SQL Virgin Again
I’ve been in the coding dungeon lately, which explains why I haven’t posted for a while. One of the things I’m working on is moving some of FeedDemon’s data out of XML and into SQLite, which I didn’t...
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NewsGator Pays Attention
NewsGator CTO Greg Reinacker writes: "We’ve now implemented a persistent APML endpoint in our online platform. What this means is, if you’re using sync with NewsGator Online, there is a well-known URL...
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Favicon Hell: Small Feature, Big Code
A couple years ago, FeedDemon started displaying favicons – you know, those little 16×16 icons that web sites use to brand themselves. It was a popular addition, because it’s much easier to tell your...
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Windows Vista Gets a Bad Rap
From what I can tell, the general opinion of Windows Vista is that it sucks. And to be honest, when I first tried Vista on my Dell laptop, I also thought it sucked. It was slow, it crashed all the...
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The Great Un-Friending of 2009
If we ever friended each other on Facebook, then there’s a good chance you’re annoyed with me right now for un-friending you. But I swear it’s nothing personal. Lemme ‘splain. I’ve been on Facebook...
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Bing Search in FeedDemon
Now that Microsoft’s Bing search engine is live, I figured I’d create a "search definition" for FeedDemon to simplify subscribing to Bing search feeds. Here's how to use it: View this page in...
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The Long-Term Failure of Web APIs
Years ago, when developers such as myself started the transition away from OS-specific APIs to web APIs, we believed that doing so would empower our software and save it from the confines of the...
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The Friction in Frictionless Sharing
Facebook claims that frictionless sharing makes sharing easier. They’ve improved the usability of sharing by taking away the friction. So let’s look at it from a usability perspective. This is an...
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No More Free Tech Support
Developers sometimes dread meeting new people. We suspect that when people find out what we do, they're probably going to ask us to fix a problem they're having with their computer. The same dread...
View ArticleEnough with the Mobile Fanboys
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you probably know I’m a fan of Android. It wasn’t always that way. I was an early iPhone adopter who reluctantly switched to Android after getting a job as...
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