Cassidy’s Blog
A barebones place for my thoughts. Some of my writing is also on the elementary blog, and I’ve written a few pieces for Android Police.
AppCenter Spotlight: Torrential Sat, Sep 30, 2017
Download in style with this torrent client from David Hewitt
On elementary OS? Hit the button to get Torrential. Torrents are an incredibly powerful file transfer tool, commonly used for large downloads (like most…
Developer Tips: Making a Killer AppCenter Listing Fri, Aug 25, 2017
Five ways to make your app stand out
As the number of apps in AppCenter grows, it’s becoming increasingly important for your app’s listing to stand out. It’s no longer sufficient to…
Cleaning Up App Codenames Fri, Jul 21, 2017
GitHub and RDNN make for a more sane scheme
We’re making some changes to our app codenames (and how we refer to apps) to clean up a few mismatched schemes. This gets a…
AppCenter Spotlight: Spice-Up Mon, Jun 19, 2017
Create simple and beautiful presentations
We took a brief look at Spice-Up — the presentation app from Felipe Escoto — back in the very first AppCenter Spotlight. But with…
AppCenter Spotlight: Quilter Mon, Jun 19, 2017
Focus on your writing
On elementary OS? Hit the button to get Quilter. The past several months have seen more and more apps being developed for elementary OS…
AppCenter Spotlight: Harvey Mon, Jun 19, 2017
The hero that Gotham needs right now
On elementary OS? Hit the button to get Harvey. Have you ever been designing or developing something with color and wondered if it passes…
AppCenter Spotlight: Agenda Sat, May 27, 2017
Get things done
In April and May I detailed several apps that were submitted during the private beta. Those apps have continued to improve and get updates…
Loki Updates for April Sat, Apr 29, 2017
We made several releases in April; check out what’s new!
In case you missed it, we shipped a major fix for an issue that caused updates not to appear. If you haven’t already, you’ll…
AppCenter Spotlight: More Beta Testers Fri, Apr 28, 2017
Four new category-defining apps from the AppCenter Beta, plus the apps users are asking for.
A couple of weeks ago I shared my AppCenter Spotlight: Beta Testers piece and got a great response. People continue to be excited to…
AppCenter Spotlight: Beta Testers Sun, Apr 23, 2017
Five of the first apps helping test AppCenter
Over the past month we’ve been beta testing the new AppCenter with a number of developers, from elementary OS contributors to backers of our…
Wrapping Up the AppCenter Campaign Fri, Mar 10, 2017
128% funded. 400+ backers. Off to Denver!
Our AppCenter campaign on Indiegogo has officially ended at 28% above our goal! During the 30-day campaign we saw more than four hundred backers…
AppCenter: Funded Sat, Feb 18, 2017
We’re going to Denver!
A few moments ago, we hit 100% funded for our AppCenter campaign on Indiegogo. Thank you, backers! More than 300 people backed us over…
AppCenter Campaign: One Week In Fri, Feb 17, 2017
Over 270 backers and 80% funded
It’s been a busy week for elementary! Just last week we launched our Indiegogo campaign for AppCenter: The Pay-What-You-Want App Store. Since then, we’ve…
HiDPI is More Important than 4K Mon, Feb 13, 2017
What’s the difference, and why does it matter?
In my first post on HiDPI, I touched on the problem with marketing buzzwords surrounding the concept: HiDPI is a great idea, but it’s…
AppCenter FAQ Mon, Feb 13, 2017
Questions raised during our crowdfunding campaign
With our first few days of the campaign under our belt, we’d like to follow up on our previous updates and share a sort…
Building the Future of elementary OS Wed, Feb 8, 2017
Why AppCenter is the center of our platform
elementary has been around in one form or another for a decade now; since 2007, our team has been designing, building, and supporting open…
Introducing the elementary Community Logo Tue, Jan 17, 2017
After a fan reached out to us about usage of the official logos in community projects, we worked with them and our design team to better define community usage of the elementary brand. The result: an awesome new elementary Community logo!
We first debuted our Brand page on our website nearly a year ago in an effort to help provide guidelines for the usage of…
Kicking off 2017 with Web Updates Sun, Jan 1, 2017
While we accomplished a ton last year, we’re already knocking things out for 2017.
Over the last 24 hours, we’ve made a handful of improvements to our website, starting with… Get Involved Funding section on the Get Involved…
Secure by Default Wed, Dec 21, 2016
Easy Security UX Improvements to Modern OSes
I’m a UX architect at elementary (developers of the Open Source elementary OS) and a front-end web developer at System76 (manufacturers of powerful computers…
Top 3 Misconceptions about HiDPI Fri, Dec 2, 2016
Or, HiDPI Part II
I recently wrote an article to introduce HiDPI and help explain what it’s all about. I got a lot of feedback across Medium, Twitter, and Reddit, and wanted to directly…
What is HiDPI Wed, Nov 23, 2016
and Why Does it Matter?
I’m a web developer and UX architect formerly at Ubuntu computer manufacturer System76, and cofounder of elementary OS, an open source desktop operating system….
Switching from macOS: Open Source Sun, Nov 6, 2016
What exactly is Open Source about and why does it make elementary OS better?
So far in this five part series we’ve talked about The Basics of elementary OS (and how it compares to macOS), using elementary OS…
Switching from macOS: Hardware Sat, Nov 5, 2016
In the Apple world, you have one choice for hardware: whatever Apple makes. With elementary OS, your options are far more vast.
In the previous piece I wrote about elementary OS for Creative Work. In the Apple world, you have one choice for hardware: whatever Apple…
Switching from macOS: Creative Work Fri, Nov 4, 2016
What it’s like to do creative work or work alongside a designer on elementary OS
In the previous piece I wrote about elementary OS as a Developer Environment. Apple has historically targeted creatives with its “Pro” line, and many…
Switching from macOS: Developer Environment Thu, Nov 3, 2016
Part 2 of a 5-part series
The previous piece covered The Basics. I am a professional web developer working on multiple continuously delivered node apps on GitHub, working alongside a…