Getting Things Done is something that certainly doesn't appeal to all of us. For those of us that have issues achieving "inbox zero", nevermind setting time aside for the things that really matter (like OpenCL benchmarks, posting on Mactalk, or just... spending time with your Dad on Father's Day, for example), there's always a good Mac client to help us along the way.If only that was the case for a certain Mac client. If only we had a decent GTD client which synced with our iPhones, integrated seemlessly with our workflows, and just made out lives a whole lot easier. I should probably stop blah-ing on at this point, less I turn the Monday Morning News into a GTD article, but what I really wanted to say was that The Hit List is one of the most overrated apps of all time. With a glacial development pace, a one-man team with seemingly no plan to expand, it's no wonder that people are switching over to Things.
Speaking of Mac app development, half the problem stemming from THL for Mac (and eventually for iPhone) is that features were promised a long time ago, and the Potion Factory have just failed to deliver said features. Communication with regards to such things has been lax to say the least, and it's only served to work against the Factory in their climb to GTD-greatness. In direct contrast to this, Mr Frank from Panic recently posted an article on his blog describing how he's always open to features and feedback about his apps - this is why Panic are awesome.
Donate to charity, get the chance to win an awesome Mac software bundle. Sounds perfectly good, yes? What they don't tell you in the largest font ever is that just 70c of every dollar raised go towards the actual charity - as to where the rest goes? Well, it's not exactly specified on the website - for all you know, you could be funding the next Vegas strip club, or worse, those Windows 7 parties (yes, I kid you not). That being said, the Mac apps included are of excellent quality - Things, Tweetie, 1Password, and MarsEdit among the 8 apps on offer.
Smule seem to have the knack for making what would usually be considered as a "social music experience" an interesting and engaging experience. Riding on the outstanding success of the Leaf Trombone is "I am T-Pain", an app which auto-tunes your voice to T-Pain himself. There's a pretty cool video past the jump on how it actually works (as well as artists actually using the app), but easily the best thing that this app offers is the ability to auto-tune your voice to "I'm on a boat" - awesome doesn't even begin to describe this app.
If you haven't heard already, Mac OSX 10.6 brought with it an older version of Flash, and one that had security issues to boot. Gruber himself takes a look into the issue, delving deep into why the unix underpinnings and such things didn't notice that a newer version was already installed, what Apple could have done to make the problem lesser, and so on. A great technical read.
Next on the "who's who" of Apple celebrities is Marco Arment, the guy behind Instapaper, lead developer of Tumblr, and some say, the eventual successor to Gruber himself. This time we've got his thoughts on what exactly will happen at the special iPod event this Wednesday (US time), and all the different product refresh guesses that brings.
And on the topic of the special iPod event, Ars asks the biggest question of all - will Steve be there? Will he be presenting? Will a new generation of Mac-heads ever get to experience a Stevenote? Throw your hat into the ring, and cast your votes now!
An OpenCL benchmark tool is currently making the rounds among us Mac users interested by how our machines stack up, but how accurate it actually is has been under intense debate. Some say it's because drivers for higher-end graphics cards on the Mac (such as the GTX 285, as well as flashed third-party cards) aren't optimised at all, and are the main cause of the inaccuracies. Still, if anything the benchmark demonstrates how much more powerful your graphics card actually is compared to your CPU. The differences will amaze you.
WordPress for iPhone is calling for beta testers. If you've always been the one to lend a hand (and a get a sneak-preview of up-and-coming software), then this is your ticket to helping out the WordPress community. If I'm not mistaken our very own Gareth was somewhat involved with the development of this app, and that's just awesome.
Finally, you get to choose your own ending to this morning's news. There's Snow Leopard gems from Macworld, or an app called our very own Matches from Bjango that has recently gone free on the App Store.
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