R.I.P. Steve Jobs

It is a sad day to wake up to here in Europe today:
http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/

Most of what I have put on this site would not have existed if it were not for Steve Jobs visions and Apple.

I didn’t use any Mac prior to early 90’s but that Macintosh LC my father bought opened my eyes. Then I had to step into the dark world until 2003 when I bought my first own Mac, an iBook G4 800. Which I still own and write code on 🙂

Today I handle most of my support here from my iPhone, a truly revolutionary mobile phone. My son, at the age of 2, could easily handle this device and start the games he enjoyed. Had it been an ”ordinary” mobile phone I dare say that he would not have been able to do that.

So Apple, and Steve, sure has given us a lot of great products. And I’m sure Apple will continue to do so without him. But there will not be the same RDF anymore.

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ScribeFire

[lang_sv]Fick ett tips via RealMac Softwares forum idag om ett alternativt sĂ€tt att skriva inlĂ€gg i min blogg med ett tillĂ€gg till Firefox som heter ScribeFire. Nyfiken som jag Ă€r sĂ„ mĂ„ste det naturligtvis testas 🙂 sĂ„ det hĂ€r Ă€r skrivet med ScribeFire. Det ser faktiskt ut att kunna vara ett verktyg som jag kommer att gilla. Synd bara att det inte Ă€r ett tillĂ€gg till Safari för jag har faktiskt börjat gilla den webblĂ€saren mer Ă€n Firefox, vilken alltid har varit min favorit men allt eftersom tiden gĂ„tt tycker jag att den börjar bli mer och mer ”bloatware” och minnesutnyttjandet blir större och större.

Men nog om Firefox, det hĂ€r skulle handla om ScribeFire 🙂 Jag ska ge det nĂ„gra inlĂ€gg till för att se om jag fortfarande gillar det. Men hitills sĂ„ verkar det ”slimmat” och har precis vad jag behöver. Om du inte har prövat det sĂ„ testa att installera det. Du kanske gillar det ;)[/lang_sv]

[lang_en]Got a tip today in the RealMac Softwares forum about an alternative way to write in your blog using a Firefox extension called ScribeFire. Since i’m curious by nature it had to be tested 🙂 so this post is written with ScribeFire. It actually looks like a tool I can like and use. It’s just a pity that it isn’t an extension to Safari because I have actually started to prefer that browser over Firefox, which has always been my favourite but with time I think it has started to become more and more ”bloatware” with increasing memoryfootprint.

But enough about Firefox, this is about ScribeFire 🙂 I’m going to give it a few posts to see if I still like it. But so far it looks ”slick” and has just about what I need. If you haven’t tried it yet go ahead and install it. You might like it ;)[/lang_en]

Journler 2.5, Bad Behaviour ???

[lang_sv]Jag har under en period försökt att anvÀnda Journler 2.5 för att skriva i min blogg utan att lyckas. Varje försök har alltid slutat med följande felmeddelande:[/lang_sv]
[lang_en]I have been trying for a while to use Journler 2.5 for posting stuff to this blog but never succeeded. It always failed with a this error:[/lang_en]

Download error: the server returned an unexpected response code: 417.
Are you connected to the internet?

[lang_en]Update: The developer behind Bad Behaviour has confirmed that Journler is ”missbehaving” in a way that Bad Behaviour interprets as spam and that he cannot do anything about it. Let’s just hope the developer behind Journler reacts this time… [/lang_en]
[lang_sv]Uppdaterad: Utvecklaren bakom Bad Behaviour har bekrĂ€ftat att Journler ”missköter” sig pĂ„ ett sĂ„dant sĂ€tt att Bad Behaviour tolkar det som spam och att han inte kan göra nĂ„gonting Ă„t det. ÅterstĂ„r bara att se om utvecklaren bakom Journler reagerar den hĂ€r gĂ„ngen…[/lang_sv]

(mer…)

Det ultimata programmet för författare…

[lang_sv]Jag mÄste bara skriva nÄgra rader om ett nytt Mac program som jag har testat. Jag Àr ingen författare men ibland behöver jag skriva ett dokument och jag blir alltid frustrerad nÀr jag mÄste omorganisera innehÄllet i mina dokument. NÀr du anvÀnder en vanlig ordbehandlare sÄ mÄste du hÄlla pÄ att klippa och klistra etc.

In kommer Scrivener, din virituella skrivhörna 🙂 Skriv din text precis som den flödar ut, dela upp det i flera mindre dokument, lĂ€gg till referensmaterial, omorganisera innehĂ„llet genom att flytta lappar pĂ„ en anslagstavla… Det hĂ€r programmet Ă€r nĂ€stan perfekt, det hĂ€mmar inte din kreativitet. Det lĂ„ter dig vara kreativ och hjĂ€lper dig faktiskt i stĂ€llet för att, som mĂ„nga frĂ„n mĂ„nga vanliga program gör, hindra dig frĂ„n att göra det DU vill. NĂ€r du Ă€r klar med ditt skrivande sĂ„ kan du exportera det och öppna det i din ordbehalndalre eller layoutprogram och lĂ€gga till den slutliga touchen. Eller, sĂ„ kan du göra som mig (som oftast skriver hjĂ€lpdokument och guider) och bara exportera det direkt till ett RTF(D) dokument.

Som sagt, har du inte kollat in Scrivener sÄ rekommenderar jag dig att göra det.[/lang_sv]

[lang_en]I just have to write a few line about a new Mac application that I have played with. I am no big writer but once in a while I need to write some documents and I always get frustrated when I need to reorganize the content of my work. When that happens in a normal wordprocessor you need to cut and paste the text etc.

Enter Scrivener, the virtual writers desktop 🙂 Write your text as it pops out of your head, split it into several subdocuments, add your research material, reorganize the content by moving notes on a corkboard… This application is almost perfect, it does not interfere with your creativity. It lets you be creative and actually ”assists” you instead of, as many regular applications do, getting in your way when you want to do something. When you are finished with your creation you can export it and open it in your favourite wordprocessor or layout application to do the final touches. Or, if you use it like me (mainly writing readmes and guides) you can simply export it as a RTF(D) text document and you are done.

So, if you have not already checked out Scrivener I really recommend you to do that.[/lang_en]