January, 2006

  1. Where are the .6 releases?

    I hope to have the long incubated Tasks Pro™ 1.6 and Tasks 2.6 releases out next week. The software has been ready for a while now, the hold up has been finding 2 days to do all the release related stuff: set up the demos, the free trials and upgrade the Use Tasks accounts. This…

  2. Set focus to an element in an iframe

    If you’re trying to set focus to an element in an iframe that has already been loaded, you need to set focus to the iframe first, then to the element. Here is sample code: if (ie) { var myIframe = document.frames[‘my_iframe’]; var myField = document.frames[‘my_iframe’].document.getElementById(‘my_field’); } else { var myIframe = document.getElementById(‘my_iframe’); var myField =…

  3. MashupCamp Wiki Feed

    I think MashupCamp is going to be pretty darn fun, and I’m already enjoying following the developments on the wiki through the wiki feed (in FeedLounge, of course 😉 ). In only a handful of seconds a day, I’ve kept up to date with the attendee list, the logo discussion, proposed sessions, attendee bios, etc.…

  4. Around the web

    Gangstas & Hugs – Bill O’Reilly Gets Owned Feedster Will Die in 2006 Adobe Lightroom We Get Letters – great post on trust scores and communities. The Problems with Feeds at joshteeters.org August 2006: Finish Building Bar Extension – I am thoroughly enjoying Geof’s resolutions. TechCrunch – Don’t Blow Your Beta FeedLounge Doors Open at…

  5. Juggling Phones

    I stayed with a few friends while in the Bay Area last week instead of getting a hotel (many thanks Eric, George and Shelby!) and managed to leave my Treo 600 USB charger in Oakland mid-week. The Treo lasted a day and a half or so, then I had to switch to the A900 –…

  6. del.icio.us/alexkingorg/feedlounge

    I started using del.icio.us to keep track of FeedLounge mentions, in case anyone else wants to see what the blogosphere is saying as they wait for Monday’s release. 🙂 If you see mentions I’ve missed, add a ‘feedlounge’ tag to them and I’ll pick them up on the main feed from del.icio.us/tag/feedlounge. This post is…

  7. “Needs More Cowbell”

    Last summer I e-mailed a friend to let him know that the write up we were working on just didn’t have enough juice in it. His reply was something along the lines of: You’re right, it lacks cowbell. Though I wasn’t familiar with the phrase, I knew exactly what he meant. Fast forward to this…

  8. bash Functions

    I set up a bunch of aliases in my ~/.profile a while back, stuff like this: alias ex1=”ssh ex1.example.com” alias src=”cd ~/Sites/src” Since I use the command line interface to Subversion (I normally prefer a GUI, but for SVN I think the command line is actually faster), I’ve been navigating my source directories more and…

  9. Smart People

    It’s been quite enjoyable spending time around a bunch of smart people this week. It’s one of the reasons I signed up for MashupCamp next month and something I miss working alone.

  10. MacWorld

    Went to MacWorld this afternoon, after attending Jason’s lunch. Chatting with the folks at the lunch was definitely a bit more interesting than the show itself. I guess I really wasn’t looking forward to the announcements as much this time since I’m pretty well set on the hardware side. 🙂 The MacBook Pro is pretty…

  11. FeedLounge Pricing

    We’ve announced the pricing for FeedLounge during the beta release. This post is part of the project: FeedLounge. View the project timeline for more context on this post.

  12. Landed

    Landed and got caught up with some friends in the Bay Area today. Looks like tomorrow will be a development day – at least half doing in person collaborative development1 with Scott as we push towards next monday’s public release of FeedLounge. Tuesday and Wednesday, we’ll be at MacWorld – hope to see y’all there.…

  13. Around the web

    Rands In Repose: Swear A Bit Be A Human. This is hard. I don’t think there is a class at your local university that teaches this. Personally, I attribute the tone I use in my writing to spending the past two decades of my life attempting to communicate via my keyboard. I Represent Me at…