January 2012
2 posts
Twittelator Neue →
My vote for the best Twitter app out there. I’m particularly fond of the inline images from common Twitter image hosting services. Be sure to check out the video.
Apple Special Event: January 19, New York City →
It will apparently be an “education announcement”.
December 2011
5 posts
The Lost iPhone →
Galaxy S Won't Get Android 4.0 →
I don’t want to be an Android developer.
I don’t want to be an Android user.
(via Daring Fireball)
38 pictures from Apple’s Grand Terminal store... →
Apple’s store designs are always great. They’re Grand Central Terminal store is outstanding.
Android Phone Name Generator →
My favourite name that it’s come up with is Motorola Moment Vibrant.
November 2011
4 posts
Netflix Helping to Reboot Arrested Development →
To air in 2013 with Netflix getting some initial exclusivity.
David Yates Working on Doctor Who Film →
The movie will apparently not be related to the TV show.
Yates’ Harry Potter movies were fun and relatively well made. This seems like good material for him.
Shared Loneliness →
A great album from an indie musician who goes by the name mindthings. €2.
October 2011
2 posts
Steve Jobs: 1955 - 2011 →
Rest in peace.
New Arrested Development Season and Movie →
Bitchin’.
September 2011
3 posts
Galaxy S II Power Adapter →
Any skepticism I had about Apple’s suit against Samsung has been wiped clean. This, combined with their copycat handsets and UI overlays shows a blatant preference for just outright copying.
The perils of possession without utilization →
This is something I’ve been wondering about in regards to Android. We’ll see if I’m right over time, but a platform with a user base that doesn’t care for what it provides them is not a platform that lasts.
Music Used to Create Emotion →
A nice piece by Ars Technica on the use of music to create unearned emotion in the Gears of War trailers.
August 2011
4 posts
Buffett: tax me and my mega-rich friends →
Agence France-Presse quoting Warren Buffet:
“While the poor and middle class fight for us in Afghanistan, and while most Americans struggle to make ends meet, we mega-rich continue to get our extraordinary tax breaks.”
Why software patents are not fixable →
Marco Arment:
The patent system is a good idea, in theory.
The patent rules are sensible and should prevent highly damaging patents from being issued, in theory.
The patent office should make every reasonable effort to ensure that they enforce the rules, in theory.
But in practice, this isn’t what happens. It’s not even close.
The Onion: Debt Ceiling Deal Required Tough... →
The Onion:
Obama added that while it may look ugly at times, politics is about Democrats giving up what they want, as well as Democrats giving up what they want, until an agreement can ultimately be reached.
Facebook Acquires PushPopPress →
Facebook is acquiring talented designers like crazy.
July 2011
4 posts
John Siracusa Reviews OS X Lion →
If you’re going to read one review of Lion, make it this one. But, be prepared: it’s split into 19 sections on Ars Technica’s website.
A Tale of Two Brands
Here’s Lion’s promotional image on the Mac App Store. Click the images to see larger versions.
Here’s the Lion page on Apple’s website.
Mac OS X’s marketing is such a clear reflection of its strengths, mainly its versatility as an operating system for both average as well as power users (e.g. Unix geeks). You don’t get much further apart than space and...
Lion to Ship Wednesday →
Serenity Caldwell:
During Apple’s third-quarter financial earnings call Tuesday, chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer announced that Lion would debut Wednesday on the Mac App Store.
I’m all ready to do a clean install.
Apple Reports Third Quarter Results →
20.34 million iPhones, 9.25 million iPads and 3.95 million Macs. Record revenues and profits. And this is the slowest quarter of the year.
June 2011
2 posts
Why Windows 8 Is Fundamentally Flawed as a... →
Gruber:
But I think it’s a fundamentally flawed idea for Microsoft to build their next-generation OS and interface on top of the existing Windows. The idea is that you get the new stuff right alongside Windows as we know it. Microsoft is obviously trying to learn from Apple, but they clearly don’t understand why the iPad runs iOS, and not Mac OS X.
Gruber’s right. There’s a lot...
May 2011
4 posts
Lion, iOS 5 and iCloud to be Discussed at WWDC... →
Official word from Apple on what they will be talking about at the WWDC keynote.
Odd that they’re announcing a future service, iCloud, before the keynote.
iWork for iPhone & iPod touch →
Apple has released universal versions of all the iWork apps. I can’t imagine working on a document from start to finish in one of these apps, but they’re quite nice for quick little edits.
Lukas Mathis on Windows Phone 7 →
He really likes it.
Mathis:
After looking at the clean, ascetic visual language of WP7 for such a long time, iOS suddenly seems garish, overdone, and kind of ugly. Looking at iOS 4 feels like looking at a screenshot of a pinstriped Mac OS X Cheetah from 2001.
Google, Facebook: "do not track" bill a threat to... →
Google:
The measure would negatively affect consumers who have come to expect rich content and free services through the Internet, and would make them more vulnerable to security threats.
How would not being tracked increase one’s vulnerability to security threats?
April 2011
8 posts
Magic →
John Gruber on the core difference between iOS and Android. This particular bit nails what I dislike about Android:
The real Android has a system-wide UI aesthetic with little personality, and no soul.
Sound Studio's Sales Post-Mac-App-Store →
It’s not talked about as much, but the Mac App Store is definitely helping people sell a lot more.
Apple's 2nd 2011 Fiscal Quarter Results →
18.65 million iPhones. That’s more iPhones than the holiday quarter. I guess the Verizon model is doing pretty well for them.
NetNewsNostalgia →
A little historical tour of one of my absolute favourite Mac apps, NetNewsWire.
Apple vs. Samsung Lawsuit Analysis →
This suit seems to have more credibility than Apple vs. HTC.
Firefox Aurora →
Aurora is a new development stage in Firefox. With it Mozilla aims to release new versions of Firefox more often.
It would sure be nice to see a faster release cycle for Safari. The last major update it had was last June.
What it’s like to share an article from one of... →
I’ve had a similar experience. I recently tried out Atomix Magazine, a gaming Mag made exclusively for the iPad. All articles are rendered as an image, so there is no selectable text. There is no multiple orientation support (just portrait), no search and articles take an extremely long time to download with no ability to do something else in the meantime (if you quit the app, the download...
“We Believe” →
Kyle Baxter:
Rather, they are trying to build an entirely new type of device where, for the first time in the history of computers,technology is secondary to what it does.
March 2011
8 posts
WWDC Sells Out in Less Than 12 Hours →
Fuck.
The Best Review of Color →
What a joke of an app.
Apple's Jonathan Ive →
A nice read about Jonathan Ive, how he got to Apple and his history at the company.
Wil Shipley on Twitter's new Stance on Third-Party... →
Shipley nails it:
Sure, one can reasonably argue Twitter should have figured out a way to make money a while ago. But, it’s just as reasonable to say client-makers should have noticed Twitter isn’t making money, and realized that something, somewhere, was going to have to change.
Jurassic Park Theme 1000% Slower →
Give yourself an hour, sit back, relax, and listen.
via Cocoia
IE6 Countdown →
As Jeff Veen says on Twitter:
I’ve never seen a company work so aggressively at getting people to *stop* using their product.
via Daring Fireball
iPad 2, iOS 4.3 →
iPad 2:
Ships with iOS 4.3
Dual-core A5 chip
Way thinner and 1.3 lbs (0.2 lbs less)
The new case looks like a big improvement over the old case.
March 11 US release. March 25 Canadian release
iOS 4.3:
Way faster browser
Streaming audio and video from PC via iTunes
March 11 release date
There’s other features in iOS 4.3, but those two were the features I found the most interesting.
February 2011
10 posts
Tiny Wings →
Really fun iPhone game by Andreas Illiger.
Radiohead Releases The King of Limbs Early →
Get it while it’s hot.
Apple is not a Marketing Company →
Hall:
Samsung is great at marketing also. They have spent a great deal marketing their tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab. People are *choosing* to buy iPad instead.
