ranchero.com: NetNewsWire-in-the-News

Interview with me in Computerworld

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:55:01 -0700

Seth Weintraub interviewed me for Computerworld Blogs. I talk about NetNewsWire, feeds in general, tablets, my own reading process, and so on.

NetNewsWire on Time magazine top 10 list

Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:09:37 -0800

NetNewsWire made Time magazine’s top 10 list for iPhone apps. Very cool.

It’s in great company. Pandora — super-well-loved chez moi — is #1. Wikipanion is #5. Instapaper is #7.

NetNewsWire/iPhone Wins PC Plus Editor’s Choice Award

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:33:59 -0700

NewsGator Daily: “I am happy to announce that NetNewsWire for iPhone was just selected by PC Plus for an Editor’s Choice award.”

Of course, there’s no rest, no matter how many awards an app wins or doesn’t win — I’m fixing bugs, making it faster, and adding new features. Plenty more to do!

NetNewsWire + NewsGator Mobile

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:39:36 -0800

Nice post from Peter Rukavina: “Let me briefly sing the praises of the combination of NetNewsWire, my longtime RSS newsreader for the Mac, and NewsGator Mobile for the iPhone, a web-based application to which NetNewsWire automagically syncs.” He notes how clipping something using the iPhone reader causes it to appear in NetNewsWire.

Shawn Blanc reviews NetNewsWire

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:15:37 -0800

Shawn Blanc: “NetNewsWire is arguably the most popular desktop feed reader on the planet.”

Great review—I’m flattered and pleased. Shawn will also be doing reviews of other Mac apps (MarsEdit, Transmit, and others). Coming soon.

NetNewsWire 3 beta screencast

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:36:12 -0800

David Chartier, The Unofficial Apple Weblog: “The TUAW Podcast is upon us, and for #21 I decided on a screencast of that NetNewsWire 3 beta sneak peek released a couple weeks ago.”

My Small Claim to GeekFame

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:56:34 -0800

Mike Harris: “Now that NetNewsWire 2.1b17 has gone into public beta, I can reveal a neat little geekery tidbit. I have a preference named after me in NetNewsWire.”

Macworld: 2005 Eddy Awards - NetNewsWire 2

Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:12:51 -0800

NetNewsWire won an Eddy in the category of Great Mac Tools! Our pals at Panic also won in this category for Transmit 3.2. Some of the other cool apps winning Eddys this year include Comic Life, TextWrangler, OmniOutliner, SuperDuper, and LaunchBar.

Macworld readers’ choice voting

Wed, 09 Nov 2005 11:14:38 -0800

NetNewsWire, Comic Life, Audio Hijack Pro, Transmit, and other apps are nominees in this year’s Macworld readers’ choice awards. Go vote for your favorite app!

The Life

Fri, 14 Oct 2005 10:25:30 -0700

Daring Fireball: “Once a developer gets enough paying users to consider quitting his day job so he can devote full-time effort to writing code, he’s quite possibly got so many paying users that he’ll spend much of his time helping customers in ways other than writing code.”

CocoaRadio interviews Brent Simmons

Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:43:48 -0700

CocoaRadio: “Brent talks about his path to becoming a Cocoa developer, use of the Cocoa frameworks, UI focused design, and offers some tips to those interested in learning Cocoa and Obj-C.”

MacZealots: Top 10 Shareware Apps of 2005

Fri, 29 Jul 2005 08:46:28 -0700

MacZealots: “Although Macs are great straight out of the box, third-party developers are the glue that holds Apple and its customers together. Developers continue to create freeware and shareware applications that allow Macs to perform at their very best.”

ATPM reviews NetNewsWire 2.0

Wed, 01 Jun 2005 17:37:59 -0700

Eric Blair reviews NetNewsWire 2.0 in the latest edition of ATPM (About This Particular Macintosh), giving it an Excellent rating. Thanks!

Let RSS Go Fetch

Fri, 27 May 2005 17:09:41 -0700

TIME Magazine: “RSS allows you to play news editor and zero in on the information you really need, even as you expand the number of sites you sample. You can subscribe to just the parts of the Seattle Times, for example, that cover biotech and the Mariners.”

A Guide to Using RSS, Which Helps You Scan Vast Array of Web Sites

Fri, 06 May 2005 17:04:50 -0700

The Wall Street Journal - Walt Mossberg: “Some RSS addicts regularly scan hundreds of such feeds each day. The news-reader software keeps scooping up the freshest headlines from the RSS feeds, and signals when new headlines are available.”

Make Need-to-Read Blogs Even Easier to Find

Wed, 06 Apr 2005 10:39:22 -0700

PCWorld.com - Mac Skeptic: “Though NetNewsWire’s interface looks more like that of an e-mail application than a Web browser, it’s easy to get used to its look and start browsing through feeds and news items... If, like me, you have a lot of subscriptions in Bloglines, you can set NetNewsWire 2.0 to monitor these as well.”

Inside Ranchero with Brent and Sheila Simmons

Tue, 08 Mar 2005 23:39:50 -0800

The DrunkenBlog interview on NetNewsWire, MarsEdit, Apple’s dark years, frisbees, user interface, and coffee.

How to Create an ‘App of the Year’

Fri, 18 Feb 2005 01:04:53 -0800

Daring Fireball: “Making an app scriptable isn’t just a check-off feature—it’s about allowing users to check-off their own individual customized features.”

RSS Market Share

Mon, 10 Jan 2005 19:34:42 -0800

The FeedBurner folks report on the current state of RSS market share: “Of the feeds that we currently manage, in aggregate, RSS circulation is growing by about 1% every weekday.”

Interview with Brent Simmons

Fri, 07 Jan 2005 15:19:09 -0800

Jeff Harrell interviewed Brent Simmons about NetNewsWire, MarsEdit, syndication, and Macworld Expo rumors.