Tag Archives: Mac

Mac OS X Font Validation Scheme

Posted on April 25, 2009 by LwEEs

For some time now my MS Word application was acting up, crashing regularly and working very slowly. I got tired of thinking that it was “normal” behavior for a Microsoft (MS) application and started looking for solutions. It turns out I was being unfair to MS this time, the problem lied on the Font Validation application that comes with Mac OS X. When you install applications that brings fonts to the Mac OS X environment they get automatically organized in the Font Book.app. The Font Book.app is located in the … Continue reading →

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Tweetie Twitter Client for Mac

Posted on April 24, 2009 by LwEEs

Twitter is a micro-blogging platform that allows you to update people on what you are doing as well as see what others are doing instantly, all in 140 characters or less. The main use of twitter has been described as the office water cooler, which is where you stop to take a break and talk to others. Much like Facebook, twitter is causing sensation, everyone in social media understand the importance of using twitter regularly. If you own a brand or you simply want to stay updated about what’s happening … Continue reading →

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Emoji Under Attack

Posted on March 5, 2009 by LwEEs

If you don’t know what emoji is then here it goes, back when Apple was trying to get in the Japanese cell phone market they noticed that a big feature all cell phones had was emoji. Emoji is the Japanese term for the pictures characters or emoticons used by Japanese wireless carriers (Wikipedia). I felt so envious when I saw them for the first time, why in the world we can’t have the same emoticons here in the US market. It doesn’t seem to be incompatible with the cell carriers, … Continue reading →

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Photoshop Elements 6.0 for Mac, Revisited

Posted on February 13, 2008 by LwEEs

As soon as I learned about Photoshop Elements 6.0 (PSE) for Mac, I posted my impressions on my business blog. With the intention of being more informal about it, I’m revisiting the topic here on my personal blog (here.) One other thing that made me think about it was an interview that Victor from the Typical Mac User podcast did to the product manager of PSE. Some of my complaints that I had back then when PSE was announced, were that Adobe.com had the announcement tied with photos from PSE … Continue reading →

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Web FTP Client net2ftp.com Review

Posted on February 2, 2008 by LwEEs

There are many ftp client software in the market, for those of you who are looking for a web based ftp client here is a review. First, the basics, ftp stands for file transfer protocol, this technology allows you to transfer files to and from web hosts (among other places.) I learned about net2ftp.com about 6 months ago, I was at a friend house and I needed to upload a file to my web host, I didn’t wanted to install software on my friends computer so I started searching for … Continue reading →

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