Archive for December 2008
Is Adobe ‘Flex’ being renamed?
I just received a survey from Adobe through LinkedIn that suggests they are thinking about the naming of their Flash products. There are 3 products – the traditional Flash Profressional, Flex Builder, and the soon to be Catalyst (Thermo) product. Sounds like they want to dump the ‘Flex’ brand, and possibly align these as Flash Creator, Flash Catalyst, and Flash Builder. Makes sense to me.
[Update] Indeed, 10 months later Adobe has renamed Flex Builder to Flash Builder.
Macbook upgrades
My black Macbook is about 2 years old, and Apple says it is limited to 2GB of memory. However, unofficially it recognizes 3GB. I’ve been running with 3GB for over a month now without any problems.
Upgrading the memory is a breeze. You take out the battery, loosen 3 captive screws, and the memory slots are behind a metal strip. In addition to the memory, I upgraded to a 7200 RPM 320GB hard drive. Click the photo to link to several photos documenting the upgrade steps.
Weightbot
I purchased Weightbot today, not because I necessarily wanted to track my weight in detail (although I do have a goal). I bought it to take a look at the app itself. IMO, it epitomizes what an iPhone app should be. Simple, does one thing very well, and fun to use.
While I think the basic Cocoa touch apps have a nice default look and feel, it is also interesting to see an app like this which basically uses very little (or none?) of the standard widgets.
Kudos to these guys for a great app, I’m sure they will be getting a ton of downloads as the New Year approaches.
