Linked List: July 30, 2007

Monday, 30 July 2007

Tom Snyder, TV Talk Host, Dies at 71 ★: Loved his show.
Chris Hanson on Sparkle Scalability ★: The other problem with Sparkle’s model is that by asking to update when you first launch the app, it’s interrupting you at the moment when you actually want to do something with the app.
Belfry SciCalc ★: Scientific calculator web app for iPhone, complete with easy-to-bookmark ‘data:’ URL for offline use.
Ingmar Bergman Dies at 89 ★: He influenced many other film makers, including Woody Allen, who according to The Associated Press said in a tribute in 1988 that Mr. Bergman was “probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera.”
Michael Tsai on FogBugz ★: Michael Tsai:

I’m currently using OmniFocus as my issue tracker and am loving it. It’s also rigid, in a way, but the workflow that it enforces happens to be a close match to what I’ve always tried to achieve with other tools.
Gus Mueller on FogBugz ★: Gus Mueller has shifted his bug and feature request databases for Flying Meat Software to FogBugz, and he’s pretty happy:

You know what? It’s worth it. Anything that makes my life this much easier in the support arena is worth 129 bucks. The idea of going back to Apple Mail to handle my support load makes me cringe. It’s a time saver, and one of my rules for being an indie dev is to spend your time wisely. 129 bucks is nothing for what it does for me.