Tag Archives: apple
iPad, Multi-Tasking, Flash
The anticipation built, the hype was beyond anything we had seen, the announcement was made, and now we’re left to ponder what it all means. Yes, the iPad can be distilled down to 2 words: giant iPhone, but today’s announcement … Continue reading
Best Argument Against Government AppStore Intervention
The FCC is probing Apple, AT&T, and Google over the whole Google voice fiasco. Although I wish Apple would open up it’s platform, I definitely don’t think the government should get involved. Also is any precedence set for the government … Continue reading
From a Walled Garden to 1984
Everybody, hailed the iPhone as the savior to set developers and mobile businesses free from the walled gardens of traditional carriers. At first, Apple instantly gifted developers with easy access to a mobile audience that bypassed having to deal with … Continue reading
Why Apple Needs to Make a iPhone Keyboard
Apple needs to introduce a physical keyboard attachment for the iPhone. With the 3.0, Apple gave developers access to the connector and it’s inevitable that devs will want to start supporting physical inputs in their apps. This would be so … Continue reading
Macworld Keynote
My random reactions to Macworld Keynote announcements. Face recognition in iPhoto is pretty slick tech. Tagging people on facebook is way too laborious right now, this will speed up the uploading of drunk blackmail pictures. Music lessons in Garage Band … Continue reading
Apple (AAPL) Bargain at $90
I just shifted half my portfolio into Apple (AAPL). I think it’s a bargain at this price, why? Simple… It was $90 pre-iPhone. That’s right, AAPL was hovering around $80 before MacWorld 2007, where the iPhone was announced. What’s happened … Continue reading
$199 For 3g iPhone?
I just realized why Apple is willing to sell the iPhone for $199. No it’s not the kickback from AT&T. It’s the apps! They’re undoubtedly losing money on the device and banking on the fact that people will purchase so many apps … Continue reading
Missing in Apple’s Lineup: Mac
Where is the Mac? No, not the iMac or the Mac Pro or even the Mac Mini. I’m talking a Mac, a machine that gives me better than iMac specs without a built in monitor. I don’t need the nuclear powered … Continue reading
Macbook’s Lazy Keyboard Under Leopard
Yesterday was a nightmare of a computing day for me. Along with my Ubuntu box not wanting to restart (which was my fault, I upgraded the kernel without upgrading the video drivers, sigh) my Macbook’s keyboard would not work intermittently. … Continue reading
Leopard borks MySQL, quick dirty fix
I installed Leopard and like some people on the net, MySQL was no longer running. MySQL would not start from the preferences pane and running mysqld from the command line got me: wayne-pans-computer-2:bin Wayne$ mysqld 071026 17:29:55 [Warning] Can’t create … Continue reading
Ruby on Rails in Leopard
I was reading on Mac OS X Leopard and it’s new features and ran across this gem: Ruby on Rails Work in a developer’s dreamland. Leopard is the perfect platform for Ruby on Rails development, with Rails, Mongrel, and Capistrano … Continue reading
Annoying: MacBook Command-Tab Freezing
I switched the a MacBook Pro a recently and overall the machine is 10x better than any Windows laptop I’ve ever owned. (Sleep/hibernating a Windows machine is like playing russian roulette except all the chambers are full.) However, the single … Continue reading
Phoneless iPhone
The phoneless iPhone iPod Touch is now official. $299 for a wifi iPod with full browser. What does this mean? Cheaper to develop, bigger audience can only translate to more iPhone specific sites! All those iPhone sites ( facebook, digg.com, … Continue reading
iPhone xhtml Javascript Development Woes
The iPhone has been great for mobile, it’s given a full browser to the mobile world. Except for one thing, it’s Safari, which can be good and bad. It’s good for example if you’re developing an app for iPhone, you … Continue reading
