Jens alfke is a mobile architect at couchbase who previously worked at apple inc. Stickies is an application for apple macintosh computers that puts postit note like windows on. Apple planned to acquire it from him, but then realized that they already legally. This talk introduces couchdb and couchbase mobile to mac and ios. Stickies is an application for apple macintosh computers that puts postit notelike windows on the screen, for the user to write. It was using the name long before i ever did, but its a completely different application. Heres a story from jens alfke, who created stickies for the. Jens started working at apple as part of the team that developed applescript 1991 1993, specifically he helped to design the open scripting architecture and created the script editor.
For a while it looked as though apple was going to get antler notes stickies at no cost wotta deal. In 1994, the first version of stickies was written by apple employee jens alfke and included in system 7. Dont know why some mac just dont have this detachedsignatures file. Jens alfke, whos worked on everything from applescript to ichat to safaris rss reader and who wrote the original stickies app is celebrating his 15th anniversary working at apple. Stickies is an application for apple macintosh computers that puts postit notelike windows on. Theres an app called rb app checker that runs through an xcode project and points out api calls incompatible with specific os versions. We decided that the unfortunate covid 19 situation would be the perfect time to offer this. Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. In 1994 23 years ago, the first version of stickies was written by apple employee jens alfke and included in system 7. Stickies stickies is a macintosh application for putting postit notelike windows on the screen, with short reminders, notes and other clippings. He has previously worked on opendoc and applescript, but is probably best known as the author of the popular stickies desk accessory. Emailing myself some random bits scribbled by jeremy zawodny.
Over the years that followed, jens played greater and lesser roles inside apple. Similar applications are available for most operating systems. An apple employee by the name of jens alfke developed the very first version of stickies in 1994, and the application is still included in the newest os versions a nod to its continuing relevancy. Stickies software project gutenberg selfpublishing. This talk introduces couchdb and couchbase mobile to mac and ios developers who are looking for a way to synchronize app data between mobile devices, desktop computers and the cloud. Harnessing the humble functionality of stickies for. Prvu verziu stickies vytvoril zamestnanec applu jens alfke v roku 1994 pre mac os 7. Contents are automatically stored, and restored when the application is restarted. Alfke had originally developed it in his free time as antler notes and intended to release it as shareware doing business as antler software. So if you create anything that relates directly to their business, they dont have to pay you anything extra to use it. Modern life is a mess of notes, a tangle of countless scraps of information that we accumulate during our waking hours. Couchdbx, and the couchbase single server for mac, are separate server apps.
Hi jens, pretty good at git merging, but xcode project files are a real pain to deal with. His online debriefing offers an candid perspective on. Jens alfke is a mobile architect at couchbase who previously worked at apple. During the transition to mac os x in 2001, stickies was rewritten in cocoa, and is still included in macos, with features. All the most popular and recent videos about stickies apple, plus images, information and articles. Peter bierman and jens alfke contributed to a number of apple projects, including the os x installer, stickies, and ichat, but have decided to leave for various reasons alfke s critique of apple. What im talking about above and i think albin asked about is an embeddable framework. A number of applications have duplicated the functionality of stickies on other platforms. Jens alfke, a java toolkit engineer at apple, led the effort to reimplement the awt library in version 2. As it happened, however, some of the nice people mentioned earlier in this story arranged for me to get a bonus, not officially in any way related to stickies of course, but it made me feel better.
We would like to stress as wiki zero official team everything in this ebook is. View jens alfke s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Two years later i still cant use the latest version of pages, because its missing independent leftrightpage margin settings. In 1994, the first version of stickies was written by apple employee jens alfke. Alfke s software, called stickies, remains a popular way for mac users to jot. Stickies are, however, the official name for the mac os utility that provides digital postits on the users screen. Im not surprised, since the existing code implements this by writing into loginwindows user defaults. If you have stickies open, you can use it to quickly open and view pdf documents. Desktop notes are computer applications that allow putting postit notelike windows on the. Heres a chilling fact about employeeemployer relations i never knew. One of my companies apps has a launch at login pref, which no longer works in os x 10. They made me an offer i couldnt refuse thought palace. There is however an application which is on all mac computers also called stickies. Information and translations of stickies in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web.
Managers at apple liked his program so much that they decided to put it into the mac s operating system. How to get my ip address programmatically on iosmacos. Revolvy brains folder classic mac os contains resource fork, classic mac os. I encountered the same problem, and i copied the detachedsignatures file from some other guys macbook and put it under vardb path on my imac. Jens alfke is a mobile engineering peer at couchbase, inc. Id say it doesnt seem like that long, only it does.
I didnt meet jens alfke until much later, though his name was familiar to me because he had been the author of a piece of software called antler notes, which apple had acquired and was including in the forthcoming 7. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover jens connections. Clydes tech tips sharing music, large files, stickies. The first version of stickies was written by apple employee jens alfke and included in system 7. In the early 1990s, jens alfke, who was then a software engineer at apple. For the macintosh, the stickies application was developed by jens alfke and. Instead of emailing myself, i like to write email to myself while not sending it out. Alfke originally developed it in his free time as antler. In 1994 25 years ago, the first version of stickies was written by apple employee jens alfke and included in system. For the macintosh, the stickies application was developed by jens alfke and included in system 7. An unrelated freeware program with the same name and functionality is available for microsoft windows.
Typed contents are automatically stored and restored when the application is restarted. Stickies apple news newspapers books scholar jstor december 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message stickies developers. Written by jens alfke in 1993 and licensed by apple computer in 1995, stickies has become a much loved part of the macintosh experience. Alfke had developed it in his free time as antler notes and intended to release it as shareware, doing business as antler software. In the morning, you attend a meeting with the boss and jot down everything. Stickies is an application for apple macintosh computers that puts postit notelike windows on the screen, for the user to write short reminders, notes and other clippings. The guy that wrote stickies is a really phenomenal jens alfke was a big influence on the mrj os9 as well. Longtime apple programmer jens alfke just went freelance. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. Bringing order to the chaos of notes the new york times. Unfortunately, i didnt know about the other program when i named mine, otherwise id have chosen a different name. It is a perfect match for the developer tools category. Alfkes software, called stickies, remains a popular way for mac.
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