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infiniteNIL News Blog

Rod — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 03:08:00 +0000

I’ve created a new blog on the infiniteNIL site specifically for infiniteNIL News. So for news about infiniteNIL and its products, go to http://www.infinitenil.com/blog. If you have subscribed to the Atom feed of this blog you will now need to subscribe to the feed of the new blog. This blog will continue as well, but I will only write about things not related to infiniteNIL.

On a technical note, the new blog uses WordPress. I’ve wanted to add categories to my blog for a long time and the new Blogger beta supported that but not for a blog with FTP publishing which I used. WordPress gives me what I want and more control. I will be switching this blog over to WordPress as well.

Downtime

Rod — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 06:36:00 +0000

You may have noticed that the infinitenil.com website has been done for a few days. I didn’t notice it till tonight. I’ve been working on having an infiniteNIL specific blog and I messed things up. Sorry about that.

MacSanta

Rod — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:01:00 +0000

As a Christmas present to all, infiniteNIL is participating in the MacSanta promotion. So now’s your chance to get PackRat at 20% off as well as PhoneWord. Just enter the coupon MACSANTA when you purchase. Merry Christmas!

Basecamp Client: Any Interest?

Rod — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:56:00 +0000

I’m considering developing a client for Basecamp similar to PackRat. If you’d be interested in such a product, let me know. I’d also like to know what you think it should do and what features it should have. I think this product has even more potential than PackRat and I’d love to get some feedback.

PackRat 0.94: Now with reminders

Rod — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 18:40:00 +0000

I just released PackRat 0.94. The big thing for this release is editing reminders. Now you can add, delete, and edit your reminders. A lot of people have been waiting for this and I hope you like it.

At this point in PackRat existence, you can now view and edit all your Backpack data, with the exception of your Backpack calendars. We are very near a 1.0 release. All that remains is to polish up some things.

Going forward I want PackRat to take full advantage of the the Mac platform. This means things like Spotlight support, Applescript support, Address Book and iCal integration, iPod syncing, and whatever else makes sense. I love the Mac and want to take full advantage of the platform. That is why PackRat is Mac only.

I also want to add things that Backpack doesn’t do right now. Things like searching and deleting all completed list items and anything else you and I can think of to make it more fun and easier to use.

I’ve also decided that releases past 1.0 will continue to be free updates. The price of PackRat is meant to reflect its potential to take advantage of the Mac platform and it hasn’t done that yet. Until I think it has, updates will continue to be free. If you haven’t purchased a license yet, I encourage you do so and support me in this endeavor. You will get your money’s worth and if enough of you do, I will have more time to make PackRat better and in less time.
Eventually, I will be able to write other applications that you and others will enjoy.

Enjoy editing your reminders offline.

PackRat Screencast

Rod — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 20:19:00 +0000

I just found a great little screencast that somebody did for PackRat. It’s a little out of date but still good. It’s great to see people doing things like this and finding PackRat useful. Check it out here.

Happy Thanksgiving!

PackRat 0.93 – Automatic Uploading

Rod — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 20:13:00 +0000

I’ve just released PackRat 0.93. The big new thing is automatic uploads. Whenever you make a change, PackRat will automatically upload the change to Backpack, as long as you are connected to the internet. If you are not connected, it will wait till you are connected and then upload them.

I really like how it works and I don’t need to manually sync anymore. Of course, I always use PackRat. If you sometimes enter your data directly on Backpack, then you will have to sync to download the data to PackRat. I’ll address this in a later release.

I also put back some shortcuts for viewing reminders and synchronizing and fixed a few bugs. For a detailed list, see the release notes in the help.

Enjoy!

PackRat 0.92

Rod — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 18:52:00 +0000

I’ve just released version 0.92. This one fixes some annoying bugs that have been found and I felt it was important to get some fixes out to them as soon as possible. So, no, automatic syncing isn’t in this one. However, I have made some work on it and it should be in the next one. I have added one feature though, and that is automatic update checking. PackRat will now check for a new version at startup and tell you about it if there is one.

As for bug fixes, if you’ve had problem with PackRat crashing when you try to copy or paste then you should get this version. I also fixed a few bugs with syncing after reordering a list. A bug fix that I’m happy to release and that has been bothering some of you for quite some time is now here. If you’ve had problems with typing in your username and API key in the preferences window and it not saving and not syncing then you need this fix.

Download it and give it a try.

PackRat and Modems

Rod — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:34:00 +0000

I’d like to know if any PackRat users are using plain old dial up with a modem to sync their data. If so, drop me a line. One user has said that PackRat hangs when he does this but works fine on a high speed connection. I don’t have access to a modem at this point but did try it with a bluetooth modem and it worked fine. So, if you’re having success the “old fashioned way”, please let me know. Or if you’re having problems with that, let me know too. Thanks.

PackRat: Now with List Reordering

Rod — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:12:00 +0000

I just released PackRat v0.91. It adds a feature that a lot of you have been asking for: List reording.

When you want to reorder your lists just press cmd-R or select Reorder Lists from the Action button or the Edit menu.