Category Archives: User Interface

My favorite features of TestTrack 2008.1.1 (and why that last .1 is important)

A couple of weeks ago I did a little write up of my favorite features from Surround SCM 2008.1. Unfortunately, afterward I kept getting requests from the TestTrack guys about when I was going to do the same thing for … Continue reading

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Of babies, Motif, holograms, and a potential business idea

Hello world. Sorry for the big old gap between posts. On March 2nd my son decided to go and be born so I’ve been out. Then after I was out I came back only I needed then more time to … Continue reading

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Mac Office 2008: The semi-review and a gift

So amid the news coming of Macworld the new version of Office for the Mac was finally shipped by Microsoft. A few days ago a big box filled with all our upgrade versions was delivered to our CIO who, without … Continue reading

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Cage match: Word vs. Pages

So from my last post I got a comment from Jonathan to basically do his homework for him. To make life easier for you the reader here’s the comment: So can you give me a full analysis on Word vs. … Continue reading

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Vista and the simian brain

In addition to the Macbook Pro where I do all my daily work I have a Dell workstation that for the last couple of years has been running Window 2003 Server. Over the course of the last few months he’s … Continue reading

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Calligraphy of a plist

A while back Steve Jobs gave a commencement address at Stanford University telling the students how he had become a multi-bazillionaire by dropping out of college. Just the sort of thing that you want to tell a crowd of parents … Continue reading

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One UI with pepperoni, extra cheese and stay away from the anchovies

After months and months and months of work Surround SCM 5.0 and TestTrack 7.6 have shipped. You can download them, you can buy them, you can buy two, and they make lovely Christmas presents. This ends the shameless corporate plug. … Continue reading

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