The iPad, Gestures, and Community
February 18th, 2010
Multitouch and gestural input needs community consensus on meaning and representation.
View CommentsOn Storytelling
February 16th, 2010
Sure, it’s Chip Kidd’s nightmare and neglects entire sub-genres of modern literature, but to me, the relative homogenization of story formats on the Kindle is great. It’s making me read more often and with less prejudice.
View CommentsAmazon vs Apple Has Gone Too Far
February 8th, 2010
I received a message from Amazon this morning letting me know that the Kindle Developer Kit application process was ready for the general public. I clicked the link and was taken to the KDK site, only to be told that Safari isn’t supported.
View CommentsKindle vs Apple iPad
January 25th, 2010
Many have chimed in, ahead of the Apple tablet announcement, on whether the new Apple device will be a “Kindle killer”
View CommentsBuilding Erlang on Snow Leopard
August 17th, 2009
The macports install of CouchDB requires Erlang (naturally) and Erlang requires WxWidgets and Tk, which are probably pointless for most uses, and won’t compile on 10.6.
View CommentsDeath of the Apple Halo Effect?
August 3rd, 2009
Every iPhone and iPod Touch owner I know hates iTunes. Apple should take notice.
View CommentsThe Twitpocalypse and Unit Testing
June 13th, 2009
If ever there was a clear example of the need for unit testing during builds, it’s the integer overflow problem on Twitter – aka, the Twitpocalypse.
View CommentsiTunes U Rules
January 6th, 2008
I am already fearing the point at which the velocity with which I consume content allows me to see the bottom of the proverbial barrel.
View CommentsRSS in Leopard Mail Sucks. For Me.
October 31st, 2007
I gave it a shot. I hoped it would work.
Unfortunately, I’ve become hooked on NetNewsWire Lite over the years.
Leopard: Mail, RSS, RMagick, ImageMagick
October 27th, 2007
Like a lot of developers, I’ve been running Leopard in one form or another for a couple of years now. In that time, I’ve had my share of frustrations. Of course, knowing at all times that I was evaluating pre-release software, I rolled with the punches with little more than the occasional bitch and moan (Apple: Don’t sue me. I only complained to others who’d signed an NDA. I swear. Don’t sue me.)
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