Thord D. Hedengren

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  • Writing In The Browser

    Writing In The Browser

    I like to think of myself as a pretty modern guy. I buy all the right gadgets, use all the cool services, and get all worked up when the TOS shows the internet companies’ true intent. I’m also a writer, and unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years, there are a literally a billion possible tools for us writers to choose from. On the iPad alone there are approximately 747,632 apps that could make you a better writer, which is why I went through all of them and wrote The Writer’s iPad. Yeah, I’m such a nice guy.

    I’ve got a friend who swears by Google Docs, err, Drive, or whatever it’s called these days. I use it on occasion, to share content with other people, but I’ve never liked it, and lost way too many words due to it being an unstable piece of shit. Maybe it isn’t anymore, but I’m really not interested in finding out.  (more…)

  • Chrome and Safari in perfect harmony

    I had an idea that I wouldn’t install Google’s Chrome browser on the workstation. The idea was to stick with Safari for as long as I could, to keep the install clean.

    Two things made me install Chrome:

    1. I needed an alternative browser for work.
    2. I missed my Chrome Web Apps.

    Number 2 made me install Chrome this morning, and a few hours later I have found harmony in the two browsers. It’s really quite simple.

    Chrome is for work. (Gmail, Docs, Reader, research, inspecting code and so on.)

    Safari is for consuming. (Browse the web. Period.)

    Both are open on my desktop right now, and I think this will work out great.

  • Pixelfari is awfully cool

    What would Safari look like if it existed back in the Apple II days? Like this, and you can try it yourself. Might not be the new primary browser, but damn cool at least.

  • Webapps and the cloud are changing software forever

    There are 4 programs I launch every morning when turning on my computer:

    • Chrome, my web browser of choice.
    • Tweetie, my Twitter client of choice.
    • TDHmail, my email client which is actually Google Apps for the domain tdh.me.
    • Facebook.

    These stay open throughout the day, and all are standalone applications, although the latter two could just as well have been running in any web browser, and Tweetie could be replaced by Twitter’s web interface. (more…)