Archive for the ‘Apple’ Category
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 |
Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
From the team who brought you Typewar — soon to be a major motion picture —the purpose of this site should be obvious.
Posted in Apple |
Monday, January 18th, 2010
Brad Ellis and I will be speaking together at iDev San Jose in April. We'll be talking design, of course. The details of our talk will be on the schedule soon. If you'd like to come see us (or any of the other awesome speakers), sign up soon. Use code ...
Posted in Apple, Design, Social, Software |
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
A bare-knuckled bucket of almost.
Posted in Apple, Google, Television |
Monday, January 11th, 2010
The single largest feature addition to the iPhone 3GS, performance improvements aside, was video. Suddenly, the iPhone became an interesting competitor in the pocket-sized digital video camera space. While the pioneering Flip camera had clear technical superiority, why would I carry a second device for HD video when my phone ...
Posted in Apple, Design |
Monday, January 4th, 2010
This is not real. There is no such thing as "Mac OS X Clouded Leopard v10.7". Aside from the fact that 10.7 isn't done baking, "Clouded Leopard" is a laughably awful name.
Posted in Apple |
Monday, January 4th, 2010
Along the lines of MagicPrefs, a BE reader pointed me to BetterTouchTool, which offers this priceless feature:
Is it possible to deactivate one finger scrolling for magic mouse?
YES, but only globally atm. You can do that in the BTT Mouse Preferences in the general tab.
Posted in Apple, Software |
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010
Joe Wilcox has some interesting, if unpopular, opinions about the mythical Apple tablet. I don't necessarily agree with him, but it's good to hear a dissenting voice in the chorus of expectations. While we can say with some degree of certainty that Apple is working on something very tablet-like, don't ...
Posted in Apple |
Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Congratulations to all of my friends on the list this year.
Posted in Apple |
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
I can't decide which one I want.
Posted in Apple |