Mike Cohen

FlickrFan + PhotoPresenter = Flickr Slide Show

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I finally decided to try FlickrFan, Dave Winer’s application that downloads photos from your Flickr RSS feeds. A few days ago I bought PhotoPresenter when MacZOT offered it. The two work great together – simply add FlickrFan’s download folder as a source and you can make a stylish animated slideshow of your photos or your friends’ photos.

FlickrFan looks a lot like every other application Dave Winer has written for the last decade or so. Like Frontier & Radio Userland, all of the functionality is provided by a ‘root’ file, with a built-in outline editor.

Desktop vs. web-based RSS readers

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Nick Bradbury compares the advantages of using a desktop RSS reader (such as NetNewsWire) vs. a web-based reader.

I have been using NetNewsWire for several years, but I recently tried using Google Reader for a few weeks, so I could use the sharing features. I found that I prefer using NetNewsWire and I was glad to come back to it. NewsGator online has improved a lot and now looks pretty good on an iPhone, but it’s still not as nice as Google Reader.

Don't miss Apple Universe Live at Macworld Expo

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Daniel Brusilovsky will be recording the 100th episode of Apple Universe live during Macworld Expo next week. I’ll be there and I’ll be blogging live. I talked to Daniel a few times today and he has some very exciting news.

The live recording will take place on Tuesday, January 15 from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. at:
Zeum
221 4th St
San Francisco, California 94103

More information at upcoming.org.

Performance improvements

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I’ve adjusted the cache settings and added the Block Cache module to MacMegasite, which seem to improve the performance. I’ve also had to increase the memory & CPU for my DreamHost Virtual Private Server several times in the last few days when the load got too high. Hopefully with the cache changes I won’t have to increase it any further.

Blogging from my iPhone

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I’ve set up posting via email both here and at MacMegasite. Since
there’s usually no wifi during the keynote, I’ll attempt to post from
my iPhone as long as there is cellphone reception.

Sent from my iPhone

Top ten things in the air

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Apple watchers are trying to guess the meaning of “There’s something in the air” on Apple’s tantalizing Macworld banners. Here are some possibilities.

  1. Apple is buying Adobe and adding AIR to the iPhone and building it into OS X
  2. Wireless syncing of iPod & iPhone with Macs
  3. Rent movies wirelessly directly from the Apple TV
  4. Bluetooth headphones for iPod & iPhone
  5. Subnotebook will have built-in 3G or EVDO
  6. All laptops will have built-in cellular modem
  7. Wireless tablet Mac
  8. Wireless charging for iPhone & iPod
  9. Mobile TV on the iPhone
  10. Beam Technology to transfer data, faster than bluetooth

A little bird just tweeted that the macbook nano is coming.

Sudden jump in subscribers

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I noticed today that MacMegasite now has 34526 subscribers to the newsfeed, a sudden jump from the usual 18000-19000.

34526 readers!
Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch!

FeedBurner’s statistics page confirms the sudden jump.

Feedburner Stats
Uploaded with plasq‘s Skitch!

This happened just after NewsGator announced that NetNewsWire is now free, and MacMegasite happens to be one of the default feeds. Thanks Brent! I owe you a beer.