Dennis Ritchie, designer of the C programming language, and co-inventor of UNIX — arguably two of the most influential computer science creations ever — passed away at 70. As my formative years in computing were highlighted by UNIX and C, I felt a bit of nostalgia as well as gratitude for “dmr”s contributions. I still [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Mac'
What comes next after Insanely Great?
October 5th, 2011 No Comments
I don’t have any personal stories to tell about meeting Steve Jobs. I’m not a “long-time” Apple user. But I am acutely aware of the date I would become one: January 7, 2003. Steve Jobs introduced the 12″ Aluminum PowerBook G4 at MacWorld. I’m not sure how I knew about the keynote – perhaps because [...]
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a handy iPad tip: quickly toggle day/night screen modes
June 10th, 2010 No Comments
A little tip on using your iPad in dark places (bedroom, airplane cabin, conference cavern, whatever). You may know it’s possible to reverse the black and white, so you’re looking at white text on a black background rather than the normal black text on a white background. The setting is part of the Accessibility preferences [...]
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Palm, Apple and the language of imagery
July 8th, 2009 5 Comments
Dear Sprint – Congrats on the launch of the Palm Pre. I was previously a Sprint customer and have used various Palm devices, but I stopped being a customer of both quite some time ago. Maybe the Palm Pre is an amazing device, I dunno. I hope it is. But when I saw this ad [...]
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iPhone Sales Tax is on the Unsubsidized Price
June 9th, 2009 20 Comments
So the iPhone 3G S is lust-worthy, if for no other reason than the 3MP autofocus camera and the speed increase. There’s plenty of news about how AT&T is lagging – no MMS (coming), no tethering (maybe coming), giving smaller discounts to iPhone 3G customers than to new customers. I’m not eligible for the $299 [...]
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The Break-in
July 24th, 2008 3 Comments
I am so ashamed. I was once a system & network manager, so I know about things like bad passwords and scanning software. Later, I built firewalls for Sun. Lately I’ve lectured on the importance of locking down your web analytics data, and the precautions you need to take. So imagine my shock to discover [...]
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Competition and Responsiveness
March 22nd, 2008 3 Comments
When Apple’s Aperture arrived, it was the first tool especially aimed at photographers with extensive photo management needs. While praised for its vision, photographers were frustrated that support for new cameras took such a long time, seemingly requiring updates to Mac OS itself. In the meantime, Adobe’s Photoshop Lightroom offered quick support for new camera [...]
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Your Web Analytics Software Is Junk
May 13th, 2007 2 Comments
Scoble asks What Will Steve Jobs Kill Next? It’s a good list, if not misleading (the iPhone will have a keyboard equivalent, for instance) but shows how designers should be ruthless in challenging assumptions, and cutting out what isn’t necessary. Think about web analytics software. We’re overwhelmed by silly reports, useless visualizations, and bizarre multidimensional [...]
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PC World Gets Its Knickers In A Twist
May 11th, 2007 No Comments
Oh brother. One of the stories I missed while at Emetrics was the flap over at PC World Magazine. In short: Editor wants to run a 10 things we hate about Apple (followed by a 10 things we love about Apple) New CEO spikes the article Editor resigns Subscribers are pissed CEO gets moved out, [...]
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The Peanut Butter Manifesto
April 12th, 2007 No Comments
Apple delays Leopard in order to ship the iPhone in June. Too many products, not enough engineers.
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