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Random observations about the iPad now that I’ve actually used one
Tonight I visited the Apple Store at Mall of America (and, while I was at it, the Best Buy at Mall of America), and here are some things I observed or thought about during the experience: I expected...
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More iPad observations: iBooks
Note: I originally wrote this as a comment on my previous entry, but it seemed substantial enough to warrant its own post. I admit it. Much to SLP’s chagrin, I’m not a huge reader of books. In the past...
View ArticleiPad: Son of Newton
There’s some buzz going around concerning Apple’s new iPad commercial and its similarity to one Apple produced for the Newton two decades ago. Though I’m not the first to comment on this, I have a few...
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Apple vs. Adobe: This is fargin’ war!
I’m sure I’m not the only child of the ’80s who watched Johnny Dangerously several (hundred) times as a kid. One of my favorite characters was Roman Moronie, whose command of the English language —...
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So just what exactly is behind my dislike of Flash?
Caveat emptor. This is going to be a really long post. But I’ve been saving this up for a long time, and hopefully I can purge myself of it in one sitting. Also, I apologize for that vaguely vomitous...
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When is a CSV not a CSV? When you’re downloading it in Safari
Here’s another post that’s basically a cry for help. I did find this forum thread on the topic, but not a solution. The problem: when I download a CSV file in Safari, for some inexplicable reason,...
View ArticleGreat Dieter Rams interview
Dieter Rams, legendary industrial designer from Braun in the 1950s and ’60s, pretty much invented my design aesthetic. I can’t imagine what the world of technology would look like without his...
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Ahoy!
It’s been two weeks since my last blog entry which, while not exactly a record for inactivity, is surely too long. I’m too busy to write a full entry today but I feel compelled to write a brief status...
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This is what I wanted all along
Last Tuesday night, I was sitting in a chair upstairs in my house*, with my 15-inch MacBook Pro, my iPad, and my iPhone 3GS all on my lap. And I had a revelation… I’m a huge nerd! No, not that...
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UoP’s Greatest Hits
In the spirit of “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all,” I will refrain from writing about last night’s midterm election results, except to say, “Don’t blame Minneapolis.” Also, to...
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What sort of person buys an Android phone?
This post will not be as sardonic and Apple-fanboi-smug as the title suggests… I promise. Well, maybe. As a long-term Apple obsessive, there was never any question that I would fall into the iPhone...
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A childhood fantasy (almost) realized: 100 Atari games in my pocket
Owners of 1980s technology intellectual property are in an unenviable position. Their IP has very little value beyond historical significance or nostalgia. No one (well, I hope no one) is going to use...
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A tale of two decades
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it...
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Is iCloud deleting your iCal events? Here’s a possible solution
Like many Apple enthusiasts, I spent much of the day yesterday updating software. Mac OS X 10.7.2, iTunes 10.5, iOS 5, and… iCloud. I’ve been relying on MobileMe for a little over a year to keep my...
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New adventures in hi-fi… er, iTunes Match
As successful as iTunes has been in transforming both the music industry and the music listening experience, it has, from the beginning, been hamstrung by restrictions imposed by the outmoded, fearful...
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Reflections on (my own) uninformed speculation as pertains to a possible...
I don’t have any inside sources of information on the inner workings at Apple. I get most of my information from a handful of well-regarded tech blogs. (See the link list at the bottom of this post.)...
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Fiddly
I got up this morning and, like on most mornings, one of the first things I did was brush my teeth. It’s a simple process, just part of the minutiae of daily life. But as with so many of those little...
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Apple’s skeuomorphism reconsidered
I was just looking at the much maligned skeuomorphic interface on iCal in Lion, and trying to decide why it doesn’t really bother me that much. I think I figured it out. It’s inconsistent with other...
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Mountain Lion. Clever?
Apple just announced the next version of (Mac) OS X: Mountain Lion. And they did so in an rather unusual fashion. Grubes has the scoop: The recurring theme: Apple is fighting against cruft —...
View ArticleWhat could Apple buy with $100 billion?
In less than an hour, Apple is holding a conference call with the press to announce plans for its vast stockpile of cash, currently approaching $100 billion. What could they do with all of that money?...
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