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Thunderbolt Software Update 1.2.1 Released

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Adam C. Engst:

Apple has, with no change in the release notes or acknowledgement of the problems caused by version 1.2, released Thunderbolt Software Update 1.2.1 to add support for the Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter. Version 1.2 of the update was notable for causing boot failures, and although the assumption is that Apple addressed the problems, we won’t know for sure until reports start to come in from users.

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Retina Remarks

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I spent a few brief moments with a new “MacBook Pro with Retina display” at the Apple Store, and thought I would share a few thoughts. This by no means is a fair review (or by type of review, really), but just a handful of impressions.

  • The machine is crazy thin. It reminds of me of seeing the Titanium PowerBook G4 after the PowerBook a G3 had been around forever. It is crazy thin.

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Concerning ‘Ungeniused’

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Myke and I, over on the 70Decibels blog:

When we started Ungeniused last year, we wanted to explore the rabbit holes on Wikipedia. We haven’t met our goal, and there’s lots left to explore. We could record forever, never running out of topics.

That makes the rest of this letter awkward, so we’ll cut right to the chase.

Ungeniused is being retired.

I want to stress that there are no personal reasons behind the show’s retirement whatsoever. I’ll still be on the network (in fact, I’m taking Myke’s spot in a few weeks when he goes on vacation). From a cost/benefit standpoint, continuing the show at this time just isn’t an option. We want to deliver a quality product every week, and we don’t feel like we can do that currently.

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The iOS 6 NDA Cheatsheet

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David Smith:

This year I decided it would be helpful to put together a cheatsheet by going through the public websites and keynote video and collect all the topics that are publicly displayed. I can then talk with some freedom about these topics. Collecting all the topics on one place will hopefully help keep me clear on what I can talk about.

If it wasn’t in the keynote, or isn’t on the website, don’t write about it.

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Where Readability’s Money Went

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Shawn Blanc figured that seven percent of money collected “for writers” actually made it to writers.

Seven. Percent.

I signed up for the service (hey, income is income!), but never saw a dime. Shawn closes his article with this, and I couldn’t agree more:

As a writer whose sole publishing platform is the Web, I now find myself uncomfortable and saddened by Arc 90′s attitude of entitlement over my original content (not the least of which is the new Readlists service and its emphasis on exporting, repurposing, and distributing of someone else’s original content into an eBook).

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