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Tres bien ensemble?
I’ve never had much reason to complain about AT&T from a technical point of view. Yes, its server problems on the iPhone 4 preorder day were annoying, but I’ve never had the poor connectivity and...
View ArticleTV or not TV
Lots of virtual ink has been spilled in recent days on the likelihood of an Apple TV set. I’m not going bother looking up all the links; I’m sure you’ve seen most of them. But in all the talk of...
View ArticleJames, Thomas, Henry, and Steve
History books are mostly filled with the doings of kings and presidents and generals, and we often think that’s what history is. But the everyday lives of people are more profoundly and permanently...
View ArticleOffice on the iPad
David Sparks has a typically smart take on the rumor that Microsoft is developing a version of Office for the iPad. He thinks it’s a good idea for Microsoft, and if you think otherwise, reading his...
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More middle-aged bitching
For a company that prides itself—rightly, for the most part—in making its product accessible, Apple is really screwing with its middle-aged and older users whose vision is deteriorating. I’ve...
View ArticleiBooks Author
Between Kieran Healy, Glenn Fleishman, Andy Ihnatko, and John Siracusa, almost everything I might have said about iBooks Author at this early date has already been said. Kieran and Glenn made the point...
View ArticleArrested for breaking the law of large numbers
So there’s this article in the New York Times today, by James B. Stewart, called “Apple Confronts the Law of Large Numbers,”1 and it’s been linked to a lot in the Apple-centric corner of the internet,...
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Strain relief and the Apple power adapter
I followed somebody’s link (can’t remember whose1) to this Kickstarter project today. It’s for the Wrap_Up, a cable management device that clamps around your Apple power brick. I like the part that...
View ArticleThe long dark night of the Siri
Although much of what I write about here is Apple-specific, there are topics I stay away from: Apple’s finances Apple v. Android Apple in popular culture I’m going to break format here and talk about...
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Maps, algorithms, and common sense
As I write this, my iPhone 5 is with dozens of its brethren on a UPS truck winding through Chicago’s western suburbs. I didn’t think it worth the bother to update my iPhone 4 to iOS 6 when it came out,...
View ArticleA regular Joe
If you’re having trouble following the logic of Joe Nocera’s column about the imminent decline of Apple, I can summarize it for you in a few bullet points: Steve Jobs wouldn’t have allowed a disaster...
View ArticleTrite is a fight
I was drawn to Michael Lopp’s latest post by this Daring Fireball link. I don’t normally read Rands in Repose—the sociology and management of nerds holds no interest for me—but the quote Gruber posted...
View ArticleQuarterly quiverings
Today is that demisemiannual day in which Apple bloggers set aside their normal concern for fonts, rounded rectangles, and skeuomorphism and gather ’round the conference call to hear the latest...
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Apple links and images
I’ve changed the affiliate links in the sidebar again, eliminating the Amazon link and settling (for now) on a Mac app, an iOS app, and an iTunes album or movie. Because all the links are to Apple...
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New Apple affiliate link scripts
This afternoon, I followed James Thompson’s tweet to learn about Apple’s new affiliate program. It’s dropping the slow and exceedingly clumsy LinkShare and moving to the Performance Horizon Group...
View ArticleThe dead letter office
For as long as I’ve been using OS X, Apple has included a set of productivity apps that meet the basic requirements of most users. Power users often bitched about these apps—“I had a contact manager on...
View ArticleInnovation
With the recent release of Haunted Empire, we’re back to another round of argument about whether Apple still innovates or not. Actually, it’s more contradiction than argument. An argument is an...
View ArticleThe newly green Apple
I listened to the latest episode of The Prompt today, and as the boys were talking about Apple’s new video on environmental responsibility, I thought about Tim Cook’s confrontation with a right-wing...
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Revisiting the iPad checklist
Recently, there’s been a lot of talk about the future of the iPad. Last Wednesday, for example, Thomas Brand over at Egg Freckles linked to no fewer than four ruminations, ranging from doom-and-gloom...
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Credit where it’s due
Friday morning I got a text and an email from the bank that issues my credit card. The fraud protection division had denied a suspicious transaction a few minutes earlier and wanted to know if it was...
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