WordPress 2.7 has been released and after downloading and upgrading it, I am in love with it, again. The interface has been given a complete overhaul and it is pure elegance as well as much more functional than the old versions.

I really like this application (for Mac) Keycue; it helps you to use the Mac OS X applications more effectively by displaying a concise table of all currently available menu shortcuts.

This one is an article by Stan Veit, former editor-in-chief of Computer Shopper magazine who were one of the first retailers to deal with the ‘new in the business’ Apple Computer in the late 1970s. In their own words by the magazine:

Stan Veit, Editor in Chief Emeritus of Computer Shopper, was the Editor in Chief of Computer Shopper magazine from 1983 to 1988, and Editor in Chief/Publisher from 1988 to 1990. Well before that, he was intimately connected to the personal computer revolution, a pioneer in the computer retail business who dealt with many of the industry’s movers and shakers (as well as many now-forgotten luminaries). Here, in the first in a series, he relates his experiences with two Steves, founders of a certain well-known computer behemoth…

Read it here.

The 10 best books of 2008 - from the editors of Book Review.

My anthem for the week.

These are some screen-shots from the OS X Leopard in action on my Mac. Click each picture for a larger view.

Desktop - OS X Leopard

iTunes for music

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An article in Newsweek by Daniel Lyons aka ‘The Fake Steve Jobs’. Here he talks about how the new POTUS will use the internet army he has built. Read it here.

Now that I have made the switch to Mac OS X, I am updating my list of applications (previous post) that I use for technical as well as general purposes. When it comes to ‘getting the job done’, these applications are of great value.

• Operating System - OS X Leopard
• Integrated Development Environment - Xcode, Netbeans 6.5, Visual Studio 2008 SP1 (on XP Pro using VMware Fusion), Adobe Dreamweaver, TextMate, Terminal
• Languages - VB.NET, Ruby, C, C++, C#, ASP.NET, HTML, Javascript
• Content Manegment System - Joomla
• FTP client - FileZilla
• Blog - Wordpress
• Blog Publishing - Windows Live Writer (this one has really no substitute, its excellent, although i have to run it virtually)
• Backup - Time Machine, Mozy Home
• Browser - Safari, Firefox and IE7 (for testing only)
• Mail Client - Mail
• Antivirus - Don’t need it anymore, yippie
• Firewall - Doorstop X Firewall for Mac
• Graphics Program - Adobe Photoshop
• Photo Editor - Aperture
• Others - VMware Fusion ( I Use it to bootup XP Pro or Ubuntu 8.10 virtually), iWork, Office 2007 (virtually), Evernote (for the mac it’s an excellent alternate of OneNote), Adium (all chat clients signed at once)

Mossberg Says Innovation is the Key to Success During the Econaclypse

Under worm attack, US Army bans USB drives

Microsoft to Offer Free Virus Protection Software for Windows

Mac Viruses Continue to Lag Behind Windows Counterparts

Study: time kids spend online not wasted after all

An article from InfoWorld, not just blatant fanboyism but an analysis supported by solid ground. Read “Why developers prefer Macs“.