We’re back from the holidays… slightly heavier; slightly more determined. We have goals. We have resolutions. And we will make them happen.
… we think.
Sure, clearing out your inbox is a great intention – but finding a sustainable solution for business collaboration is better. While it might be tough to change the way your teams work together, now is the right time to move past the frustrations of yesteryear.
Great, another fitness gadget to review.
Sarcasm aside, this thing looks pretty good. Hopefully, it brings the brains of the FitBit to a package as convenient as the FuelBand.
Don Melton has published a little piece on how Apple’s web browser is now a decade old:
Ten years ago today, which was actually a Tuesday, Steve Jobs introduced Safari to the public at MacWorld in San Francisco.
He links to Macworld 2003 keynote address, in which Steve Jobs demos the browser for the first time.
I remember the announcement — and being stoked about it. Remember, January 2003 is years before Google Chrome, and almost two years before Firefox shipped.
This guy sucks at safety.
Richard Saintvilus, at Forbes.com:
However, for the company to truly move forward as a tech power, Apple should hang-up on the iPhone after one more iteration – presumably the iPhone 6. You might disagree. Granted, the phone is still selling well. However, aside from a different chip and larger screen, the change from the 4S to iPhone 5 was not that significant.
Where should Apple go, after killing off one of the most profitable products in modern history?
If you have a bunch of Markdown documents floating around your Mac, you should look at this plugin for Finder’s QuickLook feature.
via Matt Gemmell
Arnold Kim:
The 1TB Fusion Drive add-on is a $250 option and was previously only offered on the high end 21.5“ iMac, high end Mac mini and 27” iMacs.
While I can’t shake the feeling that Fusion Drive is a stopgap until pure SSD setups are reasonable for most people, I’m glad to see Apple expanding the options across the product matrix.
Now, Apple, give that 21.5" machine a RAM door, and we’ll be in business.
Jonathan Chait takes a look at The Hill Valley Telegraph. Thanks, Tim!
At Vulture:
We’re not gonna please everyone, we’re not gonna please everyone … This is what I keep telling myself so I can sleep at night.
I recently re-watched the entire show, and man, I can’t wait to see where it goes in these last episodes.
This is a nice trip down memory lane, provided by Apple itself.
via @classiccomputin
Simplenote:
Our newer Simperium service uses Amazon Web Services (AWS), and is built to be much more resilient to failure. DashNote and ResophNotes are on this new API already. We know that many of you rely on Simplenote to run your lives, so even a few minutes of downtime is a major pain. We’re committed to dealing more gracefully with unexpected failures, bugs, limitations, and communicating better with you when there is a problem.
In this, the first episode of 2013, Myke and I re-visit the topic of awesome Lego sets, then move on to discuss how as we nerds align ourselves with companies and trends.
Show Notes:
- Lego Death Star Photo Update
- Lego Space Shuttle Expedition
- Macsales
- Hypercritical #100: Metacritical
- Jambox
- Marco.org: The Big Jambox
- Techcrunch: Big Jambox Review