http://osmanu.com yet another blog about nothing...yet Tue, 20 Jan 2009 04:29:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, I haven't touched my macbook for 6-8 weeks. Having a comfortable, familiar, and stable platform with my PC is just too much to give up. And before you say it, yes, Windows XP is fast and rock solid for me. I tried the Windows 7 beta, and I really ... http://osmanu.com/uncategorized/not-a-mac-convert/ I have been using my black Macbook quite a bit since I got it (about 70% of the time I guess). Some things I have noticed so far: I still don't like taking my fingers off the home row keys to use the touchpad. Two finger scroll is nice but really ... http://osmanu.com/uncategorized/the-mac-experience-continues/ So I have been kind of hesitant to try macs for a few reasons: They are very trendy and "hip", which usually makes things less attractive to me They are expensive, and my PC has been working pretty well for me I have workflows and a good environment set up on my PC, ... http://osmanu.com/ramblings/finally-trying-a-mac/ It's been a while! Time flies when you have a baby. Ayaan was born on January 19 and has been keeping us busy ever since. Started a new job a few weeks ago with Aptela. They are a small company which provides business VOIP services. I am in charge of building ... http://osmanu.com/uncategorized/new-job/ I am happy to announce we have just released AIM Express 7.0 to beta! It's a web-based IM client which is going to replace the current experience on aimexpress.com. This version is flash based and utilizes the wimas3 libraries I mentioned earlier. There is no installation required, so check it ... http://osmanu.com/development/aim-express-70-is-beta/ So this has been chugging along for a couple months now, but I never got a chance to blog about it. We have been working pretty hard on an Open Source AS3 (ActionScript 3.0) library which leverages the Open AIM Web Services. We finished wimas3 a couple months ago. This ... http://osmanu.com/development/writing-aim-apps-in-flash/ First order of business: I realized that the body really should have the white background, not the sidebar. I flipped them and it looks much better. The emphasis is where it should be. Second: It's been a while since my last update, but I think I might have some material ... http://osmanu.com/development/finally-an-update/ So, Apple has released Safari for Windows into public beta. It's an interesting endeavour by Apple. I am really wondering about their business reasons behind it. Do they want more market share for Safari? Are they planning on releasing some Safari-specific functionality on their websites? Do they think Safari is ... http://osmanu.com/uncategorized/safari-for-windows/ Well, it looks like Greg found out how to turn on the black skin I was working on before we shipped AIM 6.1. It wasn't quite done yet but everyone seems to love it so I thought I would give it a mention. Follow the link to his blog for ... http://osmanu.com/uncategorized/aim-61-hidden-skin/ AIM 6.1 was launched yesterday. It has a lot of bug fixes as well as some new features, including buddy list docking and skinning. Be sure to let me know what you think about skinning (leave a comment for now). The Buddy Profile window is also cleaner, smaller and easier ... http://osmanu.com/uncategorized/aim-61-released/