Archive for the ‘Apple’ Category
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 ...
Posted in Apple, Business |
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.
Posted in Apple, Design, Social |
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.
Posted in Apple, Design |
Sunday, February 7th, 2010
Matt Buchanan at Gizmodo, citing a single Tweet from Craig Hockenberry as their motivation, talks a bit about Apple's recent note that apps using geolocation to provide targeted advertising will be rejected.
So it's not too much of a stretch to see Apple's ad platform in the future being the best ...
Posted in Apple, Business |
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
After requesting one on his show, it looks like Colbert got what he wanted.
Posted in Apple, Television |
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Justin de Vesine shares more or less the same complain that I have about the iPad:
No, I’m not trying to run Linux on the thing. It runs a perfectly acceptable *NIX operating system already, and in fact has a fantastic GUI (for almost every purpose) and software installation procedure (for ...
Posted in Apple, Design |
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Complainers live to complain, and it seems never more so than during and following an Apple keynote. Today is no exception. Still, one complaint stood out to me above the rest.
No camera.
This seemed like a strange omission at first glance, but really, what good would the camera be? The ...
Posted in Apple, Design |
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Brent Simmons on the iPad:
My concern, though, is that people may think that Mac apps should include every possible feature and preference. The reasoning would be like this: “It’s not an iPad or iPhone. It’s a computer. Therefore it’s for power users. Therefore it should be totally customizable and have ...
Posted in Apple, Denver |
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
To the surprise of absolutely no one, Apple announced their new iPad tablet today.
Posted in Apple |
Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
InfoWorld's Randall C. Kennedy trolls for hits:
Assuming a third-quarter ship date, this fruity new wonder could prove to be the hottest item under the Christmas tree. And that means that, come January 2011, IT shops will be inundated with idiot users lobbying to hook their iPads/iSlates/iTablets (iBricks?) into the corporate ...
Posted in Apple, Business |
Monday, January 25th, 2010
Bill Dudney is taking on the role of Application Framework Evangelist at Apple. I'm sad that he'll be leaving Colorado, but this makes every bit of sense. Bill knows his frameworks, to say the least, and his time as a teacher and as an indie developer make him uniquely suited ...
Posted in Apple |
Monday, January 25th, 2010
Jeremy Harrington provides us with a first look at the upcoming Apple Tablet from 1998.
Posted in Apple, Design |
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Brad Ellis has posted a wallpaper-sized version of the logo he made for our upcoming talk at 360|iDev in April. If you'd like to come check it out, use code "BetterElevation" to get 20% off registration.
Posted in Apple, Design, Social |
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
An extremely succinct explanation of why there was no iPod killer, there is no iPhone killer, and why there will be no tablet killer, from Penny Arcade of all places:
You made a "product" to compete with their "product," tastefully arranging your regiment, only to discover that they hadn't made a ...
Posted in Apple, Business, Design, Web |
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Will there be an SDK?
Posted in Apple, Technology |