Dave Martorana
Yeah, so, MultiFirefox 2.2 was released. Like, a while ago. Totally forgot to post about it. Go get it.
I’ve put up for download a new version of MultiFirefox with experimental Snow Leopard support. Please feel free to download and give it a try. If you do try it, please hop over to the contact form and let me know how it went. I’d like to release it soon, but only after a touch of beta testing.
Thanks!
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07102009/watch2.html
Bill Moyers – who has been around for ages, and has interviewed all kinds of incredible people – a man who’s life work speaks for itself – recently interviewed Wendell Potter, a former CIGNA executive, who gives some actual insight in to why the industry so badly wants to kill healthcare reform. It’s not rocket science of course – the more premiums brought in minus less money going out for treatment equals larger profits for companies and shareholders. But one quote really caught me – “We make a lot of money in this country off of sick people.” It’s really a sick situation we find ourselves in.
It’s important that Mr. Potter actualizes “Sicko“, the Michael Moore movie that was so badly beaten down by the industry. I am no personal fan of Michael Moore, but the lines we were fed about socialism and how bad Canada and the UK actually have it was all a carefully constructed ruse by the industry and lobbyists – that worked all too well.
Wendell Potter is not without blood on his hands – he was a top level executive, flying on private jets, making a massive salary for almost 15 years. However, a misquote by JFK of Dante’s Inferno – misquote or not – and a visit to a medical clinic in middle America shook him to his core.
“The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crisis maintain their neutrality.”
Please take the time to watch this, and post, tweet, and otherwise share it as much as you can.
Ok, I take back “nothing else” and replace it with “a lot of shit.” Turns out, Snow Leopard is rock solid, but there are hidden mysteries that it provides – especially where 64 bit is concerned – that make a lot of software out there… not ready.
It’s really stunning to me – a plethora of people I know use Gmail and have for years. Most do so not for the user interface – it’s pretty God-awful, but for the user experience. (I had high hopes for themes, but alas.) Specifically, threaded messaging, which I simply cannot do without.
With the totality with which people rely on Gmail’s threaded messaging interface, it’s incredible to me that there are a total of ZERO email clients – Windows or Mac – that include the same functionality. It’s high time for a new email client. But who will build it??
Over at IndyHall Labs, we’re a bunch of independent designers, developers, usability experts, etc. – you’ve heard this from me before. However, we have a policy that is relatively long standing (in terms of the age of IndyHall Labs) and it’s getting a little attention.
We released Twistori Desktop over at IndyHall Labs today. It was an awesome collaboration between IndyHall Labs and our friends (and IndyHall members from Austria!) over at Slash7, Amy Hoy and Thomas Fuchs.
Multiplex was finally launched after much delay. Check out the website, or the review or interview on the Smoking Apples website. Totally stoked.
From your friends at IndyHall Labs! More later.
Today it became readily apparent that despite the warnings of many many people to be careful of a Twitter phishing attack, many people fell pray to it – including many famous people/accounts, including @foxnews, @britneyspears, (completely NSFW!!), and @ricksanchezcnn. (Thanks to Best Damn Tech Show for the quick screen-shots before the tweets were deleted.) Even the supposedly internet-savvy Barack Obama team seem to have fallen prey.
How do you avoid such social-engineering, or, “phishing” attacks? By some smart reading. I’ll walk you thorough some basic rules after the jump.
