Using OmniGraffle, a neat app for putting together snazzy diagrams, I decided to try to visualize the most popular desktop GUI options based on language and platform. Here’s the result:

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My latest interest is looking at an API called OFX or Open Financial Exchange. OFX exists to allow clients to connect directly to financial institutions and download transactions. An example is downloading the transactions of a checking account for some period of time. I started looking into OFX because there seems to be a need for a good personal finance application for Mac OS X and the one feature missing from existing apps is live connectivity to banks.

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