THERE IS A LITTLE PONY IN THE APPLE STORE. What the hell? A beautiful little pony, with a flowing mane, the likes of which my sister would have killed to get for Christmas when she was 7 or 8. And, NOONE is looking at this thing.
Yes, a pony. See a link for the picture.
In July 2002, Appled filed a patent for a “Breathing Status LED Indicator” (No. US 6,658,577 B2). They described it as a “blinking effect of the sleep-mode indicator in accordance with the present invention mimics the rhythm of breathing which is psychologically appealing.”
Truly impressive little detail.
"Apple doesn’t believe in playing the "feature game" with [its] product," says Agarwal. As in, the company focuses more on its goals for its own products, rather than comparing itself to competitors' and trying to outdo them on the same levels.
Some interesting management observations from former Apple employee and Posterous founder, Sachin Agarwal. These may sound cliche, but I've seen them being broken on regular basis.
And what Apple is doing violates Postel's Law which says you should be liberal in what you accept. Another reason Postel was wise. It helps keep the web from breaking.
All that sounds nice, but I changed my mind about the issue after hearing the argument from Jobs that convinced me: supporting Flash is a significant effort. Apple decided that it wants to put its limited resources on technology that looks more promising – and that's HTML5. They have done before with floppy drives on iMacs and other technologies considered to be “standards” at the time are now totally forgotten.
Also, applying internet ”laws” to something as closed and self-contained as Flash doesn't really buy me.
Some of the managers decided that it would be a good idea to track the progress of each individual engineer in terms of the amount of code that they wrote from week to week. They devised a form that each engineer was required to submit every Friday, which included a field for the number of lines of code that were written that week.
So, even Apple was affected by the mania of ridiculous productivity metrics.
Since the close of the eighth D: All Things Digital conference, we’ve been inundated with requests for a downloadable version of Apple (AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs’s opening-night session with co-hosts Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher.
Great audio interview with Jobs. One may hate him, but this man HAS charisma.
These new desktops are expected to feature updated Intel processors, much faster graphics cards, USB 3.0, and perhaps a faster version of FireWire.
Speculation on upcoming update of Apple desktop computer lineup.
Well, if you already bought a bumper from Apple you'll get a refund, and you can also return your phone for a full refund within 30 days as long as it's unharmed.
This whole antenna-gate sounds to me as much ado about nothing. Nevertheless, Apple prefers to be safe than sorry and shows off with its response.
Vista aims to change all that. By beefing up security, Window’s users should get a more secure feeling rolling around in the graphically enhanced Vista. A Version of Windows that includes a much better look, Mac like niceties plus enhanced security? That is a recipe for wiping out a lot of interest in OS X.
Hilarious predictions from 2006. Ocassionally it sounds as ridiciluous as written for April's Fools, but apparently it was to be taken seriously.
The objections were based on Qik and Fring. But here’s David Pogue on the front-facing-camera-equipped HTC Evo:
After two days of fiddling, downloading and uninstalling apps, manually force-quitting programs and waiting for servers to be upgraded, I finally got video calling to work — sort of. Sometimes there was only audio and a black screen, sometimes only a freeze-frame; at best, the video was blocky and the audio delay absurd.
To make video calling work, you have to install an app yourself: either Fring or Qik. But we never did get Fring to work, and Qik requires people you call to press a Talk button when they want to speak. The whole thing is confusing and, to use the technical term, iffy.
Here’s the test. Take some normal people, where by “normal” I mean people who have never heard of TechCrunch or Daring Fireball. Give them brand new still-in-the-box iPhone 4’s and HTC Evos. Now ask them to make a video call to one another. With the iPhone 4, they’re going to be able to do it.
Best explanation why stuffing devices with features is not something people need. Technology must be accessible and support my goals, not be a goal in itself.
