Jacqui Cheng has a nice gallery of pictures showing the evolution of SoundJam MP iTunes. Apple purchased SoundJam in the year 2000, and thus iTunes was born. Looking at those screenshots of SoundJam, I wonder if this was the first, or one of the first interfaces to sport Brushed Metal before it was pervasive. I honestly don’t know where Brushed Metal started for sure, but this is certainly the oldest app I have seen to sport Brushed Metal…

There are basically two different approaches Mac apps use when it comes to updating. The apps available on the Mac App Store are updated through the Store only – which obviously means that you aren’t really notified of new updates unless you open the App Store. Then, there are apps that aren’t yet available on the App Store for various reasons…

I’d love to run, edit, and write for a publication bigger than just me and my blog. I don’t have time, so I won’t, at least not any time soon. But if I were to run a publication, I’d have a few rules…