NeatLittleMacApps

Poladroid.

If you want to revive the beautiful retro styled polaroids of days gone by, this is the app to do it. It's original, useful and fun to work with. A true NeatLittleMacApp.

This episode I'll be interviewing Marshall Kirk McKusick. Most known for his extensive work on BSD, and in a way one of the granddaddies of our beloved OS X.
We'll be talking on how he got the copyright on the BSD Daemon (Beastie, drawn by John Lasseter), BSD in general and how to trash a computer.

Enjoy

PS.: this interview was recorded for the now podfaded Systemtras Podcast I cohosted with Dimitri Larmuseau (Sourcetrunk Podcast).

Usability:

If ever there was a thing that attracts me the most in Mac software, it's clean UI design and usability.

It's this thought-out approach that a lot of Mac devs have on their software. It's often the little intrinsic details that get me excited about an app. You actually 'want' to start working with it just for the sheer fun of it.

This weeks app is no different. Except,... I also need to work with it instead of just 'wanting' to work with it.

What's this all about?

A few years ago I cohosted this vidcast called Systemtrash. It has podfaded by now, but I had a series of interviews with some very famous people in the podcastosphere (Leo Laporte, Ze Frank, Marshall Kirk McKusick, Adam Christianson,..).

Looking back I realize that those were the beginning days of podcasting. Ze hadn't even started to do his 'The Show' series, the TWIT army just had it's first few shows to listen to. Adam practically was the only real Mac-related show in town. And I'm glad I had the opportunity to talk with these people.

Hopefully you'll enjoy these intermissions of the show. Rest assured, a 'true' NLMA episode will be coming really soon, but do keep me posted if you enjoy these interviews.

Clean Desk policy at it's best?

Here's an app that enables you to have a robot on your system that continuously manages and/or cleans your system and trash. Uses are practically endless, but then again, so is our file clutter these days. Might come in handy not?

This episode depicts what we podcast host go trough to get a podcast episode to you, our devoted listeners.

This show was recorded during my holiday in the south of France. I had this interview (general discussion really) with my friend Dimitri, who invited us on this great trip. So one week in a beautiful location, with a pool, lavender, wine, beer, nature all around us and what do we do? We record podcasts!

I know, it's sad ;)

Camouflage:

For the moments where you just don't want to see them icons cluttering your Desktop. A quick demo, some private folders visible... One click and aaahhhh. One shiny clean desktop.

Pukka: rightfully the best del.icio.us submission helper out there.

I'm not I wasn't a del.icio.us user, but I knew about this app. Funny how it goes. After a listener mentioned it to me, I tried it out anyway, and I'm now actually using del.icio.us. The world in reverse.

Mindnode: mindmapping without distraction

Sometimes you just want to plot out a whole bunch of ideas that coalesced inside your mind. No bells and whistles, no distractions. Just you, your thoughts and a blank piece of mindmapsoftware.

NLMA interview with the man behind Growl, Adium,...: Chris Forsythe