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Conferences: WWDC ‘09, Google IO, CommunityOne

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009

I’m going to be attending the following tech conferences in the Bay area soon:

Google IO — May 27-28. I’ve never been to a Google conference, so this should be an experience.
WWDC ‘09 — June 8-12. Looking forward to touching base with my fellow indie Mac developers, now that I can truly count myself among [...]

Vous et Votre Mac Gives ShoveBox 4/5 Stars

Friday, May 22nd, 2009

French Mac magazine Vous et Votre Mac has reviewed ShoveBox in their latest issue and awarded it 4/5 stars.
For those who can read French, you can read their review here.

I’m being interviewed on the Computer America Talk Radio Show

Friday, May 15th, 2009

I’m going to be a guest on the nationally-syndicated talk radio show Computer America. I’ll be chatting with host Craig Crossman about ShoveBox and more starting at 11PM EST on Monday, May 18th.
UPDATE: An MP3 of the hour I was on is available.

ShoveBox 1.7.3 Released

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Earlier today, Apple released a Mac OS X 10.5.7 update that caused some syncing problems for ShoveBox users.
Version 1.7.3 of ShoveBox is out, fixing this. As always, it is a free upgrade. You can download the new version here or through the auto-update feature.
EDIT: For the geeks out there, I’ve documented the changes that Apple [...]

Macworld Awards ShoveBox Mobile 4/5 Mice

Monday, May 11th, 2009

Macworld has reviewed ShoveBox Mobile and awarded it 4/5 mice!
In particular, they liked its interface:

"ShoveBox Mobile’s interface is simple and elegant…It is able to get the job done easily without any distractions or clutter. Little things like being able to convert rich text to plain text for on-the-go editing make using ShoveBox Mobile a pleasant [...]

Using ShoveBox with Xcode and Dark Color Schemes

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

Here’s a tip for ShoveBox-using developers out there.
I’m a fan of the “Midnight” color scheme in Xcode, finding it easier on the eyes. It looks like this:

Naturally, I eat my own dogfood and use ShoveBox to store pieces of code that I may want to refer back to or use in another project.
Unfortunately, when [...]

ShoveBox 1.7.2 Released

Friday, May 1st, 2009

ShoveBox 1.7.2 is out, fixing a bug where registered users saw a trial expiration dialog.
You can download the update here or through the auto-update feature.