by Dave | Nov 1, 2012 | Tinker Blog
One thing that I love doing is genealogy and family history. As part of that I volunteer as an indexer, indexing the vast amount of historical records amassed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the Mormons). Yes, I’m a Mormon. The records...
by Dave | Oct 30, 2012 | Tinker Blog
I use MySQL Workbench all day long, every day. You probably don’t, I know, but I’m share you’ve shared the experience of working with a good app that just falls on its face in certain ways. MySQL Workbench, for example, doesn’t integrate with...
by Dave | Sep 21, 2011 | Improving Apps
I know I go on endlessly about naming your app well. It seems like such a simple thing. Here’s an app I came across earlier. It’s for Mac, but I think the icon and name combination are excellent. The app is Nottingham. If you’re not aware,...
by Dave | Mar 4, 2010 | Improving Apps
One of the design goals was when you saw it you wanted to lick it. When Mac OS X first came out, Steve Jobs bragged that they were making an interface so beautiful you just wanted to lick it. Now, I don’t know about that, but having a beautiful interface is...
by Dave | Jan 12, 2009 | Improving Apps
In the techie world, I can understand the idea that function comes first. If I can use it to get the job done, I smile. But the fact that Apple has proven is that if you take that thing that got the job done and coat with a beautiful UI, people smile even more. So...
