February 2012
3 posts
Path uploads your entire iPhone address book to... →
God damn it. I guess I sort of knew this was happening. How else were they figuring out who your friends and family were?
Extend Launch Center even further. →
This sounds like a cool app.
January 2012
1 post
“The next time you make breakfast, pay attention to the exquisitely intricate...”
– A Brief Rant on the Future of Interaction Design (Four Favorite Posts From Last Year)
This essay is amazing.
December 2011
13 posts
✚ A Long-Time Apple Nerd’s Review the Galaxy Nexus... →
Creative Applications' top 10 iOS projects of 2011 →
Carcassonne App: Expansion details →
carcassonne:
Hi guys,
I thought it might be a good time to finally give out a few more details. Let me highlight the two available expansions and the new features of the update for you.
The River
“The River” adds 12 new tiles, that are played at the start of a game, laying out a river that divides the…
Things I don’t like about Twitter 4 for IOS. →
There are some really great points brought up here.
Asiv Mandvi interviews the CEO of Tap Fish. →
And it is wonderful.
The Cosmonaut stylus for touchscreens →
Gruber is Wrong →
maniacalrage:
“I hope I’m wrong, but I think this is just the difference between putting your dog down and letting it free on a distant mountain road.” — John Gruber on HP’s announcement they’re making WebOS open source.
I think at the very least people are going to take advantage of all the Javascript UI stuff that was built into WebOS that is now going to be available for anyone...
How the iPad 2 Became My Favorite Computer →
Gowalla is Going to Facebook →
The most important take-away from the sale:
Facebook is not acquiring Gowalla’s user data.
Why Siri Can't Find Abortion Clinics & How It's... →
chartier:
“I’m standing in front of a Planned Parenthood,” the CNN reporter says, “And Siri can’t find it when I search for abortion clinic.” No, it can’t. It’s not because Apple is pro-life. It’s because Planned Parenthood doesn’t call itself an abortion clinic.
You mean the ‘Apple and Siri are pro life!’ non-scandal might—just might—boil down to the simple limitations of technology,...
Windows Phone Demo →
Apple now ships more iPads than all the PCs Dell... →
Oh Snap!?
November 2011
15 posts
Amadi Talks: Siri Failures, Illustrated →
amaditalks
The recent illustrations of Siri, the iPhone 4S voice-recognition based assistant, failing to provide information to users about abortion, birth control, help after rape and help with domestic violence has gotten a lot of notice.
This seems pretty obnoxious.
"Carrier IQ is used to understand what problems... →
Sure it is.
Android seems to be Malware central right now. It’s trying to out-Windows-XP Windows XP.
Path →
The new version of Path is looking pretty interesting.
Daedalus Touch for iPad 66% Off →
Instacast for iPad →
My favourite Podcast application for the iPhone now has a sister application for the iPad. I’m not sure how many podcasts i’d listen to on my iPad. I find it hard to concentrate on what i’m listening to if I’m doing other stuff while they are playing. (They are good to listen to while on the go.) That said, this application looks great.
A comparison of Apple and Samsung's recent phones. →
The return of TaskPaper. →
A good overview of some of the new features in the latest version of TaskPaper for the iPhone and for your desktop.
WriteRoom 3 Takes Back the Top Spot in Fullscreen... →
Adobe ends development of mobile Flash player,... →
Charlie Miller Finds and Exploits a Vulnerability... →
Apple kicked the researcher out of the developer program. I’m not sure that was the right thing to do here.
Apple’s Planned Obsolescence Schedule →
I’m in a bit of a quandary now as my iMac is an early 2006 model that runs a Core Duo processor. This means it can’t run Lion. As such, it can’t use iCloud. When Apple retires MobileMe I will be unable to nicely sync data with it.
Yield Thought: I swapped my MacBook for an... →
All you need is Vim and a UNIX shell.
10 cool things you can do with Wolfram Alpha and... →
TaskPaper 2.0 for iOS with Dropbox sync
Hog Bay Software: WriteRoom 3.0 for OS X →
It’s a big week for Hog Bay Software. They’re release a new version of WriteRoom and a new version of TaskPaper for the iPhone.
October 2011
15 posts
“Apple often gets dinged for cutting support to older hardware, forcing users to...”
– parislemon:
Celebrating Steve →
A video of an event at Apple’s campus to remember Steve Jobs.
Joshua Topolsky Interviews Matias Duarte on the... →
Samsung Lawyer Cannot Tell Samsung Tablet From... →
This is pretty hilarious. I wonder what will come from all of this.
Apple iOS 5 Mobile Review →
A comprehensive review of what’s new in iOS 5.
Daring Fireball: The iPhone 4S →
“This Is the Best iPhone Yet” →
Verbs for iPad →
My favourite IM client for the iPhone now works on the iPad. It’s a nice step up from all the ugly-ass chat clients out there. It’s ridiculous there isn’t more competition in this space.
If You See a Close Button, They Blew It →
On close buttons and mobile devices.
Stephen Hackett’s Review of The $79 Kindle →
This is the Kindle I am interested in buying, minus the ads. I wish the device could read ePubs as well, though.
Whatever Happened to the iPad Rivals of 2010? →
September 2011
8 posts
The Omnivore →
Amazon is launching it’s on $200 Android tablet. What!
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