By John Gruber
Mux — Video for developers
Linked List: October 24, 2008
Friday, 24 October 2008
- Wassup 2008 ★
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True.
- FileMagnet ★
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My thanks to Magnetism Studios for sponsoring this week’s DF RSS feed. Their app FileMagnet is a terrific utility that lets you store and view documents on your iPhone or iPod Touch. First, run the FileMagnet utility on your Mac or Windows machine, and drag in whatever files you wish to copy to your iPhone. Then run FileMagnet on your iPhone, and the files are copied over Wi-Fi. Couldn’t be easier.
FileMagnet supports viewing/playing a slew of formats, including Office, iWork, images, rich text, Safari WebArchives, and iPhone-compatible audio and video. Check out the demo video to see it in action. FileMagnet is available for $5 in the App Store.
- Apple Opposes California’s Proposition 8 ★
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Good for Apple:
Apple is publicly opposing Proposition 8 and making a donation of $100,000 to the No on 8 campaign. Apple was among the first California companies to offer equal rights and benefits to our employees’ same-sex partners, and we strongly believe that a person’s fundamental rights — including the right to marry — should not be affected by their sexual orientation. Apple views this as a civil rights issue, rather than just a political issue, and is therefore speaking out publicly against Proposition 8.
- Build It For Yourself ★
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Tim Bray:
Everything I’ve done over the years that’s worked out well—software, standards, writing — everything, without exception, was something I did for myself. I’ve done the other thing too: built things based on guesses about what people out there might want or need. Never worked, not once.
Same here. The most successful thing I’ve ever made is Markdown, and the one and only user I had in mind for it was me.
- Apple Developer Forums ★
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“Beta”, but very welcome.
- NDA Officially Dead ★
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As promised earlier this month, Apple has posted new terms and conditions for the iPhone SDK.