Archive for May, 2008

Software Developer Tip: RSS Aggregator + Google Blog Search

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

Large companies, such as Microsoft or Google, have entire sections of their company dedicated to things like PR (Public Relations) and paying attention to what the media says about them. As a small time individual developer, you probably don't have time to track down everything that is said about your ...

Paint.NET Help: Now with Windows Live Translator

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

One problem that a small software developer like myself faces is getting my software and its help content available to users that don't speak my language. Translating something like the Paint.NET Help is a daunting task -- it's a lot of content, so it either takes a lot of time, ...

PC Club stores close … I used to work there!

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

So, I just saw over at HardOCP that PC Club has shut down completely. We had around 4 of them in the Seattle area (Lynnwood, Bellevue, Tacoma, and I think one more), although only the Tacoma one was still around. I actually worked there as a "sales associate" in the ...

Paint.NET turns 4!

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

According to the Roadmap page, version 1.0 was released four years ago on May 6th, 2004. Happy birthday Paint.NET! As most people know, Paint.NET started as a senior design project at Washington State University's EECS department. When we finished the first version, it was meant as a "hey look we actually ...

Paint.NET v3.31 is now available!

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

This is mostly a servicing release to fix a few important bugs that have been causing some people a lot of headaches. You can get it in the usual ways: either via the built-in updater (Help -> Check for Updates), or directly from the website: http://www.getpaint.net/. Changes since v3.30: * New: Enabled ...