January 2009
32 posts
New Website
I decided to create a centralized place for my basic info and links; a vanity site if you will: chadwoodford.com.  I’m sort of blogging there too.
Jan 31st
When IBM Beats Facebook And Twitter: Discover... →
When twitter recently added a “Suggested Friends” feature, I was more than a little disappointed. Unlike Facebook’s “People You May Know” feature, no explanation is provided for why these…
Jan 30th
iTunes Plus Upgrades Now Available on a Per-Track... →
Shared by Chad They finally did it. I am so happy. Time to start selectively upgrading! Macworld notes that Apple has instituted a new feature that allows iTunes Store users to upgrade their music…
Jan 30th
Steven Johnson on DEVONthink, again →
Shared by Chad As a fellow user of Devonthing, I love this idea and I am totally going to try it on my next project! New York Times author and book writer Steven Johnson, who wrote about …
Jan 29th
A tourists life for the lovebirds of San Francisco →
Shared by Chad you captured it so perfectly! Who wants to spend the day at Golden Gate Park in the museums, raise your hand! A full day of discovery is often what we human beings long for in the…
Jan 29th
Too Much Noise On Twitter? Filttr Will Tell You... →
Shared by Chad This sounds really useful but I always hate entering my login information on third party sites. Wish they could just use the API. Twitter is a great resource for information,…
Jan 28th
Apple Releases iPhone and iPod Touch 2.2.1... →
Apple has released a 2.2.1 update for the iPhone today. Available from iTunes, the update relays the following improvements: iPhone 2.2.1 Software Update This update contains bug fixes and…
Jan 28th
Amazon Announcing Something (Read: Kindle 2)... →
Last time Amazon had a press conference they released a little something I like to call the best ebook reader in the whole wide world. Well, we’ve got a seat at another conference on February 9 and…
Jan 27th
Video: Steve Jobs Giving His First Big Demo →
Twenty five years ago today, on January 24, 1984, Steve Jobs gave the first on-stage demonstration of the Macintosh computer to a packed auditorium. The technology was much different then,…
Jan 25th
Tim Cook's View of the Apple Philosophy →
In the Q&A section of yesterday’s earnings conference call, the first question unsurprisingly addressed Steve Jobs’ leave of absence and how that would affect the way Apple is being run. Chief…
Jan 24th
Mac-savvy Obama staffers frustrated with legacy... →
Shared by Chad I love this. Filed under: Cult of Mac, Odds and ends According to the Washington Post, the incoming U.S. presidential administration has inherited quite the…
Jan 23rd
Whitehouse.gov Has A New Face, And a Blog →
As President Barack Obama was giving his inauguration speech, another transfer of power was happening online. At exactly 12 PM ET, Whitehouse.gov, the official Website of the President…
Jan 20th
The TechCrunch Guide To The Inauguration →
Whether you are headed to Washington for the Obama Inauguration or simply want to follow along online, there is no shortage of sites and applications dedicated to the national party on…
Jan 18th
Top 10 Ways to Save Money in a Recession... →
Times are tough, money’s tight, and nobody should be spending more than they need. If you think you’ve exhausted all avenues for saving a buck, check out our ten suggestions for saving money in…
Jan 17th
Mac 101: Put your display to sleep fast →
Filed under: Mac 101 Quick! The boss is coming! Hide your screen! What, you don’t have Spaces set up so you can switch to that handy Excel worksheet you’ve got open? That’s okay — just…
Jan 16th
Starting out with Objective-C →
Filed under: Books, Developer, iPhone I recently decided to embark on a personal challenge to learn Objective-C (the programming language behind Mac and iPhone applications) so that…
Jan 16th
Google Maps Adds Transit Layer for Public... →
Google adds transit layers to Google Maps today, helping the money-saving commuter crowd find their way around a handful of supported cities across the globe. To begin with, the transit view is…
Jan 15th
Google Maps Adds Transit Layer for Public... →
Google adds transit layers to Google Maps today, helping the money-saving commuter crowd find their way around a handful of supported cities across the globe. To begin with, the transit view is…
Jan 15th
Mac Version of Google's Chrome Browser Due 1st... →
CNet reports that Google is hoping to release a version of their Chrome browser for both Mac and Linux in the first half of 2009. At the moment, the Mac version is just starting to become functional:
Jan 13th
How Cory Doctorow Gets Writing Done [Productivity] →
BoingBoing blogger and sci-fi author Cory Doctorow admits the internet can be an “attention black hole,” but the prolific scribe learned how to actually write while staying open to the…
Jan 12th
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How Cory Doctorow Gets Writing Done [Productivity]
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Jan 12th
Featured Book: 1/8 →
An urban fantasy about the wildlife of New York City, starring a squirrel protagonist who has to find his way from exile in Staten Island back to his home in Central Park.
Jan 8th
Macworld Expo: Bee Docs Timeline 3D makes complex... →
Filed under: Macworld, Software One of my favorite things about Macworld Expo is the “stealth” apps for the Mac that make appearances on the show floor, addressing a specialized…
Jan 8th
La fin des DRM sur iTunes est officielle →
C’est maintenant acquis, les DRM vont être effacées des fichiers musicaux vendus sur iTunes (on ne parle pas en revanche des vidéos). EMI qui avait démarré l’expérience a été rejoint par les autres…
Jan 7th
Coming Soon From Sling Media: Watch Cable TV From... →
Sling Media, the company behind the popular (and very cool) settop boxes that allow you to stream cable from your house to your computer, looks like it has outdone itself. At this week’s…
Jan 6th
2009: Products I Can’t Live Without →
At the beginning of each year I traditionally publish a list of my favorite startups and products. This is the fourth year I’ve done this - previous lists: 2006, 2007, 2008. You guys get to…
Jan 6th
Free, legal downloads of every Beatles song →
Oyvind sez, “Some weeks ago, NRK - Norwegian Broadcasting - signed a deal with music rights holder organisation TONO in Norway. The new deal gives NRK right to publish podcasts of all previously…
Jan 6th
Amazon's Best-Selling Album Download of 2008 Was... →
In March 2008, Trent Reznor’s Nine Inch Nails released the first part of Ghosts I-IV via BitTorrent, and released all four albums under the Creative Commons …
Jan 5th
Celebrity Twitter Accounts Hacked (Bill O’Reilly,... →
My guess is this has nothing to do with the phishing attacks that started on Twitter a couple of days ago. But a few minutes ago the official Fox News Twitter account posted “Breaking: Bill…
Jan 5th
Free, legal downloads of every Beatles song →
Oyvind sez, “Some weeks ago, NRK - Norwegian Broadcasting - signed a deal with music rights holder organisation TONO in Norway. The new deal gives NRK right to publish podcasts of all previously…
Jan 5th
Steam Up Your iPhotos with iSteam →
Shared by Chad sounds like a fun app Add a new layer of creativity to the things you can do with your iPhone and your photos - with iSteam, a cool new app from UK developer consortium,…
Jan 5th
Thieves steal $10,000 of gear from an Apple Store →
Filed under: Retail Thieves broke into an Apple Store in Palo Alto, California, and within two minutes had nabbed $10,000 worth of gear, including six laptops (gotta be MacBook Pros,…
Jan 1st