Path Tracker: iPhone 3G GPS App

August 17th, 2008

My newest application, Path Tracker, is now available on the iTunes App Store!  Path Tracker is an iPhone 3G application that displays your path on a map as you move.  Save your paths to the web, view your paths in Google Maps, and export your paths as KML or GPX.  Check it out:

http://pathtracks.com/

The price for all this path tracking awesomeness?  Less than a buck.

Visage Login 1.2.1 Released

February 10th, 2008

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Version 1.2.1 fixes an issue that prevented a small number of users from setting their login screen background image.

Visage Login allows you to easily and safely customize your Mac OS X login screen. Visage Login keeps track of Apple’s default settings for every customization, so you can easily switch back to the original settings at any time. Check out the amazing screenshots!

Visage Login requires Mac OS 10.4+. If you are using an older version of Mac OS X, you can download the appropriate version of the Visage System Preferences pane instead.

Visage Login 1.2 Released

December 7th, 2007

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Visage Login now lets you change the host information displayed on the login window. The host information can display the current date and time, Directory Services status (network accounts), IP address, system version, host name, and more.

Visage Login allows you to easily and safely customize your Mac OS X login screen. Visage Login keeps track of Apple’s default settings for every customization, so you can easily switch back to the original settings at any time. Check out the amazing screenshots!

Visage Login requires Mac OS 10.4+. If you are using an older version of Mac OS X, you can download the appropriate version of the Visage System Preferences pane instead.

WindowFinder is compatible with Mac OS 10.5 Leopard

November 9th, 2007

WindowFinder is now compatible with Mac OS 10.5 Leopard.

WindowFinder lets you instantly access any open window from your menubar. Select a window from the menu and it will become the frontmost window. WindowFinder is easier and faster than Exposé, which leaves you mousing over dozens of miniaturized windows that all look alike.

PowerController, the iTunes alarm clock, is compatible with Mac OS 10.5 Leopard

November 8th, 2007

PowerController, the iTunes alarm clock, is now compatible with Mac OS 10.5 Leopard.

PowerController is an iTunes alarm clock that is simple to use and packed with amazing features. PowerController wakes your computer from sleep and plays any iTunes playlist while fading in the volume.

Visage is compatible with Mac OS 10.5 Leopard

November 4th, 2007

Visage Login and the Visage System Preferences pane are now compatible with Mac OS 10.5 Leopard.

The login background feature now works in Leopard, so you can add a custom background image to your login window. Registration now works on Intel Macs with Leopard, and your serial number from previous versions is still valid.

Visage Login allows you to easily and safely customize your Mac OS X login screen. Visage Login keeps track of Apple’s default settings for every customization, so you can easily switch back to the original settings at any time. You can add custom images to the login window, add a text message, or add an Acceptable Use Policy.

The Visage System Preferences pane has all the features of Visage Login, and it offers even more customization options such as the ability to run screen savers as your desktop background and personalize system alerts.

PowerController 2.1.2, iTunes alarm clock released

October 10th, 2007

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Here’s what’s new in version 2.1.2:
PowerController automatically recognizes when you change your time zone in System Preferences and reschedules your alarms. You no longer need to log out and log back in after changing your time zone.

This update is ONLY for OS 10.4 (Tiger). If you are using another version of OS X, please download the appropriate version of PowerController from http://keakaj.com/powercontroller.htm.

PowerController is an iTunes alarm clock that is simple to use and packed with amazing features:

  • Wakes your computer from sleep
  • Integrated with iTunes
  • Plays any iTunes playlist
  • The initial system volume and iTunes volume are customizable
  • iTunes alarms can have a gradually increasing volume for a soothing wake experience
  • PowerController can shut off your alarm if you don’t dismiss it after a designated time period (so that your neighbors don’t call the police when you go away for a long weekend!)
  • iTunes alarms and wake events can launch an application, open a file, or run a script
  • Set a different wake time and playlist for every day of the week!
  • You may schedule an unlimited number of events
  • PowerController runs in the background — there is no app hogging Dock space
  • Configurable via System Preferences
  • Admin password is NOT needed to set an alarm that wakes computer from sleep
  • Snooze feature
  • A status item may be kept in your menu bar for easy access to info about scheduled events
  • Free, unrestricted 30 day trial

PowerController can also be used to schedule times for your computer to go to sleep or wake up (with or without an iTunes alarm).

Cache-Control Header for Amazon S3

July 27th, 2007

This post has been moved to our new blog for programming wisdom, tips, and tricks:
Cache-Control on the Programming Wisdom blog

SMS Widgets and CallWave

January 6th, 2007

Keaka’s SMS widgets have provided the easiest way to send SMS text messages since August 2005. In the last year and a half, users sent over 3 million messages to friends in dozens of countries through my services.

The SMS widget for Apple’s Dashboard ranked high in Apple’s top 50 widget downloads for 9 months straight. Macworld chose it as one of the top 10 Tiger widgets. It was even featured in an Apple email campaign promoting Mac OS X Tiger.

For the next wave of enhancements, I’m handing the controls over to CallWave. As an innovative leader in communication applications, CallWave is in a great position to add cool new features and release more widgets designed to take tasks that are difficult on the phone and make them easier to perform on the desktop.

CallWave has already created new versions of each of the SMS applications:

If you have any questions about the transition, feel free to contact me.

PowerController 2.1.1, iTunes alarm clock released

May 30th, 2006

Download it!

Here’s what’s new in version 2.1:
All of the sub-components of PowerController are now built as Universal Binaries, providing better performance on Intel Macs. Previously, one of the sub-components was not Universal and thus ran under Rosetta on Intel Macs.

This update is ONLY for OS 10.4 (Tiger). If you are using another version of OS X, please download the appropriate version of PowerController from http://keakaj.com/powercontroller.htm.

PowerController is an iTunes alarm clock that is simple to use and packed with amazing features:

  • Wakes your computer from sleep
  • Integrated with iTunes
  • Plays any iTunes playlist
  • The initial system volume and iTunes volume are customizable
  • iTunes alarms can have a gradually increasing volume for a soothing wake experience
  • PowerController can shut off your alarm if you don’t dismiss it after a designated time period (so that your neighbors don’t call the police when you go away for a long weekend!)
  • iTunes alarms and wake events can launch an application, open a file, or run a script
  • Set a different wake time and playlist for every day of the week!
  • You may schedule an unlimited number of events
  • PowerController runs in the background — there is no app hogging Dock space
  • Configurable via System Preferences
  • Admin password is NOT needed to set an alarm that wakes computer from sleep
  • Snooze feature
  • A status item may be kept in your menu bar for easy access to info about scheduled events
  • Free, unrestricted 30 day trial

PowerController can also be used to schedule times for your computer to go to sleep or wake up (with or without an iTunes alarm).