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clif_notes
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 Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 5:19 am Post subject: Writing about Zulu? |
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FYI
I plan on reviewing Zulu in two weeks. Any additional information or upcoming features would be nice to add to the review. A personal note from the author makes folks appreciate your efforts even more.
I have about 3000 hits a week at my site and I sometimes publish at Infopackets.com where they have 250,000 subscribers.
BTW
Found Zulu at Digg
Have fun!
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tgersic
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| Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Clif,
Thanks for reviewing ZuluPad. I appreciate that. Send me a link when you have the story posted.
The next few things that I'm planning are based on some of the comments that I've received in the past few days since ZuluPad appeared on Digg.com. The first will likely be to release the ZuluSync server scripts, as I've received a number of requests for those recently, but hadn't really planned previously to release them. I'll have to modify ZuluPad a bit to allow the user to enter any arbitrary ZuluSync URL, and it will take me a little bit of time to go through the scripts to clean them up and make sure I'm not accidentally giving away information that could make my own server easier to hack. I've also been planning on adding link aliases for a little while, which will make it possible to link an abbreviation or some other word to a page. And I've also gotten a lot of requests for Unicode support. I haven't worked with Unicode before, so I'm not entirely sure exactly what I'll have to change to add that, but hopefully it won't take too much work.
Font and formatting options have probably been the single most requested item, and are actually a high priority of mine, but it's taking a bit longer than I had originally expected to add them. Developing ZuluPad cross-platform has limited my options somewhat in that respect, but I'm planning on switching to a certain more full-featured rich text control as soon as it becomes practical.
Thanks again,
Tom |
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clif_notes
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| Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2006 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you Tom.
Without people like you who develop all these fantastic applications, I'd have nothing to write about! LOL
Really tho, you deserve all the praise I can give. I have tried out ZuluPad and it's so light, fast and useful, that I think it's a perfect example of the software I like to take with me on my thumbdrive wherever I go.
I have tried WikidPad, and Pepys, and I think your program is better than Pepys and easier to use than WikiPad. It's in a good niche, and I hope to see you do well with it.
Questions ...
Are you a professional programmer? If so, what types of programming have you done in the past.
What made you decide to try your hand at bringing the wiki concept to the desktop?
How did you come up with the name?
I've noticed you are into music heavily, do you play an instrument or compose it?
Thanks for taking your time here ...
When you get a chance, you might want to take a peek at my friend Jimi's list of free VST plugins.
http://freewarewiki.com/VstPluginLinks
Have fun!
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tgersic
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| I have tried WikidPad, and Pepys, and I think your program is better than Pepys and easier to use than WikiPad. It's in a good niche, and I hope to see you do well with it. |
Thanks, I appreciate that.
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Yes, I'm a professional programmer / composer / sound designer. I know that's a bit of an odd assortment, but my job actually does involve all of those fields. I have a Bachelor's degree with a double-major in Computer Science and Music Technology, and a Master's degree in Music Tech. ZuluPad is a bit of a nights-and-weekends project for me, which is why development tends to happen a bit slowly and in spurts. Most of the programming that I do professionally is for web-based applications, often game-inspired, and generally using Flash and/or PHP, depending on the project. I'm also starting to do some mobile-phone programming recently. Most of the music and sound design that I do is either for games or interactive, game-based learning scenarios.
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Well, to be honest, I used a similar product that's only available on the Mac throughout grad school. I do most of my work on Windows, but I was running some OSX-only music software for school, and doing some live electronica that necessitated my purchase of an iBook. I found the desktop wiki to be so incredibly useful for long nights of note-taking, and for organizing my Master's thesis, that I really wanted one for Windows. I wasn't happy with the Windows options that were available, so I decided to write my own. I still use my iBook fairly frequently, which is why I wanted it to be cross-platform. I really should get around to porting it to Linux, as well, but I really don't use Linux as a desktop OS very often (I do use it frequently as a server, though), so it just hasn't been a high priority.
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Oh, I don't know. I suppose it's somewhat inspired by the Mac-only program that I mentioned (it rhymes a bit), and I've always kind of liked the word "Zulu"--it's use in the phonetic alphabet used by radio operators, or as the other name for the GMT time zone. It's a word that you hear every so often, and it's sort of a mysterious kind of word. I don't really know too much about the Zulu people, or anything like that, but I like the name. Also, it seemed to fit with the icon that I'd designed somewhat separately from the program.
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| I've noticed you are into music heavily, do you play an instrument or compose it? |
Yes, both. I play piano and saxophone, although most of my musical work recently has been as a composer. I write in a variety of different styles (Wagnerian Orchestral, Electronic, Ambient, and Middle Eastern to name a few), and I'm generally writing and recording professionally for interactive environments. I do have an album available on most of the online music services (like iTunes and Napster) under the Aetmos moniker, but I'll be the first to admit that it's not the type of music that's geared toward a broad audience. It's been well received in it's own little niche, though.
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| Thanks for taking your time here ... |
No problem, thanks for taking an interest in me and ZuluPad.
Tom |
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clif_notes
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Hi Tom,
I'd like to update my old review of ZuluPad (free). Can you tell me what the major changes were since we last spoke?
Thanks,
Clif
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tgersic
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Well, I overhauled the ZuluSync code. It's now much faster. I also added file:// (with two slashes) to the list of URL's that are autolinked in ZuluPad. file:/// (with three slashes) is used for local files, and file:// is used for network-share files. I also fixed a bug where clicking on an http:// or https:// link was opening two IE windows in some cases. I fixed a case-sensitive linking bug, and at somebody's request, I removed the ZuluPad preferences from the Windows Registry, and put them in an .ini file instead. This allows it to run from many public computers that generally lock down the Windows Registry. Also, somebody else added some code that lets Ctrl-J follow a link, so you don't have to click on the links to follow them. This feature is also in ZuluPad pro, but the code to do it there is my own (that's important because the regular ZuluPad is GPL'd, so I can't use anybody else's code in ZuluPad Pro).
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tgersic
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Looks good. Thanks. I appreciate the support.
Tom |
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