16 May 2007

MacFusion

Okay, so being an Apple/Linux guy this sort of thing is right up my alley. When doing development I often like others have to download via ftp, edit, upload via ftp (I sometimes bypass this with Dreamweaver). Setting up MacFusion I can mount a remote machine as a drive and edit directly as if it’s a drive on my computer, this is very handy. I am sure I’m not the first person writing of it’s goodness, but I had to give it up to the developers on this one.

Go ahead and check MacFusion out and be sure to grab MacFuse¹ from the link on that page. You will be happy you did, if productivity is an interest of yours at least.

MacFuse is the library needed for MacFusion or sshfs to run.

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8 May 2007

mooTools 1.1 released!

The official release of mooTools 1.1 is out, and a really great demo page so even if you don’t know how/where to start, you can see how some of the base functions are done and create something really cool for your site, or integrate it really slickly.

Have fun and drink responsibly!

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13 December 2006

Vienna 2

News Junkie? Here’s your fix, tons of folks out there are into RSS feeds and keeping up-to-date with their favorite sites/bloggers. You can use a few built in tools for this if you browse using Firefox or Safari, well pretty much anything except IE(Internet Explorer that breaks down site designs like stomach acid would a Pizza), but if your like me you like to keep everything on your computer in it’s own space. I tried a ton of programs available to my platform and was very happy with Vienna 2 for my RSS needs. With a host of standard features plus some really swank advanced stuff, Vienna may just become your new news buddy!

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8 December 2006

Linotype FontExplorer X

When I switched from Windows to Mac I brought a ton of nonsense with me, one thing was 2000+ fonts. Apple included FontBook with OS X, which is great until you have half of the fonts I have. I’d get that program freezing and crashing left and right which was very annoying when I needed to activate a special font for a project I was working on. I set out at that point to find a solution to this dilemma, and that solution ended up being FontExplorer X by Linotype. I must admit that I didn’t find this gem until countless searches led me to Jason Santa Maria’s site, (also noted on creativebits). I’ve put this program through the wringer on many instances and it’s yet to even scoff at me. I recommend this to my fellow Apple design friends, and now to you because your my friend, aren’t you?

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8 December 2006

Transmit 3

I have used this program for several years, when I switched to Mac several years ago I needed a program that functioned like the CuteFTP did for me in Windows. After trying a few free solutions, then a demo of Transmit I was hooked instantly. Transmit does everything I need it to, and then some. External Edit in anything you want. Flawless Synchronization, Dashboard Widget, Automator Actions, Secure connections. While the Favorites in previous versions wasn’t always user friendly, Panic has hit a homerun with their most recent version.

Check it out for yourself here and check out their other fun software!

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8 December 2006

CSS Edit 2

I just broke down and purchased CSSEdit 2 from MacRabbit and all I can say is wow!

Upon opening the app I already could see this becoming my permanent replacement to Dreamweaver’s built-in CSS editor. The scope and work flow are flawless, plus the folder grouping in the app are very handy. I set several folders for different types of styles like layout elements, links, section specific styles, etc. I really have to say that MacRabbit has truly outdone itself with this application.

I give this 4our out of 5ive possible stars!

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