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Mini-Review: The Smart Alec
Ben Brooks has a Tom Bihn Smart Alec backpack, and after seeing it at Macworld, I ordered one myself this spring.
It’s awesome.
I have the “Vertical Brain Cell” insert for the 13-inch MacBook Pro, as that’s what I was carrying at the time I ordered the bag. My 13-inch Air and iPad fit in it together nicely.
I also added the “Snake Charmer” cable carrying case, and it’s well-worth the money. Having all my cables in one section at the bottom of my bag keeps things nice and neat.
Retina MacBook Pro Can Drive Three External Displays
Windows Phone 8 Unveiled
Lots of goodies, unless you already have a WP7 phone, as none of them will be updated to the new OS.
That said, the company is prepping Windows Phone 7.8, which will bring some features to older handsets.
Confused yet?
Into the Nuba Mountains
Earlier this month, my brother travelled to South Sudan to document the North Sudanese government’s killing of the people who live in the Nuba mountains via bombings and starvation.
He’s just released the first trailer for his documentary, and its stirring.
A $1,148 Hackintosh
Seems like a great way to blow $1,148 when an updated breaks your machine.
I hackintoshed a few netbooks back in the day, but that’s a far cry from spending $1,100 on something completely without support or a guarantee of working well.
More on Microsoft’s Shift
Joshua Topolsky on the shift at Microsoft:
In fact, the entire tablet was designed in-house by Microsoft’s teams, and if you believe what was said in the presentation yesterday, design and functionality in hardware has suddenly become a big deal in Redmond.
That’s a big shift, and it’s an important one. The announcement of the Surface shows that Microsoft is ready to make a break with its history — a history of hardware partnerships which relied on companies like Dell, HP, or Acer to actually bring its products to market.
A Year of Field Notes
A Guided Tour of Brickworld
Reading Rainbow iPad App Coming
I’m thinking of getting my wife an iPad just so she can use this app with our kids.
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Sarah wakes up, prepares a full breakfast, and fires up her standard suite for design. Two new, time-consuming projects this week — it’s time to start planning much further than was previously warranted. Should’ve started yesterday.
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Microsoft’s Shift
During last night’s keynote, Microsoft executives unveiled Surface, a set of new 10.6" tablets built by the company itself — not a hardware OEM.
Alan Kay famously said:
People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware.
It seems like Microsoft may finally be getting the message.
Here are some quotes from Ballmer’s keynote:
We believe that any intersection between human and machine can be made better when hardware and software are considered together.