http://news.gatada.com A newslog in the making Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:16:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am currently working with a Wiki for the design documentation of a rather large project. From time to time however, I need to pull all that work down into a single file and for those situations I usually end up with some kind of word processor. And although the Ribbon ... http://news.gatada.com/2009/11/save-as-pages-document/ If you look at the numbers, the single largests category on the App Store is games, with approximately 19.000 titles. That is amazing considering the age of the App Store. But why limit these games to the iDevice? What if Apple updated the Apple TV with full wireless connectivity from ... http://news.gatada.com/2009/10/apple-tv-idevices-for-gaming/ To very easily create the much needed .gitignore file, simply execute this command in the terminal: echo -e "build/\n.DS_Store" > .gitignore Do a cat .gitignore to check that the file indeed has build/ and .DS_Store on two separate lines, then you are done. I suggest you do this before your initial commit, ... http://news.gatada.com/2009/08/git-ignore-file/ Only days ago I start using Git. So, naturally I am far from an expert. Still I think someone could find this useful. Briefly, this is what you do on the "master" computer to get started: Download and install Git (eg. adding the necessary path to .bashrc). Download and install the GUI ... http://news.gatada.com/2009/07/started-using-git/ I think it is about time to once again share what resides in my menu bar. I am extremely happy with the current tools, obviously I recommend them all. [caption id="attachment_204" align="aligncenter" width="466" caption="The Usual Suspects: Great apps instantly available from the menu bar. "][/caption] Jumpcut is free, open source and pretty cool. ... http://news.gatada.com/2009/07/what-resides-in-my-menu-bar/ Imagine being able to get an automatic summary of the work you have done on the computer. What data would be most useful to you? The number of applications used per day, the number of documents created for your projects or maybe the duration of a project in days combined ... http://news.gatada.com/2009/07/what-data-best-describes-your-computer-work/ When Apple offered the beta version of Safari 4.0 to the public, they introduced a new layout with the tabs replacing the title bar at the top of the window. In the final release of Safari version 4.0 did not include this new layout and I'm guessing the reason are ... http://news.gatada.com/2009/06/safari-beta-tabs-gone/ Obviously Apple are fully aware of the success of the iPhone/iPod Touch (iDevice). They know how many iDevices they have sold and now with the introduction of the new iPhone 3G S and the lowered price of the iPhone 3G, surely they expect to sell even more, loads more. As ... http://news.gatada.com/2009/06/itunes-needs-an-update/ Have you ever used an iPhone/iPod Touch (iDevice)?  If you haven't you should seriously consider trying one. Get your hands on the interaction. You'll quickly notice the extensive use of animations and a clever set of interactive controls. For example the slide action required to unlock the iDevice is outstanding. The ... http://news.gatada.com/2009/06/introduce-a-little-inconsistency/