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An airhacks.fm conversation with Christian Humer (@grashalm_) about: early programming experiences with DOS text Adventures and Captain Comic, transition from graphics design to computer science, work on Java Server Pages (JSPs) and point-of-sale systems, development of Swing GUI for touchscreens, introduction to GraalVM and Truffle framework, ActionScript, Adobe Flash and Adobe Flex, explanation of Futamura projections and partial evaluation in Truffle, discussion on the challenges of implementing dynamic language runtimes, de-optimization in JIT compilers, Nashorn JavaScript engine vs. GraalJS, language interoperability in GraalVM, reuse of libraries across different programming languages, embedding of JavaScript and React in Java applications, comparison with PyPy in the python ecosystem, current work on bytecode DSL for generating bytecode interpreters, the importance of math in computer science and its relation to programming concepts Christian Humer on twitter: @grashalm_
FULL SHOW NOTES https://podcast.nz365guy.com/462Jon Gilman shares his experience working at Microsoft for over 18 months since the acquisition and how they have incorporated their products into the Power Platform. Talks about Jon's focus on creating exciting content for enterprises to quickly adopt and implement the Power Platform, as opposed to the traditional DIY approach. Jon shares his background as an industrial engineering major and his journey from General Motors to Accenture, where he worked on implementing SAP and building custom software. Explains the challenges faced by organizations when implementing ERP systems, where operational efficiency increases on the back end but creates complexities and inefficiencies for front-end users. Jon reflects on his journey from founding Clear Software to joining Microsoft. He discusses his dissatisfaction with ERP systems and the need to improve the user experience for front-end users. Shares Jon's journey of building productivity tools and transitioning to web applications using technologies like Silverlight, Adobe Flex, and HTML5. Jon talks about the acquisition of Clear Software by Microsoft and the process of integrating its capabilities into the Power Platform. He highlights the technical integration and the migration of pre-built app templates as power apps. The Concept of Clean Core in SAP Systems Migration - The concept is driven by SAP itself and involves extracting different workloads through APIs and the relevance of the Microsoft perspective and the SAP Power Platform Azure story. Emphasizes the importance of avoiding writing business logic in custom code within ERP systems and the challenges faced by organizations with extensive custom ABAP code in the SAP world. Jon explains how the Power Platform, including connectors and pre-built templates, streamlines and automates business processes, reducing the time and effort required for tasks such as vendor setup and purchase order entry. The discussion revolves around allowing organization members to update applications in different systems and the need for a balance between security and flexibility is emphasized. AgileXRM AgileXRm - The integrated BPM for Microsoft Power PlatformSupport the showIf you want to get in touch with me, you can message me here on Linkedin.Thanks for listening
非常感谢听众 JeeJee 的给我们提的节目策划:在年底邀请听众朋友们来聊聊大家 2021 年的工作和生活~~~ 虽然一开始并没有想好详细怎么跟大家聊,但真的跟听众们一个个语音之后发觉大家都很有表达欲~ 每个人自己的故事也足以作为节目的本体,所以我们决定完全裁掉了两位主播的声音,基本只保留几位听众的声音来呈现这档年底「群像剧」P.S. 本台是一个包容的播客节目,并不是专挑男性听众来录节目,只是当时在会员群内报名的女性听众比较少,在下集了一定会有女生的~ 当然,不管是男生女生第三性别还是任何其他朋友,如果你也有故事和自己的生活想跟我们分享,完全欢迎来信告诉我们,如果合适我们会联系你然后跟你约时间远程连线录音~# 内容提要04:17 · 震震 (JeeJee):疫情让远程工作成了一种合适的选择17:16 · 豆包:从技术到设计再到技术的四好青年28:26 · 兔子(Rabbitism):混不了设计群的播客主不是好开发39:00 · 代号「小丑」:本来以为是悲剧,没想到是励志剧# 参考链接本台的六周年特别节目 1:57JeeJee 现在所就职的 极狐 GitLab 6:12兔子的播客《好肚有度》 29:29兔子所念的 Coursera 在线硕士课程 32:41早已作古的微软 Silverlight 38:06同样已经退出历史舞台的 Adobe Flex 38:23# 会员计划在本台官网(Anyway.FM) 注册会员即可 14 天试用 X 轴播放器和催更功能~ 开启独特的播客互动体验,Pro 会员更可加入听众群参与节目讨(hua)论(shui)~
Ivan has been around since the beginning. To be specific, he was one of the core Magento 1 developers, brought into the Magento company as an “Adobe Flex” developer. His experience and skillset give him a keen ability to spot inefficiencies, performance bottlenecks and security issues within the platform. Naturally, he has some very valuable tips to share from his experience that might just help you fix whatever issue you're dealing with now or in the future! -- SHOW NOTES [more at SwiftOtter.com] 3:45 The majority of the merchants Ivan works with are dealing with database overload and don't know what to do. His first exercise is to try and find “esoteric solutions” that will solve their unique problem, not just for the time being, but for the future, allowing them to continue to build their databases without the fear of another major breakdown. 6:13 Ivan shares a story about a Magento 1 customer in ~2018 who wanted to have a website with 200 different domain names and the major challenges that this brought up. 8:53 A tip for developers, regarding databases, when approaching certain merchant concerns. 9:37 Joseph's controversial “anti-ProductRepository” post he put out earlier in 2021 and Ivan's project which can be found HERE. Ivan explains this project he has been working on and how “preloading” works to your advantage. 12:40 For further explanation of Ivan's preloading strategy, see his Meet Magento UK talk right HERE. 14:40 Ivan's frustration with the current Open Source management and how long it takes for a pull request to get attention. 16:40 A short discussion on what this Mage Open Source Task Force will yield and what might actually happen. Ivan believes the Mage-OS and Adobe can coexist and actually have a functioning relationship that is helpful, without throwing the whole thing out, but he has much to share about what he thinks the challenges, opportunities and realities are surrounding this process. 27:45 Watch “Load in the Loop” HERE. Eric Hileman of MageMojo presented issues in the websites hosted on MageMojo, then he and Ivan worked to solve those issues on the show. It's very entertaining and educational! -- Connect with Ivan: LinkedIn Twitter Connect with Joseph: LinkedIn Twitter Do YOU have an incredible debugging story to share? Send your story to logan@swiftotter.com and you might be our next podcast guest! This podcast exists to inspire, educate and entertain eCommerce developers who are serious about improving their skills and advancing their careers! Have you joined the free SwiftOtter Slack community? It's exploding and we don't want you to miss out. Go to SwiftOtter.com/Slack to join for free and get plugged into what might be the best group of collaborating developers around! [Special thanks to TrendingAudio for our awesome theme music]
Phil’s guest on this episode of the IT Career Energizer podcast is James Ward. He is a software developer who shares what he learns with others through presentations, blogs, demos and code. He is a self-proclaimed Typed Pure Functional Programming zealot but often compromises on his ideals to just get things done. And as well as being the co-author of “First Steps in Flex” and the creator of the first Java hosting service back in 1997, he helped to launch the Reactive Manifesto. In this episode, Phil and James Ward talk, at length, about the best ways to get involved in the IT community, help others and grow your reputation within the industry. They also discuss how to be effective at influencing decision-makers. James also talks about how to go back to basics when explaining things to beginners. A skill you need when building a team. KEY TAKEAWAYS: (4.26) TOP CAREER TIP Find a community you want to be a part of and work to improve it. Everyone benefits when you do that, including you. In time, you become well known and people start to recognise your efforts and what you have to offer. You can contribute in all kinds of ways. Write blog posts, put together documentation, provide code samples and more besides. Use forum and social media to uncover what people are struggling with, and then provide something to help them to meet those challenges. (7.10) WORST CAREER MOMENT James worked at Adobe, in particular on Flex. When HTML, CSS and the web started growing, he realised that it would have a significant impact on how relevant Adobe Flex was. At that stage, James wanted to develop Flex in a way that enabled people to port their applications easily to the web. Unfortunately, he was unable to convince the management of the need to do this. It led to him leaving a job he loved because he knew the tech he was working on was going downhill. The experience taught James that he needed to work on his influencing skills. (11.34) CAREER HIGHLIGHT James’ career highlight was TypeSafe the company behind Scala. He enjoyed being able to simplify things to the point where people could actually get started with using the tech. First, they created activator which made everything easier to install and provided templates. Later, they provided hundreds of pieces of sample code, which made things even easier. (15.46) THE FUTURE OF CAREERS IN I.T There is so much happening right now. It is almost overwhelming. But, this is a good thing because it means that the possibilities are endless. James has a lot of fun learning the new technologies and playing around with the latest tech gadgets. He shares details of his rocket related project with the audience. (17.29) THE REVEAL What first attracted you to a career in I.T.? – James describes himself as being a nerd, even as a young kid, so for him taking up a career in I.T was a natural step. What’s the best career advice you received? – You need to work on your dependability. In the podcast, James explains how he overcame his own flakiness. What’s the worst career advice you received? – James has been lucky with his advisors, so did not have a worst piece of career advice to share. What would you do if you started your career now? – Get involved in machine learning, AI and data dynamics. What are your current career objectives? – James really wants to improve developer journeys and experiences. Right now, he is focused on using Java Spring in Google Cloud to do this. What’s your number one non-technical skill? – His desire to learn. At this stage he talks about a couple of his side projects he is involved in, including WebJars. What do you do away from technology? – James loves spending time in the mountains in Colorado. He is a keen hiker, biker and skier. (25.21) FINAL CAREER TIP Share what you know. Everyone has something unique to share with their community, so make sure you do. You never know how many people you can end up helping by doing so. BEST MOMENTS (4.29) –James - “Find a community you like and participate. Working to make that community better will get you known.” (11.20) –James - “Take people on a journey when trying to influence them. Build your arguments slowly over time.” (18.22) –James - “Be dependable. When you say you will deliver something, make sure that you actually do.” (19.33) –James - “Learn not to over commit. If you are a people pleaser, learn to say no a little more.” (25.22) –James - “Share what you know with your community. Everyone has something unique to share.” ABOUT THE HOST – PHIL BURGESS Phil Burgess is an independent IT consultant who has spent the last 20 years helping organisations to design, develop and implement software solutions. Phil has always had an interest in helping others to develop and advance their careers. And in 2017 Phil started the I.T. Career Energizer podcast to try to help as many people as possible to learn from the career advice and experiences of those that have been, and still are, on that same career journey. CONTACT THE HOST – PHIL BURGESS Phil can be contacted through the following Social Media platforms: Twitter: https://twitter.com/philtechcareer LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/philburgess Facebook: https://facebook.com/philtechcareer Instagram: https://instagram.com/philtechcareer Website: https://itcareerenergizer.com/contact Phil is also reachable by email at phil@itcareerenergizer.com and via the podcast’s website, https://itcareerenergizer.com Join the I.T. Career Energizer Community on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/ITCareerEnergizer ABOUT THE GUEST –James Ward James Ward is a software developer who shares what he learns with others through presentations, blogs, demos and code. He is a self-proclaimed Typed Pure Functional Programming zealot but often compromises on his ideals to just get things done. And as well as being the co-author of “First Steps in Flex” and the creator of the first Java hosting service back in 1997, he helped to launch the Reactive Manifesto CONTACT THE GUEST –James Ward James Ward can be contacted through the following Social Media platforms: Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/_JamesWard LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesward/ Website: https://www.jamesward.com/
An airhacks.fm conversation with Ben Farell (@bfarrellforever) about: copying and pasting game programming logic from magazines into a TI 994a, the ugly purple people picker, accidentally buying Java books, boring C++ without visual elements, dangerous assembly classes, Macromedia Director in 1996, developing with Flash, suddenly in 2010 Flash lost its popularity, writing casual games for kids, a thick book about LiveScript, JavaScript is just Java with a bit script, Java was great and the visual stuff was boring, writing code in key frames, Adobe Flex, Adobe Flex Builder, typesafe ActionScript, GreenSock, GreenSock started with Flash, the book about WebComponents, plain vanilla, no thrills, JavaScript, developing applications without a framework, potential migrations, stable React, JavaScript becomes more and more similar to Java, CSS 3 without less or Sass, plain lit-html and hyperhtml as fallback, template literals vs. lit-html, partial rendering with lit-html, no virtual DOM, possible security issues with plain template literals, lit-html and event binding, lit-html vs. custom attributes for wiring, separating templates and business logic with modules, bad experiences as Java developer with maintaining multiple files, CSS extensions with houdini, a standard for hooking into browser's CSS processing, is there no more need for frameworks?, frameworks as hindrance, the Vaadin Router webcomponent, building a navigation component, the magic under the hoot comes with good intentions, building fusion reactors for CRUD, using custom elements for application structuring, the reflection best practice, shadow DOM is supported on all browsers, shadow DOM is problematic with CSS design systems, Constructible Style Sheets to the rescue, start without Shadow DOM, then introduce it on demand, customizing styles with CSS properties, using IDs without Shadow DOM is hard, ShadowDOM with querySelector, Adobe Project Aero, browsersync in development mode, obsolete build systems, bunding with rollupjs and babel plugin for legacy browser support, pikapkg - the anti-bundler, 2005 EMMY for Sesame Street Games Channel, cheating with annoying Elmo, WebComponents in Action (discount code: podairhacks19): a book about making WebComponents without a framework, outdated Polymer, VR and AR with WebComponents, a-frame, Occulus Quest and Tiltbrush, Ben Farell on twitter: @bfarrellforever Also checkout: http://webcomponents.training, http://effectiveweb.training or visit http://airhacks.com
The guys talk about GDPR, interesting stats about non-native frameworks, and the latest Swift news among other things.
Panel: Shai Reznik Alyssa Nicholl Joe Eames Special Guests: Yakov Fain In this episode of Adventures in Angular, the panel talks to Yakov Fain about Angular for Java developers. Yakov has worked as a Java developer for about 18 years, and in the last 4 or 5 years, he also started using front-end frameworks like Angular. They talk about what made him switch over to Angular, how it has improved his programming, and when it is best to utilize this framework. They also discuss how Yakov trains Java developers to start using Angular and the two methods he uses to do so. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Yakov intro Wrote books on Java and Angular Angular Adobe Flex Why he stopped using Adobe Flex Angular and TypeScript combination Angular is built for large-scale projects Angular is good for creating single-page apps When Angular isn’t that great What he’s looking for in Angular 6 Creating widgets Angular Element The programming community looks down on JavaScript CSS Recommends people learn CSS if they are a Java developer The beauty of the industry There is a specific way to teach to Java developers Angular that is easy for them to understand Two major directions in training Java developers And much, much more! Links: Angular Adobe Flex TypeScript JavaScript Yakov’s GitHub Yakov’s blog @YFain Picks: Shai NGXS TypeWiz Joe ngRx data Barking Up the Wrong Tree by Eric Barker Yakov JHipster Angular for Java Developers talk
Panel: Shai Reznik Alyssa Nicholl Joe Eames Special Guests: Yakov Fain In this episode of Adventures in Angular, the panel talks to Yakov Fain about Angular for Java developers. Yakov has worked as a Java developer for about 18 years, and in the last 4 or 5 years, he also started using front-end frameworks like Angular. They talk about what made him switch over to Angular, how it has improved his programming, and when it is best to utilize this framework. They also discuss how Yakov trains Java developers to start using Angular and the two methods he uses to do so. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Yakov intro Wrote books on Java and Angular Angular Adobe Flex Why he stopped using Adobe Flex Angular and TypeScript combination Angular is built for large-scale projects Angular is good for creating single-page apps When Angular isn’t that great What he’s looking for in Angular 6 Creating widgets Angular Element The programming community looks down on JavaScript CSS Recommends people learn CSS if they are a Java developer The beauty of the industry There is a specific way to teach to Java developers Angular that is easy for them to understand Two major directions in training Java developers And much, much more! Links: Angular Adobe Flex TypeScript JavaScript Yakov’s GitHub Yakov’s blog @YFain Picks: Shai NGXS TypeWiz Joe ngRx data Barking Up the Wrong Tree by Eric Barker Yakov JHipster Angular for Java Developers talk
Panel: Shai Reznik Alyssa Nicholl Joe Eames Special Guests: Yakov Fain In this episode of Adventures in Angular, the panel talks to Yakov Fain about Angular for Java developers. Yakov has worked as a Java developer for about 18 years, and in the last 4 or 5 years, he also started using front-end frameworks like Angular. They talk about what made him switch over to Angular, how it has improved his programming, and when it is best to utilize this framework. They also discuss how Yakov trains Java developers to start using Angular and the two methods he uses to do so. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Yakov intro Wrote books on Java and Angular Angular Adobe Flex Why he stopped using Adobe Flex Angular and TypeScript combination Angular is built for large-scale projects Angular is good for creating single-page apps When Angular isn’t that great What he’s looking for in Angular 6 Creating widgets Angular Element The programming community looks down on JavaScript CSS Recommends people learn CSS if they are a Java developer The beauty of the industry There is a specific way to teach to Java developers Angular that is easy for them to understand Two major directions in training Java developers And much, much more! Links: Angular Adobe Flex TypeScript JavaScript Yakov’s GitHub Yakov’s blog @YFain Picks: Shai NGXS TypeWiz Joe ngRx data Barking Up the Wrong Tree by Eric Barker Yakov JHipster Angular for Java Developers talk
This week on developerWorks, some site navigation updates and new content on LDAP authentication with MediaWiki, transforming your supply chain, building multiple VPNs and VLANs, designing an integration landscape, the CoffeeScript language, testing Adobe Flex and Flash apps, and device-aware mobile sites.
Compliance regulations require proper key management. Learn why encryption key management is a concern for Microsoft Windows users, some of the technical challenges in using good key management, and how Townsend Security can help Microsoft partners.
Sean McSpaden, Oregon State Deputy CIO, spoke with Deb Bryant, GOSCON conference Chair and Public Sector Communities Manager from Oregon State University’s Open Source Lab. McSpaden was attending the 2010 Government Open Source Conference. Bryant initially asked about the state of the Virtual USA Program and the Oregon’s participation in the program. McSpaden detailed its evolution, from a collaboration between the State of Alabama’s Virtual Alabama Project and Virginia’s VIPER project to the eventual creation of a consortium of States, first in the Southeast and then in the Pacific Northwest. The consortium has been coordinated byDepartment of Homeland Security, Science & Technology Directorate Command, Control & Interoperability Division. The overall project is intended to create a common operating picture for emergency response by enabling the sharing of information across multiple agencies and even multiple states. McSpaden went on to say that the system proved useful during the Gulf oil spill thanks to its basis on open standards, allowing BP, Walmart, as well as other responders to effectively operate their respective portions of the response effort. While the platform and system underlying the several state capabilities developed via Virtual USA program are proprietary, McSpaden did say that there was an attempt to adopt some of the hallmarks of an open source project. A focus on interoperability, permitting code sharing and utilization of open data standards are just a few points that McSpaden mentions. McSpaden says for example, the work on Virginia’s VIPER system was done for hire by a contractor with expertise in Adobe Flex and ESRI software. However, one of the main requirements was that Virtual USA must support users in a multi-viewer environment, allowing for consumption of data in users own systems. McSpaden also shared details of Oregon’s open data initiative on Data.Oregon.gov site. McSpaden explained that they planned to leverage partnerships with agencies like Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality as well as the Oregon Department of Transportation, and said that their approach was to permit a “wide and varied focus of interest” on the types of data state Oregon agencies bring to the table. “We want to mash it with our Geospatial holdings”, McSpaden said. Contrary to the opinions of some civic application developers and enthusiasts who are using these raw data sets to build “civic applications”, McSpaden asserted that Oregon is working to provide the information as continuously available open data services to its consumers, not as data sets to be repetitively downloaded by interested parties. UPDATE: We thank Mr. McSpaden for contacting us with clarifications to the facts presented, and those corrections have been incorporated.
Morten Holm interviewer Per Olesen omkring Action Script 3 der er sproget bag Flex. Dette er efterfølgeren til Trifork Podcast 7 der gav en introduktion til Flex.
I denne episode taler Per Olesen omkring Adobe Flex og den programmerings model der ligger bag. Morten Holm er denne gang interviewer. Begge er udviklere i Trifork Copenhagen.
RIA (Rich Internet Application), un des buzz word de l'année 2008, connaîtra probablement la même gloire en 2009. A juste titre : "l'Internetisation" des applications de gestion a remis en cause beaucoup de lois qui régissaient nos SI, et y a fait fleurir bon nombre de technologies. La découverte et l'effervescence passées, les éditeurs mettent aujourd'hui sur le marché des technologies vectorielles plus matures qui vont simplifier les choix et offrir une productivité des développements comparable aux standards de l'informatique de gestion. Adobe Flex 3 et Microsoft Silverlight 2 constituent aujourd'hui des challengers de poids pour votre SI. Lequel choisir dans votre contexte ? Quels sont leurs points communs, leurs différences ? Quels bénéfices peut-on en attendre ? Lors de cette session, nous vous présenterons les deux plateformes et nous identifierons les scénarios d'utilisation les plus adaptés au sein du SI.
News: Leopard, Amazon's MP3 download store, French iPhone launch delay, The Cloud, Freezing iMacs, Zune Switchers Corner: Browsers - Netscape, Shiira, Safari, Opera, Firefox, Omniweb Software Review: Saft Introductions The MacBiters introduction - Elaine, MikeB and MikeT - and have their first gab! A brief insight in to how & why we switched to the Mac platform. News Items For the week ending Friday 5th October 2007 Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard is coming Macworld.co.uk news is reporting that rumours are rife that we can expect Leopard to land on the 26th of October. Also, details released from testers of the latest pre-release version, list min system requirements of a Mac running a G4 867MHz or faster processor, which makes several older Mac models incapable of running the forthcoming operating system. iTunes killer??? Amazon.com launches mp3 download store - currently in Beta for US customers only. Prices are only $0.89 for a DRM free, 256bit mp3 track and recent albums priced around $8.99. Simple download manager app to easily transfer this music to your iTunes library and then to sync with iPod. Amazon have DRM free music from other labels as well as EMI - iTunes plus tracks are DRM free music from EMI owned labels only, and they’re priced at $1.29! So cheaper, better quality, DRM free mp3's from one of the biggest names in music retail. Is iPhone launch for France delayed due to French unlocking laws? Reported on several news sites including engadgetmobile and Appleinsider. Quote from the French Daily, Los Echos "The difficulties stem from a French law that would require the Apple handset to be sold both with and without contracts. This law would reportedly undermine the iPhone's exclusivity for Orange and Apple's demand of up to 30 percent of voice and data revenues." Discussion went on to iPhone purchasing. Mike B mentioned that information seen said that you couldn’t pay for an iPhone by cash in the UK. Quote from The Carphone Warehouse iPhone Eligibility statement: “To give everyone a chance, there'll be a limit of two iPhones per customer in-store and online. Oh, and we're afraid we can't accept cash.” And from this weeks news, we have The Good, The Bad & The Ugly THE GOOD The Cloud offer new deal WiFi access for iPod touch users. Subscribe and register with an iPod Touch and for £3.99 p/m you’ll unlimited (there’s bound to be the usual FUP caveat) WiFi access at 7500 hotspots around the UK. Pretty good vfm, as their normal unlimited account is £11.99 pm. iPod Touch users need to sign-up for the service at www.thecloud.co.uk/iPod THE BAD New iMacs plagued by interface freezing issues Users have reported that Apple's latest iMacs suffer from a flaw that locks up the interface, rendering the system all but inert until a reboot. The system will look and behave as if it's running but is totally unresponsive to any touching of the controls, according to the reports. UPDATED AS WE WERE RECORDING Apple has issued a statement confirming that some iMacs are suffering screen freezes since a recent software update was installed - but promises a software repair soon. Apple explained: "We are tracking down the root cause of this bug, and will issue a software update which corrects it as soon as we can - most likely later this month. We apologise for the inconvenience." THE UGLY - New Zune 2 to take on Apple's iPod The new Zunes have a familiar design but new interface and a controller nicknamed the squircle. Microsoft has launched three new models of its Zune digital media player in an effort to compete with Apple's iPod. The players - which come in 4GB, 8GB and 80GB, but although the Brown has gone, the new Green is pretty awful. Switcher's Corner This week’s feature covers Browsers Among those discussed were; http://browser.netscape.com/ http://shiira.jp/en.php http://www.apple.com/safari/ http://www.opera.com/ http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniweb/ Note on the Shiira Project - Shiira is a web browser based on Web Kit and written in Cocoa. The goal of the Shiira Project is to create a browser that is better and more useful than Safari. All source code used in this software is publicly available. Software Review Saft v8.3.11 This week’s Cool Tool scores a coveted 5 Golden Bites Download available from http://haoli.dnsalias.com/Saft/index.html It’s also featured on our favourite Safari resource site, http://pimpmysafari.com/ Tightly integrated into your Safari browser, Saft is so much more than a plugin/extension. There’re just too many features to list here, but reviewers consistently score Saft highly. And considering it’s only $12, you’re getting an excellent deal. Wrap-up OK, well that's about it for this episode of MacBites. This is our very first Podcast, and we’d love to hear from listeners. Please contact us with feedback & comments, or if you have questions about items featured in the podcast. We’d also like to feature listeners questions on anything to do with getting the most out of your Macs. Perhaps there’s something you’d like to hear featured in a future MacBites Podcast?? Please send your comments/questions, preferably in audio form, to macbitesuk@gmail.com Next Episode Featuring Mail on a mac and an application called SpamSieve which does what it says on the tin. OUR LOCAL MAC USER GROUP - www.nwmug.co.uk The three of us are regulars at the NWMUG - Hi to any members who are listening. We'd love to hear from any MUG members round the country/world. Have you any news or even plans to start your own podcast? Events Next NWMUG meeting - October 11th 2007. Discussion topic is Music made on a Mac, featuring Garageband Location: Grappenhall Community Centre, Warrington, 8pm Website - www.nwmug.co.uk Mac Expo - Kensington Olympia, London 25-27 October 2007 Showcasing the very best in the digital world, MacLive Expo returns this year, bigger, better and much, much more personal, giving visitors the chance to get close to major players in the world of music, photography, film and design. website - http://www.macliveexpo.co.uk Adobe CS3 Tour Join Adobe experts for some amazing workshops around the UK and Rep of Ireland. You'll learn the latest tips and techniques for designing and developing amazingly engaging experiences: in print, online or on any device. See the all new Creative Suite 3 family of products along with the latest in cutting edge web development tools including Adobe Flex and AIR. Website: http://tinyurl.com/26rpwz