January 2010
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“[Google’s] don’t be evil mantra: “It’s bullshit.”
– Steve Jobs, speaking at an Apple Employee Town Hall Event
Jan 31st
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On this iPad thing...
“Why do we do it like this on the desktop?” That’s the question I imagine Apple asking, again and again when looking at the desktop-like features they wanted to bring to the iPhone OS and create the iPad OS. The iPad OS isn’t an entirely new re-envisioning of computer OS - if only because it is based on the iPhone OS that preceded it - but it’s as scathing and...
Jan 30th
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Some ClickToFlash-like plug-ins Sebastiaan de With... →
I’m holding out for ClicktoHarnessTheSocial and ClicktoCreateSensationalHeadlines[PICS].
Jan 30th
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Jan 30th
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Jan 30th
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“The Real Work is not formatting the margins, installing the printer driver,...”
– Fraser Speirs - Blog - Future Shock, via Jeremy Keith
Jan 30th
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Jan 29th
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“Adobe is complaining that iPad users can’t access Farmville. That sounds...”
– Dare Obasanjo, via Twitter
Jan 28th
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“If the iPad had preceded the iPhone, people would be shitting themselves over...”
– Dave Caolo, via Twitter
Jan 28th
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Jan 28th
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“Thinking about iPad, as Arthur C Clarke would have said “Any technology...”
– Ian Betteridge, via Twitter
Jan 28th
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“The thing that bothers me most about the iPad is this: if I had an iPad rather...”
– Alex Payne
Jan 28th
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“The market for potential iPad users is tremendous, possibly larger than the...”
– Mike Rundle hits the nail on the head.
Jan 28th
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Apple's iPad - a broken link? →
Another link courtesy of Gruber, this somewhat gloating piece from the Flash team seems to deride the fact that the iPad doesn’t include Flash. Upon watching the keynote stream this morning and seeing the broken plugin link, I couldn’t have been happier at the confirmation of no Flash on the iPad. The appearance of the missing plugin icon in the keynote was in absolutely no way...
Jan 28th
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John Nack Talks Flash vs HTML5 →
Whilst he doesn’t speak for Adobe, it’s an interesting post to read alongside John Gruber’s excellent piece last week.
Jan 28th
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“I’m surprised American health insurance companies haven’t defined...”
– Tom Morris, via Twitter
Jan 28th
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“Pointing out that the iPad is more like a smaller, portable version of the...”
– Jeremy Keith, via Twitter
Jan 28th
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Jan 28th
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Jan 24th
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“Today’s tablet market is akin to the pre-iPod MP3 player market. Some...”
– Lukas Mathis, via Twitter
Jan 23rd
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A quick word of thanks
Earlier in the week, some of you will know that some yobs tried to relieve me of my iPhone just a few minutes after leaving work. Whilst they left empty handed, I was punched in the face and have spent the week recovering after a visit to Accident and Emergency (ER for you Yankees) for a small fracture beneath my right eye. I’ve been inundated with kind words of support from tonnes of...
Jan 23rd
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Jan 21st
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Why Tumblr is kicking Posterous’s ass →
This link, courtesy of Gruber, is timely - to say the least. Last week I was discussing Tumblr vs Posterous with some friends - and I have an account with both. Whilst email posting for Posterous works, it’s the only way you’d ever want to post: the web interface is (quite frankly) horrible. To quote from the article: Posterous is an engineered product, while Tumblr is a designed...
Jan 20th
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“Once we empty Gitmo, can we refill it with the people running these...”
– Gruber, via Twitter
Jan 14th
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“Citing sources in the defense contracting and intelligence consulting community,...”
– Researchers identify command servers behind Google attack
Jan 14th
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Stanford University's iPhone Development Course →
Stanford University have just put their iPhone Application Development Course (Winter 2010 edition) on iTunes U. It’s free!
Jan 14th
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“I have printed it out, but the animated GIF is not moving?”
– Clients From Hell
Jan 14th
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#Belgcamp →
This weekend I’m heading off to Belgium for what’s been coined ‘Belgcamp’ - a gathering of web designers otherwise known as “Build: The Aftermath”. If you happen to be in Leuven this Friday, folks are more than welcome to join us for beer or two - and if you’re not able to make it there’s a Twitter List and hashtag to follow.
Jan 14th
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Jan 13th
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Jan 11th
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mxvltr asked: Before you learned Cocoa, did you have any experience with coding?
Jan 11th
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Want to come work at Realmac Software? →
As some of you will know, Realmac Software (my employer) are hiring! We’re looking for four talented folks to join us in our Brighton office: Junior Mac Cocoa developer Mac Cocoa developer Mac UI / Icon designer Web Developer We’ve got a tonne of exciting plans for this coming year, so if one of these positions piques your interest we’d love to hear from you using the...
Jan 11th
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Anonymous asked: How did you learn Objective-C / Cocoa?
Jan 11th
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Jan 11th
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“What I want from iPhone OS 4.0: a “Lame fucking What I Want list author...”
– John C. Welch, via Twitter
Jan 11th
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Jan 10th
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Tweeting on the iPhone whilst using Roaming Data
As pointed out by Yaili on Twitter, Twitterrific for iPhone features a text-only mode to show tweets - which is great for when you’re on a limited-download connection. I’m going to be sticking to Twitter via SMS for my trip to Belgium next weekend but I’m definitely going to note this for future reference.
Jan 10th
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“A dozen UK/Ireland/Scotland people are coming over to Belgium next weekend and...”
– Tim Van Damme, via Twitter
Jan 10th
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On the Palm Pre, the iPhone, and an open letter to... →
A great post looking at Palm Pre and Jon Rubinstein’s almost laughable “I’ve never used an iPhone” remark.
Jan 10th
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“To this day, I still compare things to the Sidekick OS because it was so ahead...”
– Boy Genius offers some additional thoughts on the Nexus One.
Jan 9th
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Sleep Talkin' Man →
One sleep-talking man. One wife crafty enough to note everything he says. One awesome new blog. (via Cennydd Bowles)
Jan 9th
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Mobile Minute: Palm's 2010 plans for webOS →
I’ve been playing with my Palm Pre a lot recently, partly out of curiosity, partly because I’m steering clear of any conflicts of interest with the day job at Download Squad and covering a lot of mobile-related writing - and partly because, truth be told, I’m liking the software technologies Palm are releasing. If you missed their CES announcements, here’s a brief summary I...
Jan 8th
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Anonymous asked: What steps would you recommend a Mac developer take to go from Beginner (just read Hillegass) to Intermediate?

In addition to that, what are the best ways to support your mac apps' userbase?
Jan 7th
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Jan 7th
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“The UI has a good bit of new sexy to it.”
– Silicon Alley Insider’s “industry sources” help prove that the media will print anything about this damn tablet (via Mac Rumors).
Jan 7th
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Anonymous asked: How do you keep the rising sun behind your little ninja head all day?
Jan 7th
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Jan 7th
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Ask Me a Question →
I’ve just turned on the handy new Tumblr “Ask” feature, and made it open to everyone to ask me a question. Fire away: I’ll respond to all sensible ones over the coming days. You can view all questions and their answers here
Jan 7th
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“Apple stores don’t have “No Smoking” signs. Legally they need them but they...”
– Lewis King: Apple Store madness
Jan 6th
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Jan 6th
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