Mozy Online Backup
February 14th, 2010I gave Mozy's online backup service a try. This is partially due to my effort to unburden myself as mentioned in my "Real Work" post. Two days after signing up, I was given a refund for my year of prepaid service (minus 10% "credit card processing fee"). What went wrong? Continue reading »
Real Work
January 30th, 2010I might as well weigh in on my thoughts regarding the iPad. The phrase "real work" is being thrown about and Fraser Speirs has his own views. Sadly, I have to be realistic and keep my feet on the ground. Continue reading »
2009 NIAID CIO Award
December 11th, 2009Today I was proud to stand with my colleagues and receive the 2009 National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases Chief Information Officer Award for our hard work on the Papillomavirus Episteme (PaVE). Continue reading »
Drag Effect In Action
November 9th, 2009Last week I posted my solution to the IB3-like drag-from-library-palette effect called "JLNDragEffectManager". Today I released an update to XTabulator (2.002) that contains this effect when dragging rows to the desktop or a folder to create new files. It's a perfect demonstration of how "drag effects" can be used for excellent user feedback in your UI. Take a look. Continue reading »
Your Very Own Drag Show with JLNDragEffectManager
October 30th, 2009
Cocoa developers were treated to a nice Interface Builder makeover in version 3. One effect we've all been admiring is the morphing animation when dragging an item from the Library palette onto a window. It's actually not too hard and just takes a little showmanship. I'll show you how it's done. Continue reading »