Mac.sis making macs and S60 handsets talk

Is your RSS reader populated with dozens of mobile and Mac feeds? Do you feel a constant need to check your feeds for new stuff? Does a newfangled trick to have your S60 phone and your Mac exchange a mostly futile piece of information give you warm fuzzies?

If yes, there may be a Mac.sis writer in you, just waiting to come out of the closet.

Being able to install new applications to your handset is one of the basic rights of a smartphone owner. In order to exercise that right, you need to perform the following simple steps:

SSH (Secure SHell) is familiar to anyone who has worked with networked UNIX systems in the recent years. SSH allows you to securely open a shell (command prompt) in another machine, provided that it has the SSH service running.

If you are interested in reading more along the lines of my brief write-up on the matter, The Nokia Blog talks more about using the N95 and iMovie together. Myself, I have not had the opportunity of trying out iLife '08 yet, as any spare change at the moment is being drained on putting the last finishing touches to our new house.

James Burland has started a new blog, which talks mostly about the creative aspects of smartphones (photos, video etc.)

I suspect the blog may have relevance to Mac users as well, considering that it is hosted at mac.com (which explains the slowness :). Enjoy!

I am a fiction junkie. There. I've said it. I am rather flexible in my literary taste, but for quick entertainment, I usually turn to either Terry Pratchett's Discworld books or Patrick O'Brian's Master and Commander series. I buy them in paperback, either in the calm privacy of my own home from Amazon or in a rushed frenzy at an airport.