October 2010
14 posts
White iPhone 4 Delayed to Spring 2011 →
Downright embarrassing.
Oct 27th
Macs No Longer Bundled with Flash Player →
John Gruber: And the new Airs are not alone. They’re simply leading the way. I asked Apple whether this change would be applied across the entire Mac product line, and they confirmed to me that it would. Existing Macs currently in the retail channel naturally still have Flash Player preinstalled, but in the coming weeks, all new Macs will begin shipping without Flash Player. Important to note...
Oct 25th
Zennaware releases Cornerstone 2 →
Now with merge. Looks like a great upgrade.
Oct 25th
The New MacBook Air Doesn't Ship With Flash →
Leads one to wonder if Flash will be preinstalled on Lion when that ships.
Oct 22nd
Apple Deprecates Java on Mac OS X →
Oracle is still free to release their own JVM for OS X, but Apple will no longer actively develop it themselves.
Oct 22nd
The New MacBook Air →
Whatever this turns into 2 years from now will likely be my next computer.
Oct 22nd
Jobs at Apple's Quarterly Earnings Conference Call →
At Apple’s 4th fiscal quarter conference call, Jobs had this to say about flash:[Q: Any updates on your stance on Flash?] Flash memory? We love flash memory.
Oct 19th
Interview With John Sculley →
Absolutely fascinating interview with former Apple CEO, John Sculley, on Steve Jobs. This little bit is particularly insightful:He’s a minimalist and constantly reducing things to their simplest level. It’s not simplistic. It’s simplified. Steve is a systems designer. He simplifies complexity.
Oct 15th
Apple announces Mac-focused event on Oct. 20 →
I can’t wait.
Oct 13th
Google Is Testing Cars That Drive Themselves →
This is pretty freakin’ cool.
Oct 10th
Sofa Acquires Versions →
Versions, my graphical SVN client of choice, used to be a joint project between Pico and Sofa. Today, Sofa announced that they have bought all of Versions assets from Pico and are taking full responsibility for Versions development from here on out.
Oct 5th
Sparrow →
Nice looking email client for the Mac. Think Tweetie for email. It only works with Gmail right now, but will apparently add general IMAP support in the future.
Oct 4th
Oct 3rd
Malcolm Gladwell on Social Media Activism →
Well researched piece on why activism taking place on social media sites do not aid in real social revolutions. Great read.
Oct 1st