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  1. Exporting video for iPhone details »
    www.rassoc.com Posted 3 days ago by gregr

    I was editing a video yesterday using Final Cut Express 4, and wanted to create a version that would play on the iPhone. The timeline I was using was 1080i60, and the...

  2. MobileMe growing pains details »
    www.rassoc.com Posted 4 weeks ago by gregr

    By now we all know about the couple of days it took for the .Mac to MobileMe transition to happen. I didn’t really complain about it - during the whole time, email...

  3. iPhone and Exchange - push and DNS details »
    www.rassoc.com Posted 4 weeks and 5 days ago by gregr

    It seems lot of folks are having problems getting Exchange push email working reliably with the new iPhone 2.0 software. For me, it worked flawlessly when I was outside...

  4. NGES in 60 seconds - group clippings details »
    www.rassoc.com Posted 4 weeks and 6 days ago by gregr

    Last time, we looked at how clippings work in NewsGator Enterprise Server. Â At the end of the video, I mentioned that there are other ways to share clippings with other...

  5. iPhone template for Delicious Library 2 details »
    www.rassoc.com Posted 5 weeks and 2 days ago by gregr

    One of the first Mac apps I bought was Delicious Library. Not that I desperately needed it, but it was just too darn pretty not to buy, especially for a new Mac owner to...

  6. NetNewsWire for iPhone now available! details »
    www.rassoc.com Posted 5 weeks and 6 days ago by gregr

    The development of NetNewsWire for iPhone just might be the worst-kept secret in NewsGator’s history. But hey - that’s ok, especially since today is launch...

  7. NGES in 60 seconds - clippings details »
    www.rassoc.com Posted 6 weeks ago by gregr

    Onward, I say. Time for the next installment in the series, this one covering clippings. There’s a lot of buzz about clippings in NewsGator Online (and shared...

  8. NGES in 60 seconds details »
    www.rassoc.com Posted 6 weeks and 2 days ago by gregr

    As you know, we recently made NewsGator Enterprise Server free for up to 20 users. We’ve had quite a bit of response to this - thanks to everyone who has...

  9. 8 months with the iPhone details »
    www.rassoc.com Posted 13 weeks ago by gregr

    It’s been about 8 months since I started using an iPhone. Oddly, I wasn’t even interested at the time; I got the phone as a freebie for going to the Office...

  10. Vote for the new NewsGator video! details »
    www.rassoc.com Posted 13 weeks and 1 day ago by gregr

    The second round of the Enterprise 2.0 Launchpad videos are online, including a new video from NewsGator. We took a different approach than the others - rather than just...

  11. Independent developer life details »
    www.rassoc.com Posted 24 weeks and 2 days ago by gregr

    I enjoyed reading Shawn Blanc’s interview with Daniel Jalkut. I had the pleasure of working personally with Daniel when he acquired MarsEdit from us, and got to...

  12. Amy Davis - American Idol details »
    www.rassoc.com Posted 26 weeks and 1 day ago by gregr

    For the first time ever, I’ve started watching American Idol this year. And imagine my surprise when I see that Amy Davis is one of the final 24 contestants. Just...

  13. I’ve seen the future… details »
    www.rassoc.com Posted 27 weeks and 5 days ago by gregr

    …and the future is really blazin’ fast connections. We used to have 4 T1’s ganged together somehow in our office, giving us around 6 Mb/sec. Shared by...

  14. Cold calling (from the callee’s perspective) details »
    www.rassoc.com Posted 27 weeks and 6 days ago by gregr

    My office phone rings a LOT. And at least 50% of the time, the person calling is cold-calling me, hoping to sell whatever product or service they offer. And since the...

  15. Facebook’s crazy terms of use details »
    www.rassoc.com Posted 31 weeks and 1 day ago by gregr

    Sigh. About a year and a half ago, I wrote about Picasa Web Albums, discussing their terms of service and explaining why I couldn’t use it. Basically, those terms...

  16. Where we are now details »
    www.rassoc.com Posted 32 weeks and 6 days ago by gregr

    Some folks at Microsoft have posted a story about NewsGator on the Microsoft Startup Zone - Where Are They Now - NewsGator Revisited: “Social software and...

  17. Using a Mac…why oh why? details »
    www.rassoc.com Posted 36 weeks and 1 day ago by gregr

    As some have noticed, and others have gloated about :-), I’ve been using a Mac (specifically a Macbook Pro) as my primary machine for about a month now. I’ve...

  18. Facebook Beacon - eek details »
    www.rassoc.com Posted 37 weeks and 3 days ago by gregr

    Over the last month or so, Facebook has been making changes to how Facebook Beacon works, seemingly in response to privacy concerns. But none of the changes have...

  19. Migration to Wordpress details »
    www.rassoc.com Posted 37 weeks and 6 days ago by gregr

    As I mentioned, I’ve migrated my blog to Wordpress. All in all, a pretty easy transition, but there was a lot involved. For the benefit of those contemplating such...

  20. And the blog moratorium shall end details »
    www.rassoc.com Posted 37 weeks and 6 days ago by gregr

    So as you’ve undoubtedly noticed, I haven’t been blogging much lately. But this time, I actually have an excuse. One or two of you might recall that back in...