For the fontophile in your life, how about this translation of a book by Hermann Zapf (of Dingbats, Palatino and Optima fame amongst others). Other Zapf books are selling on Amazon (albeit not necessarily cheaply :).Alternatively there’s this cool “Upper Case, Lower Case” poster.via Quarter Life Crisis.
Via the MacDevJobs mailing list and the Sling Media job page
Sling Media, the makers of the Slingbox–a popular device that lets
you watch your TV remotely over the Internet–is seeking three more
experienced Mac developers to join our software team here at our
headquarters in Foster City, California, located between San Francisco
and the Silicon Valley.
[1] Req #176: Senior Engineer, MacOS X Client Application UI Developer
We’re looking for an experienced Mac OS X developer, someone who can
create a truly exceptional Cocoa UI for the Mac SlingPlayer. We want
to enhance the user experience by including an integrated program
guide and the ability to record and upload video clips to share with
others, as well as other sharp ideas, including yours.
[2] Req #165: Senior Engineer, Web Services Client Integration
We want to extend the Mac SlingPlayer application to include all kinds
of web services, but keep the “out-of-browser” experience that native
applications do best. That means WebKit. And Javascript. And the
Cocoa-Javascript bridge. And SOAP. And…well, join us and show how
an experienced web services client developer brings this all together.
[3] Req #139: Senior Engineer/Staff Engineer, MacOS X & Cross-Platform
The Mac and Windows versions of the SlingPlayer share a lot of key
technology, but need to share the code base more. Join us in the
design of cross-platform interfaces to audio and video streaming,
Slingbox setup and configuration, and much more, and then use your
solid knowledge of MacOS X multimedia, networking, and related
frameworks to implement them.
We offer these positions with preference to candidates seeking
full-time or contract-to-hire on-site employment in Foster City, CA.
For those who don’t mind being in Seattle, Washington (a nice place, aside from its proximity to the evil empire):
Are you ready to dive into a new technology that pushes the envelope to create new markets and products? Do you get stoked by the idea of working in a start-up atmosphere as part of a growing incubation team that bridges the gap between research and product?We are a small incubation team inside Microsoft creating innovative new content visualization technologies. We’re seeking a hardcore Mac developer to work on our graphically rich, highly performance-oriented platform. We’re looking for someone with broad knowledge of the Mac OS X platform (minimum 3 years experience) and at least a passing familiarity with Windows programming, who enjoys cross-platform development. Experience with OpenGL and mixed C++/Objective-C Cocoa projects is a must. Experience with 3D, real-time performance, threading, and networking is strongly preferred, but you would be expected to contribute to all levels of the Mac side of our engine and applications, so versatility is key. Job Post
If you want to make your iPod look even more special then check out myPods iPod skins.
If you’re looking for Mac Point of Sale (POS) software you could check out the offerings from Hansaworld, or Streamline. Symbiotic Australia resell POS and inventory management for business, (using Lightspeed 2 or POS•IM (”Get reports on your iPhone”)) or for restaurants and cafes, they sell the solution from Sixth Sense. They also offer “DietPlan Nutritional Science Software”
From the Mac OS X 10.5.2 release notes, here are some of my observations: User Interface:
It remains to be seen if they’ve added the Size column back to the Spotlight column view though.
Support for new things (ie you may want to try plugging some old stuff that didn’t work in again to see if it does now!):
Interesting bugs fixed:
The Omni Group (makers of many excellent Mac apps such as OmniGraffle, OmniFocus and OmniPrettyMuchEverythingElse) are looking for a Senior Coder near Seattle to help fill their new office space, along with a few other animals.
If you’re interested in some cool Apps, check out the MacWorld Best of Show 2008 list, including
Hardware:
Software:
Today Apple released “The World’s Thinnest Notebook”, the MacBook Air, positioned between the MacBook and MacBook Pro. 0.4 to 1.93 cm (0.16 to 0.76 inches). The thickest part of the MacBook Air is thinner than the Sony TZ. It fits in an envelope and has a 13.3″ widescreen display with an LED backlight, iSight built in, MacBook keyboard (with black keys) but with an ambient light sensor, multi-touch trackpad which uses multi-touch input (to pivot photos, zoom etc.).1.6GHz (US$1799) to 1.8GHz (+US$300) Intel Core 2 Duo Otellini CPU (60% reduced in size!), 1.8 inch 80Gb Hard drive with a 64Gb solid state disk as an option (+US$999). 45W MagSafe power adapter, 1 USB 2 port, Micro-DVI, Audio Out, 802.11n, BlueTooth 2.1/EDR. An external SuperDrive is available. “Remote Disc” software allows the MacBook Air to “borrow” optical drives on a Mac or PC. 5 hours of battery life and 2Gb of memory standard. Shipping in 2 weeks time.
From an environmental perspective the display is mercury and lead free, and the circuit boards are free of BFR (Brominated Fire Retardant), and the retail packaging is 56% smaller than the MacBook.
EMC Insignia announced their return to MacWorld:
EMC will highlight and demonstrate the latest version of its backup and recovery software – EMC® Retrospect® for Macintosh, version 6.1 – for consumers and small and medium businesses. In addition, EMC continues to demonstrate its commitment in enhancing Mac data protection as it will announce a call for betas for the next version of EMC Retrospect for Macintosh at Macworld.For more information about EMC Retrospect 6.1 for Macintosh, please visit http://www.emcinsignia.com/products/smb/retroformac
After EMC bought Dantz and management put Retrospect for the Mac into what essentially amounted to maintenance mode since before 2004 it had better have done a good job with adding features to the next version. It’s only because the old version is so good and the competition so complex or unreliable that Retrospect still survives.
