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Books Move a Little Closer to Death
I’ve never been a fan of e-books or electronic readers. But with the launch of the Amazon Kindle last year, the electronic book has never been more popular.
With the advent of the App Store for iPhone (and iPod Touch) users, I figured it would only be a matter of time before an e-book reader application was available. Today on Ars Technica, the applicaion Classic ( iTunes Link) was discussed:
“…as if Classics literally stuffed a paperback just below the iPhone’s 3.5-inch glass display, and its pages were somehow responding to the capacitive feedback from my finger… they (the program’s customer interface elements) come the closest to recreating the familiar analog experience of flipping through a real book in a digital age, and the simple act of swiping a finger to turn a page feels comforting and natural in both new and old contexts.”
The People Have Spoken
CNET has posted some comments on their MacBook/MacBook Pro reviews:
“No FireWire – No Thanks.” “The loss of FireWire is a deal killer for anyone wanting to edit video or audio or anyone needing to use Target Disk mode.” “Even glossier display than before.” “No FireWire. Bad move. Bottom line.” “Due to the glass reflections it has to be at maximum brightness all the time to over-power the glare.” “The new glassy screen is a glare nightmare.” “Like everything, except lack of FireWire and glossy screen.” “Glossy screen with sometimes annoying glare.” “The highly reflective glass screen is a deal breaker.” “They look and feel great…except for the glossy screen”
NY Times on the Apple Netbook
The Times’ John Markoff:
That would seem to confirm findings that a search engine company shared with me on condition that I not reveal its name: The company spotted Web visits from an unannounced Apple product with a display somewhere between an iPhone and a MacBook. Is it the iPhone 3.0 or the NetMac 1.0?
You can surf the web with a Newton. But still.
On Apple Netbooks
I love Macs. I make my living working on, around, and with them. I use a late-model iMac at home as my main machine, and even though I have a MacBook from work, my main laptop is the Asus Eee PC. It’s portable (8.9 inches across), runs Ubuntu, and is very handy to take places, especially if I ride my bike.
But I would drop it in a heartbeat if Apple released a netbook.
How I Get Things Done
Getting Things Done ( GTD) has always been important to me. I’m busy and I forget things, so over the years, I have tried various methods to keep up with my tasks using everything from my old Newton 2100 to a Moleskine journal. I never really found anything to meet my three and a half basic requirements:
- 1. Be portable (and easy to use on the go)
- 2. Be able to filter tasks under different categories
- 3. Be simple
When Leopard was announced, I was looking forward to Notes on Leopard syncing with Notes on the iPhone, but alas, Apple pulled that feature before the final release of 10.5.
What do 38 iBooks in a Civic look like?
Dumpster Diving on the Internet
A friend sent me an email this week:
Sometimes I like to kill time by trying to find obscure, obsolete, and completely random articles in the Apple Knowledge Base that should’ve been taken out a long time ago. Here’s a good example: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=790. Now, here’s the duel I challenge you to: find a more obscure/obsolete one.
An interesting challenge, but an easy one at the end of the day. I found article 116 which explains how “to use Apple Writer with the Paymar Lower Case Adapter.” The oldest article I found was number 3, which reads:
Programming Note
I’m proud to say that ForkBombr now has a logo, done by a good friend at Fox Design Company. Carl is an outstanding artist, and takes his passion for life into every piece I’ve seen him do.
Dear Reader(s)
Don’t suck.
With that phrase, one of my mentors has repeatedly set me straight. And with that phrase, I’m launching ForkBombr.
After reading over Merlin Mann’s “What Makes for a Good Blog?” earlier this year, I knew that I wanted to write online again. I had a blog before I went to work for Apple full-time, but it was scattered and frankly, not that good. Now, I’m back, and I have a plan on how not to suck.