If you’re a Mac user looking to stream HD video to your PS3 or Xbox I recommend giving Rivet a try. It’s proven to be the most stable of the streaming applications I’ve run on Snow Leopard and offers the best performance with HD content by far. No pauses or sound artifacts and using the PS3′s scene select feature actually works. Awesome.
For a while now I’ve thought about expanding the blog to include some posts on programming and the general business of writing and selling software, and after a lot of thought I’ve decided to ahead and do it.
I considered splitting off a personal blog for this kind of thing so that the Alloysoft site could be kept nice and clean, free from rants or indecipherable technical posts. But the more I thought about what I wanted to write the more I realized that a lot of it might well be of interest to customers. Even discussion of a technical topic can give insight into how a developer approaches their products and what they care about. It also helps to keep the site active, showing that work is ongoing and possibly giving a preview or two about what’s coming next.
I hope that some of what starts to show up here proves useful, and as always look forward to hearing your feedback. The beautiful thing about software is that if something doesn’t work out it’s usually not too hard to change back.
I’m in San Francisco this week for the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference, soaking up tips and tricks for developing on the iPhone, enjoying the company of fellow developers, and taking advantage of the huge number of Apple engineers and many other interesting people in attendance. The week has been a blast so far, and I’m looking forward to even more before heading home to apply everything I’ve learned. If you’re at the conference and would like to say hello, shoot me a message on Twitter – I’d love to talk to you.
The Alloysoft Google Group has just gone live, providing a central and easily searchable forum for discussion of Signal and any other Alloysoft products that may appear on the horizon. Post your comments or questions, talk to other users, or just let us know what you think!