I felt really weird reading Jeremy Allaire’s dream diary on All Things D.
Also, this is how his company is described:
Jeremy Allaire is the founder, chairman and CEO of Brightcove, a leading provider of cloud platforms for distributing media and apps, with a suite of platform APIs, SDKs and Web services aimed at Web and app developers and the businesses they help to drive.
I’m not all that sure I understand what he does for a living.
Well, Viticci wins the “most badass post of the day” award today.
Google recently enabled CardDAV syncing with Google Contacts, and has a nice support document on how to set this up with an iOS device.
While this is quite easy to configure (and works really well in my experience), the same thing can be done on the Mac, bringing your Google contacts to your computer.
Update: Here’s how you can set this up on iOS devices.
There are several different ways to add a Google Contacts to Contacts.app, but I’ve found this to the most reliable.
If you’re running Mountain Lion Server, you should bookmark this site.
Thomas Brand discusses what was a must-have accessory for most iMac G3 owners.
This is a good move.
Wikipedia:
Star Trek was to be a version of the Macintosh operating system running as a GUI on Intel-compatible x86 personal computers on top of Novell’s next in-development version of the DR DOS operating system in a similar fashion as Microsoft Windows 3.x would run on top of DOS (including DR DOS). (At that time, the Mac OS ran only on Apple’s own computers based on the Motorola 68000 architecture.) The project was named after the Star Trek science fiction franchise with the slogan “To boldly go where no Mac has gone before.”
James Galbraith at Macworld:
The new iMac steps into the future, with cutting-edge design (literally), updated processor and RAM, better sounding speakers, and reduced-glare (but still glossy!) screens. Unfortunately, the new iMac also follows Apple’s trend towards less repairable and upgradeable Macs and the elimination of useful features such as optical drives and FireWire 800 ports. I think it’s reasonable to drop the optical drive from laptops, where the benefit of reduced size and weight can be immediately appreciated when you walk around with a laptop in your bag. On a desktop computer like the iMac, it’s unclear what the benefits are of going without these conveniences in order to have a thinner and lighter iMac at your desk — unless you’re admiring the iMac from the side, of course.
Chris Taylor for Reuters:
Americans are shelling out big bucks annually to outfit the entire household with Apple products. And they are spending hundreds - if not thousands of dollars - more each year for the unexpected Apple “taxes” – add-ons that lock them into the Apple system: iTunes downloads for music, movies and games, along with subscriptions and accessories.
Then there are the replacement costs for lost or broken equipment. For a family with multiple children, each with their own technological needs, the total annual bill can get downright ugly – like going over a familial “fiscal cliff.”
I used to spend a ton of time on the old site. It’s good to see an old name return to the Mac scene.
Shawn Blanc:
This is the first time I’ve ordered one of the photo books from Apple and I don’t think it will be the last. It’s a hardcover book, with 20 (or more if you want to add them) full-color pages, printed and shipped for about $32. The pages are full-bleed, the color is brilliant, and the construction quality is top notch.
We have one with some of our wedding photos in it, and I’ve given them as gifts. The quality is great, and they couldn’t be easier to build in iPhoto. That said, there is an issue. Here’s Shawn:
Thomas Brand:
The era of Genius turning screws is coming to an end. Macs are becoming harder to get into, and instead of being repaired at the Apple Store most of the computers Apple sells these days are being refurbished at a central repair facility. Faulty iPhones, iPods, and iPads are replaced at the Genius bar, and shipped off to be disassembled and remade into refurbished devices with new cases and batteries. These refurbished computers return to the Apple Store to be used as iPhone, iPod, and iPad replacements. The cycle of replace, repair, refurbish, and replace is made easier by services like iCloud that keep all of a user’s data safety backed up. Customers have no qualms about receiving a device many of them think is new, just as long as they get to keep all of their personal data, songs, movies, and apps. It may be some time until all of Apple’s machines are replaced this way, but the new 21.5 inch iMac shows that Apple is moving in that direction.