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Chris Messina

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I'm a Mac enthusiast and product-slash-experience designer/marketer/open web advocate at Google.

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iFuntastic

chrismessina commented on 05 Sep 2008

$20? Really?

[Version 6.0b3]

Iconeer

chrismessina commented on 06 Jul 2008

I'd recommend Apple's free Icon Composer instead (free with Developer Tools).

[Version 2.0.1]

Speed Download Lite

chrismessina commented on 16 Jun 2008

I bought Speed Download ages ago and even paid for the 4 to 5 version upgrade. They put out far too many updates to warrant continuing to pay for upgrades though.

I've switched to Leech. Simple, sweet, priced right.

[Version 1.0]

1 Reply

chrismessina replied on 16 Jun 2008

I agree that Speed Download has been in continuous development and that's a good thing. Remember, I *paid* for Speed Download! The problem is that I can't afford to keep paying for upgrades when major releases come out as often as they seem to, especially when the majority of changes seem cosmetic, and haven't really added much additional value given my basic workflow.

I still like Speed Download, it's just that Leech is a lot lighter and simpler and meets my needs; it's unclear whether this Lite version of SD is really "lite" after all, or just a rushed version to take on Leech.

Caffeine

chrismessina commented on 24 Jan 2008

Yay! I'm personally super-thrilled to see the new coffee cup icon in the Menubar. So, +1 from me!

[Version 1.0.1]

XsTrimmer

chrismessina commented on 08 Aug 2007

So is this another free version of an existing piece of commercial software? In this case, Xslimmer? Ironically, aren't you also then competing with the free and open source Monolingual?

[Version 1.0]

1 Reply

chrismessina replied on 08 Aug 2007

Choice is good, certainly. I'm in favor of that -- and I'm in favor of folks using projects like this to learn programming and so on. I guess I came across a little curmudgeonly because I this doesn't necessarily add anything new to the existing offerings.

ShoveBox

chrismessina commented on 06 Aug 2007

For the money, I think Yojimbo is a much richer solution for snippets and the like.

[Version 1.0]

Liger

chrismessina reviewed on 29 Jul 2007

I've been using this theme since it first came out and love it. 1.6 adds some nice features and cleanup, but the Dock hack is a little odd and uncomfortable. Otherwise, this thing is the closest you can get to Leopard without breaking the NDA!

[Version 1.6]

iPhone Application Widget

chrismessina commented on 30 Jun 2007

So basically just links to web apps?

[Version 1.0]

MemoryMiner

chrismessina reviewed on 09 Jun 2007

I'd like to contradict and raise the rating of this app... I actually find it very innovative and great way to collect data and photos and associate them with people.

Check out this video:

http://memoryminer.com/software/video.html

It's a great demonstration of how to make the most of this app.

[Version 1.52]

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