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Dori Smith tells you how to whip up a widget
I knew that making a Widget was fairly easy, but thanks to Dori Smith now realize that it is ridiculously easy. Dori has penned an article for Macworld's 'Geek Factor' series where she lays out all the files that you need for a widget and what needs ...
Help Dori Smith get her System alerts back
Check out this
post over at Backup Brain. Dori Smith is
having a very odd problem where her System Alerts aren't playing, although every other sound on her computer sings like
a charm. It's like a troubleshooter's puzzle for the holidays. She even ...
Does Apple 'get' Widgets?
Dori Smith has forgotten more about Javascript than most people (myself very
much included) will ever know, so when she talks about widgets I listen. Dori thinks that Apple is pitching widgets to the
wrong audience: hardcore developers. When they ...
Our iPhone home screens
We were recently inspired by the First&20 project, which presents the home screens of some notable iPhone users. So, we've taken screenshots of our own iPhone home screens for a little comparison. Once you've purchased an app, you audition it on ...
Third Party RAM a no no?
RAM is on my mind it seems, and I’m not the only one. Dori Smith, beloved
Mac author, has had a run in with Applecare.
She was experiencing some problems with her Powerbook and sent it off to Apple, as one does.
It came back ...
Discover the Dashboard
OK, folks, I'm gonna level with you. I've got Tiger fever, and I can't hide it, so expect a load of Tiger related posts from me. I expect the fever will break at some point, and then we can return the normal tomfoolery that I love dispensing on ...
The Problem with Widgets Part Deux
On Saturday, I posted a bit about the problem with Safari's auto-installation of Widgets. Today, Dori Smith of Backup Brain has written an article for MacCentral on the topic, called Dashboard Widget (In)Security that offers a more detailed view of ...
Google Talk works again on Mac: Whoop-de-doo...
Last night, when I was reading through my feeds, I noticed that Dori Smith discovered that Google Talk suddenly started working again in iChat after about a week of no service and connection errors.
Considering how Google really dropped the ...
Mac Consulting via iChat
Dori Smith has found an interesting way to keep track of her Mac consulting via iChat and a service called FlavorSofa. Dori notes, "The way it works is, say someone wants me to help with a project or answer a question. If they're a Mac user, I tell ...
Widget-Coders: Primp your Widget
If you are making your own widgets, you may want to take a look at this post over at Backup Brain.
Dori Smith points to a couple of useful Photoshop how-tos to help you make your Widget as purty as can be: one from Alex Edelman on Reverse ...
A friend of the Mac web needs your help!
This isn't Apple-specific, but Dori Smith, mistress of Backup Brain and friend of the Mac web needs our help. Seems some rascal has gone and swiped her license plate, seemingly in broad daylight, while she was at work. This wasn't just any license ...
Macworld Booth Finder
Macworld Expo is pretty frickin' huge this year, and if you're anything like me you never know where the heck you are. My plan for finding things at Macworld this year involved a divining rod and some crystals, that is until I happened upon Dori ...
Mac mini, the perfect package for Tiger?
It looks like Dori Smith has been firing up Calculator.app recently because she shares some interesting figures with us. She takes the full retail price of Tiger ($129) and assumes that people who want to upgrade to the new OS may not have the ...
GameTap releases Mac-compatible Player
The GameTap lite client has been out on the Mac for a while, but GameTap just finally released a new version of their full player, and it is now fully compatible with the Mac. Unfortunately, things aren't quite hunky dory just yet-- the Mac player ...
Expo Survival Tips: Everything you need to last the week
Shawn King, famed host of the Your Mac Life podcast, is a Macworld veteran (much unlike myself). Battle-hardened by plenty of visits to Moscone, including his wedding there in 2006, it's fair to say he knows how to survive the on-slaught on the Expo ...
