GoodReader for iPad (and iPhone) continues to get better all of the time. It’s the ugly Swiss Army Knife of iOS. AFP with Bonjour discovery makes it a simple process to get to files on a local network without needing to jump between the computer and the iPad. GoodReader can also connect to a Time Capsule over AFP. There’s also iCloud publishing and the ability to unRAR an archive. Too many great features to list here.
Fake[1] is so much fun. I expect to do a lot more with this. It really does make me giddy for some reason. Maybe because I’ve been doing some of this with Python scripts and it’s very difficult to do well.
Fake is like Automator for the web. But it’s better than that. It’s graphical programming for the web. It can automatically find and populate forms. It can submit logins and extract content.
This new bundle looks great. Some of the best Mac apps out there for $40. Seems like a good deal for developer and buyer.
I just started using CodeRunner and Patterns for script writing.[1] They are both available in the MAS.
CodeRunner supports AppleScript, Python, Ruby, Shell and several more. It provides syntax highlighting and code completion. Importantly it also provides a console window to display the output as well as a mode for accepting input. Sure, it’s not BBEdit, but it’s lightweight and single minded. There are not many frills but it works great.
A nice update to the best iOS GPS app. I’ve reviewed it before and love it.
There’s a nice round-up of wireframing and mockup webapps over at SpeckyBoy. I love OmniGraffle, but most of the time I need it on my Windows machine at work. I tried most of the apps in the list and only one was good enough for my needs. Specifically, NO FLASH REQUIRED.
Mockingbird is impressive just for how attractive it is without using any flash. I can imagine a number of use cases for an app like this.
Just a friendly reminder that Literature and Latte is offering Scrivener for 20% off for anyone participating in NaNoWriMo and 50% off if you finish. There’s also a Windows version available now that I’ve tried and it is quite good.
This makes no sense to me. This was on the Yahoo IntoNow app reviews:
I'm no one to preach about what others should do. Instead, here's my approach toward handling app reviews:
If I like an app, I review it If I hate an app, I review it I do not leave bad reviews for free apps. It's not worth my time and really, there's little harm in a bad free app since Apple does a good job excluding malicious apps.
It's not my preferred note-taking app, but if multi-media notes are your thing, this is a monumental Notability update from Ginger Labs. It's clearly a lovingly managed product.
Great review by Macstories (do they ever sleep?) of the new features in Instacast on iOS 5.
I've been using Instacast (see this review) for about eight months and it's already one of the most used apps on my iPhone. It is the best podcast app available for iOS. Cross device syncing is a great demonstration of where apps can go with the new iOS 5 services.
