Category: Apple
‘I Still am Amazed’
Ben Brooks revisits his 13-inch MacBook Air review after a month of use.
Steve Jobs’ Writing to Customer Nothing New
Every time Steve Jobs hits Reply to an email, it ends up in countless, repetitive posts around the Apple-centric corner of the Internet.
Turns out Jobs’ writing to customers is nothing new, though.
Wozniak, on Computers and Revolution
Here’s Woz in an interview with the San Jose Mercury News:
I didn’t design this computer to make a lot of money and start a company. I wanted to accelerate the world advancement in the social revolution. The Apple-1 would be a new way to communicate. A new way for the individual to exercise power.
CNET has posted some videos of the Geek God Steve Wozniak giving a tour at the Computer History Museum.
Piracy Vs. Ease of Use
Lev Grossman for Time Magazine, on media and the Internet:
So what ever happened to the pirate apocalypse of yesteryear? In the U.S., piracy hasn’t turned out to be quite as bad for content producers as everybody thought. A report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office released last April labored mightily to establish a strong link between piracy and lost sales, but the results were inconclusive.
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Which brings us to another important reason the media apocalypse never happened: Steve Jobs. On April 28, 2003, the very day TIME published a grand excursus on the explosive growth of file sharing, Apple unveiled the iTunes Music Store. At the time, it was difficult to see why iTunes would succeed where Snocap, among many others, had failed. Because, again, how do you compete with free?
‘A More Selective App Store’
Ben Brooks, on the App Store:
I would love the app store even more if there was less crap and more quality apps – I think everyone would. There will always be those odd cases where some really great sounding app can’t get in, but I think we have proven that if we are vocal enough Apple will, at the very least, hear us. Precisely the reason I think we should let Apple start removing some of the crappier apps from the store.
Project 365 and Photo Processing on the iPad
In 2008 and 2009 I completed a Project 365 series. In a nutshell, I took a photo a day, every day for two years. The projects were draining and exhilarating, all at the same time.
In 2008, I retouched the photos as little as possible. This helped me really get to know my camera equipment, and rely on things like F-stops and correct light balances to get my photos the way I wanted them. I’m a better photographer for it.
Appleincnews Twitter Account Suspended
Remember when some people thought Apple had an account on Twitter?
Well, it’s been suspended.That happens when accounts are run by large international corporations, right?
Reeder for Mac Beta 1 Out
Reeder for Mac — a desktop version of the poplar iOS Google Reader app — is here, in beta form at least.
The app looks like its mobile counterpart, complete with a services menu and big buttons. It is quick, stable and easy on the eyes, which is wonderful. However, I’m not certain that Mac apps should be look so much like iOS apps. I guess the Mac App Store and OS X Lion will probably prove me wrong here. Until then, go check it out.
Stream Audio from Mac to iOS Devices
Earlier today, I linked to an article outlining how to stream audio from a Mac to an iPad. This method used jailbreaking to trick Apple’s AirPlay service into doing things the boys and girls in Cupertino don’t allow for yet.
Turns out, there’s a legit way of doing this. ForkBombr reader Paul S. sent me an email, pointing me toward a free iPhone app named Airfoil Speakers by Rogue Ameoba.1 When coupled with their Mac software Airfoil, audio from iTunes can play on any iOS device. It’s pretty damn magical.
AirPlay Far More Useful Post-Jailbreak
There are a lot fewer reasons to jailbreak an iOS device than there used to be. We have apps, copy and paste, multi-tasking and more.
However, with new features come new limitations. One example is Airplay.
Mac Stories has a great post up outlining what jailbreaking can do to enhance this feature of iOS 4.2. I might just be taking the plunge tonight.
[via @treyheath]
iPad 2 Rumors Surface
See my thoughts over at Macgasm.