This little machine deserves a lot more credit than it gets.
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OmniGraffle [Sponsor]
Creating in OmniGraffle: a five-step introduction attempt in less than 140 words.
Desired outcome: a new mockup of WebsiteThing.
- Start it up. Download OmniGraffle here. Choose “Blank” from the template window.
- Frame it. Stencils→Software→Konigi Wireframes. Designing for an iPhone? Drag out the iPhone browser. Lock object in place with ⌘+L.
- Build it. Check out what else the Konigi stencil offers: position placeholders, buttons, and forms on your canvas. Turn on Snap to Grid (Arrange→Grid→Snap to Grid) for quick alignment.
- Fine-tune it. Replace Konigi elements with real copy or graphics if ready. Add labels for the benefit of others.
- Share it. Email, show off to colleagues via AirPlay, and more.
It’s all possible on the iPad, too. If you’d like, explore a bit more.
Reading Outside Your Bubble
If we are only reading things that interest us, we’ll never find anything new. We’ll never try something a little bit outside of our comfort zone, and we’ll never grow as humans.
I think he’s right.
Journaling with Day One
I think I’m going to join David Sparks on this challenge.
A More Responsive Home Button
It seems like Cult of Mac’s tip worked on my iPhone 4, but it might just be the placebo effect clouding my judgement.
And It Begins
For starters, we can now confidently say that Apple’s next iPhone will launch in the fall next year, around the same time that this year’s iPhone 4S launched. We have also learned that Apple is planning to use a rubber or plastic material — similar to the material used in the company’s bumper cases — that will be built into the new iPhone case.
The site also says this phone would sport an iPad–2 like back case and a 4-inch screen.
‘Many iOS Activations’ Took Place Over Christmas
Come on, TUAW. You can do better than this.
What the Original iPhone Teaches About a 4G-Equipped iPhone
When Steve Jobs unveiled the original iPhone in 2007, it blew every other phone out of the water.
However, some complained that the device lacked 3G connectivity, leaving EDGE and Wi-Fi as the only two options for data connections.
Apple executives said that the power required to use 3G didn’t make the technology worth it. Here’s Steve Jobs, speaking at the O2 iPhone release:
The 3G chipsets that are available to semiconductors work reasonably well except for power. They are real power hogs. So as you know, the handset battery life used to be 5–6 hours for GSM, but when we got to 3G they got cut in half. Most 3G phones have battery lives of 2–3 hours (of talk time).
Çingleton 2011 Videos
If you have some time off this week, watch these videos.
iOS Dominates Mobile Shopping
Mikey Campbell at AppleInsider:
A study by retail analysis firm RichRelevance released on Friday notes that iOS devices accounted for the bulk of all online non-desktop sales in 2011, holding just over 92 percent of the market, reports Market Watch.
Engadget Interviews Ron Wayne, ‘Lost’ Apple Co-Founder
Netflix CEO’s Stock Options Halved
After the crazy stuff that happened with Netflix this year, why didn’t Reed Hastings lose his job, not just some money?