If you've got customers with help documentation or other files in QuickTime format, be sure to check this out regarding plug-in support for IE; my default browser is of the FireFox variety and this created a minor inconvenience during initial application testing: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tools_tips/tutorials/activex.html.
<introspective meandering=“true“>This brings me to something I've been wrestling with for a while now . . . this blog is hosted on dotnetjunkies and this post about QuickTime has nothing to do with .Net. I had a very nice night on the town in Norfolk with bsblog last week -- although I didn't ask if “bsblog” is short for “Brendan's Blog” or “Bull Sh*t Blog” or what -- the evening gave me more incentive to pursue another project outside the dotnetjunkies domain. I confided to Brendan that I didn't feel like I had a really high caliber blog post in 2004, to which Brendan pointed out that “you never know what part of a post is going to prove interesting/useful to somebody out there.” I wholeheartedly agree, but to let you in on a little secret: I've avoided writing many blog posts because I feel like it's not .Net relevant. I've been thinking about it for some time now, especially when I choose not to post about my thoughts/experiences with design, SEO, standards, javascript, and everything else that makes me tick but isn't directly relevant to .Net. Folks with DNJ aggregators probably don't want non .Net stuff in the .Net feed!
I plan to maintain this blog for .Net specific stuff but I've got a new thing up my sleeve for everything else . . . besides, am I the only one that thinks the 200+ blogs on dnj suffer from too much quantity over too little quality? Granted, my posts aren't ripped from the trenches of Microsoft's internal projects (like Don Box or Chris Sells), but I strive for a certain level of quality that isn't always maintained. I've considered closing up my blog shop, but then I wouldn't have a chance to keep in blog-touch with so many of the friends I've made via the medium. I like .Net and I like blogging, so I'll stick around here. A buddy of mine, Chris Hale, just succumbed to the blog instinct and while I applaud him for joining the family, I feel for him at the same time: blogging is addictive and it's easy to waste a lot of time in this space (or to feel like you're wasting a lot of time in this space).</introspective>
So, to summarize: 1) I'll probably be doing less .Net blogging here (my little way of improving the DNJ feed) -- although fruitless in the face of so many other posters, like Mao said: “A single spark can start a prairie fire” so who knows where it will lead. 2) I'm going to embark on a new online vehicle of expression, one in which I don't feel guilty about clogging up the dotnetjunkies feed and feel much more creative flexibility. I'm excited about it.
More details soon . . .