Yesterday, I came across this gem on Daring Fireball where John Gruber discusses the change in the rules for developers: My reading of this new language is that cross-compilers, such as theFlash-to-iPhone compiler in Adobe’s upcoming Flash Professional CS5 release, are prohibited. This also bans apps compiled using MonoTouch — a tool that compiles C# [...]
I’m sure by now, you’ve read enough about the iPad to think, “oh, come on, not another article about that thing.” Granted, the hype and rumors got completely out of hand. Contrary to the Windows zealots around me, they weren’t all fed by Apple. I can’t blame them too much, though. They don’t know the [...]
I’m going to take a break from writing about slide design and slideware for a moment to tackle another subject: Snow Leopard. As you’re probably aware, Apple’s newest OS, Snow Leopard (OS 10.6) was released barely more than a week ago. Pundits all around have been quick to criticize the OS release, citing reasons for [...]
On Apple’s Keynote page, they do make quick mention of the new Share menu and how you can quickly share a slide deck with others by email. What they don’t mention and what didn’t seem to get any press is another feature in the Share menu: “Send to [insert iLife app here].” In this submenu, [...]
The news that has the tech and Mac communities all abuzz this week is Apple’s release of the public beta of Safari 4. I’m not one to run beta software on my machine, especially software so critical as a web browser. However, since I’m looking at replacing this computer real soon, I figured it wouldn’t [...]
Can you tell which is which? I was reading this article by Mark Simonson where he writes a brief history of Helvetica and its Frankenstein-like relative, Arial. It’s, in my opinion, a very interesting read, covering areas like font studios, companies’ different strategies dealing with font licenses, and how a simple desire not to [...]
Yeah, I haven’t posted here in a while. However, if you’ve been following me on Twitter, you’ll know I haven’t exactly been doing nothing. Now, I saw this today, which I’m sure has Steve Ballmer throwing chairs: That would be a Macbook Pro. The other woman to her right also [...]
Apparently, the key to getting Macs accepted in the enterprise is by winning the hearts and minds of the people, including CIOs. Now, where I work, that’s impossible because if you’re not using Windows and other Microsoft products by default and without consideration for alternatives, you’re an impure heathen and a heretic. Now, more than [...]
Well, this ought to give the Microsoft cultists seizures. According to Piper Jaffray’s chief Apple analyst, the Mac’s market share in the consumer space is now at 21% in the US and 10% world-wide. Almost every day, I’m surrounded by people who consider using any non-Microsoft product is heresy. Much to their chagrin, I was [...]
I’ve been doing a fair bit of thinking lately, and perhaps my previous post about Windows users was a bit hasty. You see, Windows does have 90% of the market. That must mean they’re doing something right. There’s no way they would have gotten that market share without being the best platform. Well, the [...]
Well, well, well…. Good ol’ “proprietary” Apple will have the first production browser with a perfect score on the Acid3 test, it seems. Such devotion to supporting open standards is exactly what the market needs. One thing to note is the score of the IE8 beta, which Microsoft is claiming will be standards-compliant. Situation normal [...]
