Outer Level

Category: Mac

  • Parsing Email Date Formats

    I’ve been busily working towards the release of LicenseKeeper 1.2 over the past week. This morning I attacked a minor issue where some email received dates weren’t being parsed correctly. After some investigation, it turns out that is was just a matter of handling an additional string to date conversion format. The problem and solution…

  • Cocoa Cheerleaders

    When starting out as a Cocoa developer or switching from another platform, sometimes the hardest part is knowing where to find information about your new chosen toolset. There are some good resources around the net, but finding them can be challenging if you don’t know what to look for. David Masters brings us a new…

  • Mac Pro Heat Issues

    As the temperatures here in the North Eastern United States have risen so have my Mac Pro hardware crashes. There seems to be a direct correlation with internal temp and hard system freezes. This mostly occurs when playing certain computer games (Age of Empires III, Redline, and WingNuts 2). When I experience the system freeze,…

  • Ironcoder V Winners

    Ironcoder V has announced their winner and “notable” entries. Congratulations to Ben Gottleib and his “WikiPath” Wikipedia screensaver.

  • Wanted: Beta Testers for LicenseKeeper 1.1

    It’s that time again. I am looking for a few volunteers to help beta test the next version of LicenseKeeper. Specifically, I’m looking for people who use either Microsoft Entourage or PowerMail. A note of caution: This is beta software. If you are uncomfortable installing software that is not production ready, please do not volunteer.…

  • Otis: Come to the Block Party.

    Wonder Warp Software has released a fun little game called Otis. I had the opportunity to watch from the side lines as Dan Grover worked on Otis. Dan and I are both members of the Boston chapter of Cocoa Heads. Every month we meet and talk shop, share experiences, and demo things we’ve been working…

  • Mac App Checklist

    A ton of work goes into developing software. There is much to do before an application can be released to the public. Whether open-source or closed, a polished application is much nicer for the user. Domain of the Board gives us a nice checklist to ready software for release on the Mac.

  • LicenseKeeper on Apple’s Macintosh Products Guide

    I was checking my web server traffic logs and discovered a very nice surprise this afternoon. Apple has graciously listed LicenseKeeper on the front page of their Macintosh Products Guide. Just in case Apple changes the page, here is a screen capture of the page: The page has March 14, 2007 as the listing date,…

  • Licensed to Use

    David Zizza has published a great overview of the many options available in the Mac software license management market. [LicenseKeeper] truly evokes the Mac-ness of software interfaces – Drag and Drop, Spot Light, Toolbar, great use of icons, easy-to-use, etc. An awesome feature is the Attachments, which allows to add highlighted email (such as registrations…

  • Introducing LicenseKeeper 1.0

    After many months of development and hard work by the beta test team, LicenseKeeper 1.0 has finally been pushed out the door for release. The demo version can be downloaded from the LicenseKeeper product page and is available for purchase on the newly redesigned Outer Level website and online store. This is a very exciting…