Archive for the ‘Apple’ Category



WWDC Video

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

Krystyn Chong, unofficial WWDC historian, has posted a video featuring various shots and clips of folks from last week's conference. Strangely, I'm in nearly every shot. I'm considering a restraining order.

iDygest

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

iDygest is a great idea: take all of the best Apple news sources and provide a single article for each story. Rather than reading the same story on twenty different blogs, you can catch up quickly, and choose your favorite source for details. Disclosure: I may have had something to ...

Magic Window

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

The best app demo video I've ever seen.

Double Encore Acquires Massively Overrated

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010

News broke today that my company, Massively Overrated, has been acquired by Double Encore. This is nothing but good news; Jay and I still maintain creative control of internal projects, and now we get to shape applications for huge, international brands. They acquired us, but it feels more like we ...

Kindle Killer

Sunday, April 11th, 2010

Paul Carr on the iPad as a reader: The iPad is emphatically not a serious readers’ device: the only people who would genuinely consider it a Kindle killer are those for whom the idea of reading for pleasure died years ago; if it was ever alive. The people who will spout ...

Your Icon is Wrong

Thursday, April 8th, 2010

I can't believe Plants versus Zombies isn't on here.

Rational Rationale

Monday, April 5th, 2010

Scott Kurtz on the iPad: Early adopters aren’t stupid. People who buy an iPad are not stupid. People who think the iPad is a waste of money are not stupid. Buying or not buying an iPad because of what people say is pretty stupid though. We’re all adults. If you can ...

Fundraisin’

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

Mike Berg of WeHeartGames is supposed to speak at 360iDev this month. But things fell through and he can't cover travel expenses. This would merely be a bit of a bummer if Mike wasn't scheduled to speak. But as a contributor, his absence has an impact on the event itself. As ...

AppStarAwards

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

Glowfish is a finalist in this year's content. Even better, ReadWriteWeb calls Glowfish an "early standout." We're thrilled.

PixelPads

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

A great design tool for the iPad. (Via John Ellenich)

More Rumblings About a Verizon iPhone

Monday, March 29th, 2010

It will happen. Expect the rumor mill to start churning a little faster as we approach June.

Screen Rotation Lock

Friday, March 12th, 2010

I'll go buy a brand new iPhone in June, even if this is the only feature Apple adds.

$200-Billion Whopper

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

The LA Times has this to say about Apple's crossing into the major, major leagues: Apple joins an exclusive club that includes Exxon Mobil, Microsoft and Wal-Mart Stores. But some analysts are starting to wonder if now may be a good time to sell the company's stock. Right before the iPad is ...

Brent on iDev

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

Brent Simmons talks up 360|iDev and name-drops yours truly. And yeah, it's been a weird, crazy year. I look at the list of my fellow speakers and I feel both honored and humbled.

Bill Gates on the iPad

Monday, February 15th, 2010

On BNET: You know, I’m a big believer in touch and digital reading, but I still think that some mixture of voice, the pen and a real keyboard - in other words a netbook - will be the mainstream on that[...] Yes, users are clamoring for more pen interfaces.