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Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Another new Zune client update, another ZuneKeys. For those that don't know ZuneKeys gives you a few hotkeys to control playing and pausing the Zune software from any application (hence why they're called global hotkeys). I stole the idea from WinAmp because I'm always needing to pause or skip tracks and it's much easier to do it with a quick Ctrl + Alt + Home rather than opening up the software and finding the pause button. It's a super-tiny 31k app. Just unzip and run and it sits in your tray listening for a hotkey. Uou can play, pause, stop,
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008
So "Meet Again" is a bit of a misnomer since I use my Zune everyday but each time an update comes out it always feels like I'm relearning the Zune all over again. This time it's the Zune 2.5 Spring 2008 Update and like every previous update I have a love/hate relationship with it. The Love This is an interesting update because they've actually added a ton of new features but they're not all immediately obvious. The feature that jumps out the most is the new video section in the marketplace which currently has TV episode purchases but I'm assuming
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Thursday, May 01, 2008
Usually I post my pet peeves and various net grumblings to Twitter but I've encountered too many in the last few days to fit inside a 140 character limit. Also I think if you're going to complain about something you should also provide a solution so it doesn't seem like you're just a bitter, crazy, no-pants wearing old man that lives to kill the dreams of others. Company Blogs That Go Dark A few times a week I encounter some company blog that hasn't been updated in more than six months, thus leaving a very bad impression about exactly what