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SeeClickFix for iPhone helps communities help themselves

by Michael Rose (Aug 14th, 2009)

One of the oft-unsung but quite awesome things about living in New York City is our urban help line, NYC 311. Whether it's a leaky hydrant or a burnt-out streetlamp, a missing manhole cover or a mixed-up parking sign: there's only one number to call for any non-emergency question, and they will ...

MacTech's 25 most influential, version 2007

by Mike Schramm (Jun 7th, 2007)

MacTech has released their MacTech 25 for the second year in a row-- it's a list of the top 25 most influential people in the Mac community (as selected by the community itself), and it reads like a who's who of people doing great stuff : John Gruber, the suave-looking Aaron Hillegass and Brent ...

Juhu for Jaiku: A Mac OS X client for the other lifestream service

by David Chartier (Jun 1st, 2007)

We've definitely caught the Twitter wave here at TUAW (we even have our own account), but it is by no means the only 'what are you doing' or lifestream service on the block. Another big player is Jaiku, which brings a fairly different perspective and set of features to the table. While Twitter ...

Revisiting CoverSutra, now with Last.fm and Growl integration

by David Chartier (Apr 26th, 2007)

It's been a while since we first mentioned Sophia Teutschler's CoverSutra, a new iTunes interaction and manipulation app, and it's come quite a ways since its v1.0 debut. From the start it's offered things like global keyboard shortcuts for controlling iTunes (including one for toggling Shuffle), ...

Widget Watch: Twitterlex - Yet Another Twitter Dashboard widget

by David Chartier (Jan 27th, 2007)

The web just keeps showing its love for Twitter, the new social service that asks the simple question: "what are you doing?" The service has exploded recently, capturing users from all around including Leo Laporte, Darth Vader and even your favorite Apple blog! Naturally, when a site becomes this ...

Pimp your Camino

by David Chartier (Apr 17th, 2006)

Safari isn't the only browser that can pimp it these days, as it looks like Camino has its own custom parts shop now. Pimp My Camino (started by John Hicks; he who set up Pimp my Safari) keeps track of the plugins, addons, haxies and scripts (and more!) for Mozilla's fantastic Camino browser. I ...

Widget Watch: CreativeBits Widget 2.0

by David Chartier (Mar 22nd, 2006)

CreativeBits, a design and OS X-centric creative community, has produced a really slick looking update to their widget that acts as a portal for their site. Users can view the latest articles, forum posts, critiques and links. Clicking on a title in the widget opens the entire article in your ...

Apple Second Life Feature

by C.K. Sample, III (Aug 9th, 2005)

Are you familiar with Second Life? It's a virtual online community where you create your own custom avatar and interact with other losers whose first life isn't fulfilling enough other interesting people in a magical fantasy world beyond your greatest imagination! (Okay, okay, so I'm being a little ...