personal ramblings from the creator of homesite, topstyle and feeddemon.
The Great Un-Friending of 2009 5 days ago Read More
If we ever friended each other on Facebook, then there’s a good chance you’re annoyed with me right now for un-friending you.? But I swear it’s nothing personal.? Lemme ‘splain. I’ve been on Faceb...
Building a Better Twitter Feed Reader 7 days ago Read More
Like many of you, I’m addicted to reading Twitter.? And not surprisingly, I’m also addicted to reading feeds.? So you’d think I’d love reading my Twitter feeds in FeedDemon, right? Unfortunately, n...
Start the New Year With a New TopStyle 8 days ago Read More
Earlier this month I announced that Stefan van As has acquired TopStyle, and I pleased to now announce that Stefan has just released the first beta of TopStyle 4.0. There are some great additions ...
It Sucks to Throw Away New Code 10 days ago Read More
Earlier this year I wrote about the joy of throwing away your code.? It’s true - as a rule, programmers generally love getting rid of old code.? But I discovered a corollary to that rule: it sucks...
Everyone Loves Ads in FeedDemon! 26 days ago Read More
On second thought, that headline might not be entirely correct :) As you can imagine, the comments to my last post have spawned a lot of conversations at NewsGator.? I really don’t want to say yet...
Hit The Deck: Tasteful Ads in FeedDemon 28 days ago Read More
It’s been almost a year since we made FeedDemon, NetNewsWire and NewsGator Inbox free, and it has been very gratifying to gain so many new customers.? But as you can imagine, we continue to look fo...
ANN: TopStyle Acquired by Stefan van As 30 days ago Read More
I have some good news for TopStyle customers: we’ve reached an agreement with long-time Windows developer Stefan van As to acquire TopStyle, ensuring the future of the product. Why is this good ne...
Smart Software Should Get Out of Your Way 43 days ago Read More
I shudder when I hear about how software needs to be “smart.”? It’s not because I think today’s software is smart enough already (it’s not), but because all too often “smart” translates to “intens...
The Increasing Importance of Discoverability 44 days ago Read More
It’s incredibly easy to try out new applications these days? - especially web-based ones since they don’t even need to be installed.? And the more applications that people try, the more important t...