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One Year

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I hadn’t planned on writing anything marking the one-year anniversary of Steve Jobs’ passing. Then I saw the video on Apple’s homepage.

In it, Jobs quotes Wayne Gretzky:

I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it is been.

To drive that point home, the video highlights three products that Jobs brought to the market: the iMac G3, the iPod and the iPhone.

The video includes black and white photography of Jobs with the products, with audio of him introducing them between rounds of applause. The lines from the keynotes should be familiar to Apple nerds. The video clearly paints the picture of Jobs being the man — the force — behind these revolutionary devices.

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Apple Releases OS X v10.8.2 Supplemental Update 1.0

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Here are the fixes:

  • Resolves an issue that may cause certain Japanese characters to appear incorrectly in Mail
  • Allows Safari to access secure sites when parental controls are enabled
  • Addresses an issue that may prevent systems with more than 64 GB of RAM from starting up

The update can be found in the Mac App Store.

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Review: The Kindle Paperwhite

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A year ago, I reviewed the $79 Kindle. Here’s what I said:

The $79 Kindle is very much a contender in the e-ink reader space. While it might not be as fancy as the new Kindle Touch or as large as the Kindle DX, its low price and high build-quality are a tough combination to beat. I’m thrilled with my purchase.

In the 12 months sense, I’ve used the heck of my Kindle. I ended up buying the Amazon case with the built-in light to read more at night, in bed, after my wife is asleep.

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Sponsor: O’Reilly Titles on Inkling⇢

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For years, those who’ve wanted to teach themselves programming have been caught between the trusted content found in books and the ease of use with online materials. Now, O’Reilly Media and Inkling have teamed up to reimagine the world’s most trusted technological resources for iPad, iPhone, and the web.

From embedded coding sandboxes to notes with web links, syntax highlighting, and more, books in the Animal series, Missing Manual series, and others are amplified with Inkling-only features not found in any other e-book version. Copy-and-paste bits of code as you go on your laptop, or drill down into the logic behind the syntax when reading on your iPad or iPhone.

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