I’m usually not one to link to patents, but Apple’s applications for the Mac Pro include some beautiful imagery and this abstract:
Apple’s Patent Abstract: An internal component and external interface arrangement for a cylindrical compact computing system is described that includes at least a structural heat sink having triangular shape disposed within a cylindrical volume defined by a cylindrical housing. A computing engine having a generally triangular shape is described having internal components that include a graphics processing unit (GPU) board, a central processing unit (CPU) board, an input/output (I/O) interface board, an interconnect board, and a power supply unit (PSU).
I started using the official Twitter client as my main Twitter app on my iPhone and iPad.
For the past six months, I’ve been reevaluating my entire Twitter experience based on the apps I use to read tweets and interact with people. The idea made a lot more sense once I stepped out of my preconceptions: I wanted to understand what 2014 Twitter was like and if that meant sacrificing my nerd cred and use a Muggle’s Twitter app, so be it. But at the same time, I’ve gone back and forth between Twitter and third-party clients, primarily out of habit, but also because they still offer powerful features and design details that I appreciate.
If you care about Twitter at all — as a company, as service or as an app — you should read this.
In May of this year, my brother, brother-in-law and several close friends got on a plane and flew to South Sudan to document the ravages of the war that has been smoldering there since 1989.
For the uninitiated, Sudan and South Sudan are ground zero for some of the worst humanitarian situations in the world. For 25 years, the government of Sudan has committed mass murder on a horrific scale supported international terrorist organizations with complete impunity. Omar al-Bashir and his government has been systematically bombing and starving entire people groups to death.
He’s a monster, and he has to be stopped.
The International Criminal Court has an arrest warrant out for al-Bashir, but he is still at large, still murdering his countrymen and fellow human beings.
The fall-out of all of this is a new generation of “Lost Boys,” children driven from their homes, often after seeing their parents murdered.
These children are the future of Sudan and South Sudan, but they are living in refugee camps, without hope of an education.
My brother’s non-profit is trying to change that. His non-profit’s latest film tells the story of Jargi Joseph, a 19-year old who had to flee his home when the al-Bashir’s jet fighters started bombing his village. He is now in South Sudan, carrying the weight of a new generation of children without homes and parents.
With this film, Operation Broken Silence is launching Project Endure, a coordinated effort to put these kids — and their teachers — back in the classroom. It’s a targeted program designed to bring change directly to the children Jargi Joseph cares for.
It was an honor to help plan and produce this film, let alone narrate it, but the need to educate and care for Sudan’s 25,000 orphans is the world’s responsibility. We should shoulder it together.
One of this year’s hottest Christmas presents is no longer available in the shops. Two months after Apple announced the demise of its iPod Classic MP3 player, the model is selling secondhand for up to four times its original price as aficionados clamour to get their hands on one.
With a storage capacity double the size of any current iPods still being made, versions of the 160GB Classic – which can hold around 40,000 songs – are being sold as new via Amazon for up to £670. More than 3,000 of the models – the seventh, final version came out in 2010 – have been sold on eBay since the Classic was retired in October, most for between £350 and £500.Even refurbished older models now cost far more than the £229 for which the later generations retailed.
If you’ll excuse me, I’ll be building a fortress around the iPod classic I bought earlier this year.
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The promise of a wrist-based notification system is one of glanceable information. “There’s no need to be rude and pull your phone out,” the wearable market says. “Just discretely look at your wrist!”
What I’ve discovered is that there are lots of situations that looking at your watch is also considered rude.
Several times over the last couple of weeks, my watch has gone off in a meeting. Upon looking at it, I’ve had two different people ask me if were okay on time. Thankfully, neither person was offended, but the opportunity for misunderstanding was present.
While thinking about distractions caused by wearable tech, the vibrate motor on the Pebble comes to mind. While I’m betting the Apple Watch is more discreet, the Pebble’s vibrator is audible when it goes off. In a quiet room, you can hear it pretty clearly.
That — coupled with the fact that it barely looks like a watch — makes people notice it. I’ve gotten a few questions about it, which I didn’t expect when I strapped it on the first time.
All of this reminds me of how it was to carry an iPhone in the early days. Many users — myself included — felt self-conscious about pulling it out in public. The smartwatch wearer has the same social issues to overcome.
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… and …
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On one hand, this makes the feature less creepy, but I stand by my opinion that Evernote thinks that users will view this feature as an overall positive change to the service.
Leo Bodnar has a great look at the interconnect board on the Mac mini G4:
I have noticed a missing unpopulated connector on a vertical CD/HDD interconnect board. There are also a few components that were left out during assembly. There is surprisingly big (by mini standards) empty space around that area inside the mini case.
Connector has a full Firewire bus and extra control signals on it. What could it be? Integrated iPod dock at the top of Mac mini case? Interface to some other external device? Missing internal module? Extra row of external connectors on the back?
And most of all, has it been abandoned at the last minute or still being developed? Or is it waiting for its device to become ready?
Seems like that prototype was more than just an experiment.
2014 is sold out, but I’ve just rolled out RSS sponsorship spots for the first couple of months of 2015. If you want to help me keep the lights on and have your product or company shared with a bunch of good-looking, well-read nerds, get in touch.
