other on Facebook, then there’s a good chance you’re annoyed with me right now for un-friending you. But I swear it’s nothing personal. Lemme ‘splain. I’ve been on Facebook for a while but I never really used it – the UI felt clumsy and cluttered, and I just didn’t get the appeal. But lately I... [read more]

Saturday, January 03, 2009 in Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (14) | Incoming Links

Windows Vista Gets a Bad Rap

From what I can tell, the general opinion of Windows Vista is that it sucks. And to be honest, when I first tried Vista on my Dell laptop, I also thought it sucked. It was slow, it crashed all the time, and I couldn’t see any compelling reason to upgrade my desktop system from XP. But a couple months ago... [read more]

Monday, November 24, 2008 in Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (15) | Incoming Links

Favicon Hell: Small Feature, Big Code

A couple years ago, FeedDemon started displaying favicons – you know, those little 16x16 icons that web sites use to brand themselves. It was a popular addition, because it’s much easier to tell your feeds apart when they don’t all use the same generic feed icon. It seemed like such a simple feature at the time. Just check the root... [read more]

Sunday, November 23, 2008 in Software, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (12) | Incoming Links

NewsGator Pays Attention

NewsGator CTO Greg Reinacker writes: "We’ve now implemented a persistent APML endpoint in our online platform. What this means is, if you’re using sync with NewsGator Online, there is a well-known URL that represents your APML attention data." At first glance, this may strike you as something that only hard-core geeks would be interested in. After all, it's not as... [read more]

Thursday, May 22, 2008 in Syndication, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (2) | Incoming Links

SQL Virgin Again

I've been in the coding dungeon lately, which explains why I haven't posted for a while. One of the things I'm working on is moving some of FeedDemon's data out of XML and into SQLite, which I didn't think would be a big deal since I spent a few years working with SQL before I entered the world of indie... [read more]

Thursday, March 27, 2008 in FeedDemon, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (11) | Incoming Links

This Post Belongs on Techmeme

Back in Skinny Jeans: The real reason I left my career in tech. [read more]

Friday, March 14, 2008 in Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (0) | Incoming Links

Twittering Again

Last year I tried out Twitter while attending SXSW, but I stopped using it when the conference was over. Twitter was fun at SXSW, but it seemed kind of pointless afterwards. It was too much useless information for me to handle. A few weeks ago I decided to try Twitter again, and this time I changed how I used it.... [read more]

Saturday, February 23, 2008 in Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (3) | Incoming Links

My Favorite Macworld Photo...

...is this one, which I took inside an elevator at the Marriott hotel near the conference center. The elevator was fitted with a display screen which usually showed advertisements and news headlines, but for several hours it showed a Windows application error dialog instead. Needless to say, Macworld attendees got a big kick out of this. [read more]

Monday, January 21, 2008 in Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (4) | Incoming Links

A Windows Developer Returns from Macworld

Last week I attended my first Macworld, but it won't be my last. I had a great time, in large part due to the hospitality of Brent F. Simmons and a host of his fellow Mac developers (see you at Denny's next year, folks!). The announcements from Macworld this year paled in comparison to last year's iPhone announcement, but the... [read more]

Monday, January 21, 2008 in Software, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (6) | Incoming Links