Some people are getting re-posts of my older blog posts. As far as I can tell, this has started since I moved to the new version of Blogger. When I upgraded this blog to Blogger 2.0, I gained the ability to tag or label my posts. Very cool. I also lost my formatting in all […]
From Apple’s Hot News web page: Apple Statement iPhone has already passed several of its required certification tests and is on schedule to ship in late June as planned. We can’t wait until customers get their hands (and fingers) on it and experience what a revolutionary and magical product it is. However, iPhone contains the […]
I was just skimming through the Windows Vista User Experience Guidelines and while in the Design Principles section I came upon this title, and I just had to laugh: There is a point where marketing ceases to be marketing and becomes information; relevant, valuable information. There’s also a point where something, truly informational becomes marketing. […]
John Gruber writing on Apple’s choice of AAC as the DRM-free format sold on iTunes, makes this interesting comparison: Apple’s use of AAC in lieu of MP3 is analogous to the Mac’s switch to USB in 1998. USB was an industry standard that wasn’t taking off because PCs didn’t ship with built-in USB ports, which […]
The Future Parc at the Cebit trade fair in Hanover, Germany is a place to showcase future technologies. I didn’t go, but two of the products I read about caught my imagination and got me thinking. Here they are: Tobii Technology’s eye tracking system It’s one thing to use multi-touch to move things about on […]
Over at The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Scott McNulty has a review of Google Desktop for the Mac version 1.0. If QuickSilver were not enough, may this provide Apple the substantive reason to improve the speed and responsiveness of Spotlight. Please.
When Apple announced the iPhone, I signed up for “more information” and gave them my email address. Today they sent me this: On so many levels this is classic Apple. Update 1: The graphic I uploaded from the email I got from Apple has misteriously disappeard. I’m guessing it’s some copyright issue, but I recieved […]
Today Apple announced that all songs from EMI will be available free of DRM (digital rights management) limitations. In the past it was like this for EMI music on iTunes: $0.99/song $10.00/album AAC at 128 kbps All music with DRM (only playable on 5 computers, can’t burn in same playlist over 7 times, only playable […]
I recently listened to speech given by Lance B. Wickman which he titled Seasons. In this speech he recounts a remarkable story from his life. When I graduated from college, I was commissioned an officer in the United States Army. I was an infantryman. After completing some training, in early 1965 I was assigned-with my […]
One of my favorite bloggers, Scott Stevenson, recently wrote about a subject near and dear to my heart, namely, some Simple Truths About Cross-Platform Apps. Scott makes some great points: Mac users bought the computer they did because they found the experience more appealing. Bringing an application across from Windows with minor tweaks simply won’t […]
David Weiss 