The iPad is a closed consumer device, despite occasional illusions to the contrary. It has deluded more than a few though. This story says it all, but you can guess it – be careful for what you wish for but Apple restrictions will nab you. So ends the experiment. A success and complete failure. iPad […]
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Find and Undo
After playing with my recent app purchase – iThoughtsHD – for an hour or so, I once more stop to reflect on the backwards nature of software development and user experience and useful – as opposed to checklist feature-creep – functionality. Where does the useful stuff go? Why do folks think it’s ok to stop […]
Continue readingA strange break in my….
I like Macs. They work. Built well. Look pretty. OS X is my kinda thing, I’m a Unix with pretty graphics kind of guy. Since I bought the compulsive netbook a few years ago I have gone places I never dreamt. Ubuntu, Mac OS X hacked installs, Windows 7 Betas. And I’ve also *opened a […]
Continue readingThank Goodness for The Doctor
I’m in the basement surrounded by LCDs and flickering lights. There are no real lights on. Unfortunately the recent trials and tribulations with the house Internet have driven me to this. Since Sunday our usually-pretty-rock-solid Internet has been playing silly buggers. I think it’s the Apple TimeCapsule Airport thing, but I’m not too sure, although […]
Continue readingI Hate Video
Flip Ultra (the world’s easiest video camera) + Apple MacBook Pro (very powerful laptop) + iMovie (consumer-oriented, well designed video software) + iDVD (ditto) = easy-to make home movies for Christmas. Hell, no! (repeat, LOUDER) HELL, NO! Admittedly I am using the ships-with-the-computer versions of iMovie and iDVD (iMovie 6 and iDVD ’06 I believe) […]
Continue readingHere’s what I did on Halloween – scary….
Here’s what I did on Halloween – scary…., originally uploaded by machaggis. No comment.
Continue readingApple Angst, ne “taunt me!”
Apple is burning customer bridges faster than a Microsoft WGA failure (*). Personally I’m struggling to get my $100 sucka-bribe from Apple as I’ve quit my AT&T account and hacked my (work’s) iPhone to use T-Mobile (the SMS for the $100 credit goes to the AT&T non-existent number). But frankly, the Canadian’s are pissed that […]
Continue readingMmm, tastes like chocolate apples
Mmm, tastes like chocolate apples, originally uploaded by machaggis. a) The unwritten feature of the iPhone; b) When the girl starts to teeth, everything is at risk.
Continue readingMac fanboys…
A timeline of all the Apple toys.
Continue readingSidenote on Apple
Article from the Economist about Apple’s recent successes. The wider lesson is not to stigmatise failure but to tolerate it and learn from it: Europe’s inability to create a rival to Silicon Valley owes much to its tougher bankruptcy laws.
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