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‘Very Conservative’
Gingrich took a full 45 percent of those who described themselves as “very conservative,” compared with 23 percent for Santorum, 20 percent for Romney and 10 percent for Paul. Gingrich also won among voters who said they were “somewhat conservative,” while Mitt Romney came in first with “moderate or liberal” voters.
Values
Newt Gingrich, on why South Carolina voters backed him so strongly in today’s primary:
It’s that I articulate the deepest-held values of the American people.
Huh.
The Family Room Specialist
Gerben Wierda’s NeXT Collection
Here’s the description of this amazing Flickr set:
When Steve Jobs left Apple in the eighties, he started NeXT with the plan to create the software innovations Apple did not want to do. Then he found out no computer was available to support those innovations, so NeXT also created stunning and innovative hardware. NeXT was a technological marvel, but not a commercial success for several reasons. But when Apple bought NeXT in 1996 and the NeXT innovators took over parts of Apple from the inside, the result was Mac OS X and all that made that possible, including today’s iPhone, iPod and iPad.
The NeXT App Store
During the NeXT era, there was a product named Electronic AppWrapper:
The Electronic AppWrapper was a valuable source of products and services for NEXTSTEP users. This electronic catalog offered software, hardware, fonts, clip art, technical books, recreational books and more.
One could order products via e-mail, fax, or phone. A corporate purchasing program was available.
I wasn’t aware of this until Jesse Tayler, who worked as an engineer on the project dropped me an email. In it, he wrote:
512 Pixels at Macworld | iWorld
Thanks to the unbelievable generosity of Mr. Matt Alexander, I will be flying out to Macworld | iWorld next week, as long as FedEx doesn’t goof up my package between now and Monday.
I’m looking forward to meeting fellow online writers, Apple nerds and readers. If you want to meet up, get in touch.
I don’t expect to be posting much during the trip, but I am going to try to post audio updates as I go.
Behind the Scenes
Josh over at Macgasm has posted a look at how they produce their video podcasts. It’s in-depth, and makes me want to start something with video really, really badly.
NeXT: The Software
My mini-series on NeXT Computer: Installment 1: On the Creation of NeXT Installment 2: NeXT: The Hardware Installment 3: NeXT: The Software Installment 4: NeXT: The Apple Purchase Installment 5: Why Did NeXT Fail?
An Introduction to NeXTSTEP
NeXTStep 1 is the operating system built by NeXT to power the company’s line of computer hardware. It is widely regarded to have been ahead of its time, and boasted these features:
- The Mach microkernel
- Display PostScript and a windowing engine
- The Objective-C language and runtime
- An object-oriented application layer, complete with robust development tools
Compared to Mac OS, NeXTStep looked like the future. It had full-color icons2 and modern typography and included technologies like protected memory and multitasking.
iPad 2 and iPhone 4S Jailbreak Now Available
Apple Classrooms of Tomorrow – Today
The ACOT2 program gives great insight into how Apple views education in the 21st century. The company has been studying education since 1985, and has discovered lots of areas where the field could be improved.
There’s a lot of information on these web pages, but it is all worth reading and thinking about.
App Recommendation: WorldCard Mobile
I get handed tons of business cards in my professional life. I meet with vendors, contractors, sub-contractors, corporate representatives and more in a normal work week. They all have cards, and they all seem to want to give me as many as possible.
That’s where WorldCard Mobile comes in. I can take a photo of a business card, and the app will work some OCR magic to put the data into a new contact. Thankfully, it allows editing the data before saving it, in case the app didn’t get everything just right. Once edited, the card is “exported” to the iPhone and — in my case — is sent to iCloud within seconds