512 Pixels

I had a running list of things to turn in to an article. Instead, I’m linking to this, because Viticci’s knocked it out of the park.

Thomas Brand:

Fusion Drive, no one needs your fragile combination of storage technologies anymore. If Apple had really believed in you, they would have made you the default storage system on a Mac, any Mac. Instead you were neglected to a build-to-order-option. Even the top-of-the-line 27 inch iMac never shipped with a Fusion Drive standard. Fusion Drive, we will always remember you for the fast plentiful storage you promised. A great idea whose time came too late.

Harrison Weber at The Next Web:

Adobe has shared with us that Creative Suite 6 will still be available for purchase, but it will not be updated beyond addressing bugs and OS compatibility. There will be no Creative Suite 7.

“Everything moving forward is focusing on creative cloud” —Adobe Instead, Adobe is pointing all of its energy towards Creative Cloud, eliminating the familiar retail box in the process. Like last year, the company is releasing an updated suite of applications this June, newly branded as “CC” apps. This includes: Photoshop CC, InDesign CC, Illustrator CC, Dreamweaver CC and Premiere Pro CC.

I’ve cleared my Instapaper queue and I don’t have any unread books on my Kindle.

My inboxes are all at zero and there’s nothing left to mark as read.

I’ve laid out an iPhoto book of my vacation photos and am caught up on The Office. I even pre-ordered the 2013 AP Stylebook.

I’m bored. So very bored.

The Internet is usually a firehose of articles, links and images, but in the Apple-centric corner of the Internet things are a little slower than normal.

With WWDC still several weeks out, and no news from the company expected in the meantime, we’re all moving from app release to app release, dreaming of new software, knowing new Apple hardware is still probably months away.

I visit larger sites in this space, and it seems that everyone is feeling it. Stories that normally wouldn’t be big deals are floating the top. It’s a race I don’t want to be in.

In times like this, I’m sort of glad I don’t write 512 full time. But it makes me feel weird that I spend so much time online reading and looking and absorbing.

Things are just slow right now, but instead of enjoying it, I am sort of freaked out.

I need Breaking Bad to come back on.

The photo with the display, Cube and NeXT laser printer makes my heart sing.

Dieter Bohn:

So the current state of openness on Android, at least for the two big-name manufacturers, is a mixed bag. The largest carriers continue to keep their devices locked down as much as possible, while the smaller carriers are slightly more willing to let tinkerers and hackers dig in.

Anyone surprised?

Hello?

Is this thing on?

The original Macintosh used 400 KB floppy disks. In that limited space, countless nerds got their start. This shirt celebrates a time when software — like so many things — was simpler and smaller.

Instead of having shirts printed locally and spending hours packing and mailing shirts, I’m using Teespring this year. It is like Kickstarter for t-shirts, sorta. You can pre-order now by visiting this fancy link between now and Monday, May 13. Estimated delivery is by May 27, so you’ll have plenty of time to gets yours broken in before WWDC.

We’ve got to have 50 shirts ordered for the batch to be printed, so be sure to go check it out. As always, thanks for supporting 512 Pixels.

It’s hard to believe that there have been seven apps downloaded from Apple for every person on the planet.

His second day back on the Internet has been busy.

This week, with the sun at my back and the wind in my hair, I return from Florida to discuss WWDC, the latest Apple rumors and Google Now.

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I mean, how was I not going to link to this?

Finally, our long national nightmare of listening to our iPhones at our desks is coming to an end.