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Google has finally deprecated their GAPI interface which this used to talk to Google Analytics, sorry folks, it will no longer work.

Sanity Savers are quick tips that help you stay sane when using your computer.

Over the past few years, I have been writing more and more on my Mac, whether it be single blog posts, blog series, systems documentation, knowledge bases and other articles.

So I get this request yesterday to send a document on letterhead.

Marco Arment, writing about David Karp, founder of Tumblr, in The One-Person Product.

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

I read a lot of programmer’s editor reviews and see a lot of arguments about which is best.

My next product is going to be the best product I ever made.

I upgraded to Panic’s Coda 2 when it came out, and never used it.

If you update to the latest Octopress and you still use the rdiscount markdown processor, you now get footnotes like this 1.

I totally agree with Marco in Avoiding the blogger trap: People aren’t so one-sided.

Most people when they click on a link to a new blog, read the linked article and move on elsewhere.

I have started a new series of articles on Hedge Fund Systems on my company, Noverse LLC blog.

By default, the function keys on Apple keyboards are mapped to the Apple functions on them, like brightness, volume and Mission Control.

In Instantly grab a high-res icon for any iOS app, the awesome Brett Terpstra (@ttscoff) offered a script and an app to get the icon from iTunes for any iOS app.

Today, April 30, 2013 is the 20th anniversary of CERN making the WWW free, see Twenty Years of a free, open web.

Or how many people get so stuck in the processes of how to do the job, they simply forget to actually do the job.

I have no idea why I am sharing this, but this is my current workspace: On and around it you will find (left-to-right-ish): My original iPad 1 running Panic’s Status Board on a Twelve South Compass Stand for iPad.

We all spend a lot of time talking on the phone, and have been doing so for many years.

We’re not perfect, yet: You can only learn from making perfectly good mistakes.

punc·tu·al /ˈpəNGkCHo͞oəl/ Adjective Happening or doing something at the agreed or proper time; on time.

Lets take a look at the Widget market.

I think Apple’s recent move to annual releases for major products like iOS, OS X, iPhone and iPad is a huge mistake.

I have been using Brett Terpstra’s (@ttscoff) Slogger for the last six months, and I think it’s time to review it.

I often come across users who tell me they just have to have something in the software I am designing for them: some data or a report or an export.

I have been accused of being an Apple fan-something as if this was a bad thing, a blinkered delusional existence, a sign of mental degradation.

A lot of reviews are written by people who played with the product for a few hours and report their first impressions.

Google has finally deprecated their GAPI interface which this used to talk to Google Analytics, sorry folks, it will no longer work.

I switched back to TextMate 2 from Sublime Text 2 full time a while back and I am really happy with the way I have it looking and working.

Google has finally deprecated their GAPI interface which this used to talk to Google Analytics, sorry folks, it will no longer work.

Natsukashii (懐かしい) is a Japanese word for “feeling nostalgic” or “with fond memories”.

Google has finally deprecated their GAPI interface which this used to talk to Google Analytics, sorry folks, it will no longer work.

Google has finally deprecated their GAPI interface which this used to talk to Google Analytics, sorry folks, it will no longer work.

You can, and probably already do, most of these without paying any money (in no particular order): Use Google’s browser Chrome to visit web pages, which tell Google Analytics what you did Find information using Google Search, which tracks and saves your s…

The indie business is cyclical, a sin wave of quiet and busy times.

I’m testing out Ulysses III for writing and so far I am finding it postively interesting for a 1.0 rewrite.

I was talking with a friend the other night about their number one concern with their new job, in that they expect to have to work until 11PM every night and would therefore give up yoga, movies and dating.

In TimeToCall - After One Month, I stated that my next marketing experiment would be to send a PR style email to popular press site tip lines to see if they worked.

So this week, Yahoo paid $30 million to acquire Summly and it’s 17 year old founder Nick D’Aloisio (just Google it).

For a lark, and in response to this tweet: what's the oldest trace of yourself you can find on the internet?

I’ve already pointed out that you must have Slicy when working in Photoshop to create and manage iOS artwork or when creating assets for web sites.

Over the past few years I have been developing modern web applications like Kifu on my laptop using Ruby on Rails, Sinatra, Octopress, and Node.js powered by Pow.

Update: This post has been updated with a new feed URL that will become the standard in future releases of Octopress.

Over the past year I have been working on a stealth iPad app to scratch an itch of mine.

Chris Umiastowski in Apple investors: How to stay sane by staying long via iMore: Realize that you will never have an information advantage over the pros.

On my tweet stream today: @jnack Makes me wonder why I’ve been wasting years developing a sustainable product through many mature versions. — Marco Arment (@marcoarment) March 18, 2013 Anyone got ideas for a revenue-free product I can make and sell for 10…

In a seriously bone-headed move, Microsoft has quietly announced that their mobile Operating Systems will only be supported and updated for 18 months: Microsoft will make updates available for the Operating System on your phone, including security updates,

You may not know it, but lots of web sites use a variety of tricks to track you across the Internet, not just on the site you are currently browsing.

I’m writing this for a friend who tweeted this article to me.

Aldo Cortesi in Google, destroyer of ecosystems writes: The truth is this: Google destroyed the RSS feed reader ecosystem with a subsidized product, stifling its competitors and killing innovation.