I have committed even more NAS
About six months ago I made the decision to upgrade my work setup to a Network Attached Storage unit and use it for data storage and backups. I talk about that decision here. How did it go? I’m quite...
View Article“Superficial Changes”– Marco.org
“Superficial Changes” – Marco.org: There are plenty of problems with the iOS app ecosystem, but most of them that Apple could reasonably control — and most of Jared’s specific complaints — are App...
View ArticleApple retires Aperture
Apple made it official today and it’s ending future development on Aperture. First mentioned on The Loop, this was not a suprise to me (and to others like Daring Fireball) because of the lack of any...
View ArticleFacebook Steps In It
Over the weekend Facebook stepped in it in a big way. One of the earliest sites breaking this was A.V. Club: Scientists at Facebook have published a paper showing that they manipulated the content seen...
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A followup on Facebook
It’s always fascinating to watch what happens when a blog posting goes a bit viral. This is what it looked like on my blog: The peak of this sequence is about 100X my normal traffic levels. Not quite...
View ArticleApple and NFC — why it’s not there
Apple Outsider » Technology vs. Utility: As ReadWriteWeb’s Brian Proffitt explained last week, omitting NFC is a conscious decision that can be easily reversed in the future. But unlike earlier missing...
View Articlein defense (sort of) of IOS 6 Maps (kinda)
There’s a new iPhone in town, and with it, a new release of IOS. The new iPhone is selling a zillion units and making Apple a few zillion dollars. Meanwhile, in some alternate universe, Dan Lyon is...
View ArticleApp.net Developer Incentive Program
App.net Developer Incentive Program – Marco.org: An interesting idea: App.net will be paying “at least $20,000 per month” cumulatively to app developers, divided according to each app’s popularity and...
View ArticleSome notes on disconnecting from Feedburner
I got into a twitter discussion yesterday with some people about turning off Feedburner on their blogs, since the rumors are Feedburner is going away (and even if it’s not, it’s been unreliable and is...
View ArticleRisk Aversion
Risk Aversion | Cap Watkins: Was having an interesting conversation this morning with Om and Hunter about the recent firing of Richard Williamson from Apple over the Maps debacle. Hunter posed a...
View ArticleWhy don’t MacBooks come with cellular networking? – Marco.org
Why don’t MacBooks come with cellular networking? – Marco.org: If Apple wants to offer 4G in MacBooks, they can start whenever they want. Doing it properly will just take a bit more effort than adding...
View ArticleDealing with Crap apps in the catalog
There’s a kerfluffle going on with the Apple App Catalog over “crap app”, which is a bit of a misnomer because the primary anger is being aimed at developers who build apps aimed at grabbing money with...
View ArticleThe Mac App Store Needs Paid Upgrades
Call Me Fishmeal.: The Mac App Store Needs Paid Upgrades: The Mac App Store has been a huge boon to Mac software developers, but has an enormous flaw: it needs to allow developers to charge existing...
View ArticleA couple of words about Meg…
HP’s Meg Whitman is cautiously optimistic that tech giant is stabilizing | VentureBeat: Hewlett-Packard chief executive Meg Whitman said in a conference call with analysts that she is “cautiously...
View ArticleNo, iOS is not a prison
No, iOS is not a prison – Technovia: I too wish that Apple would introduce an optional ability to install unapproved apps. Although, when you think about it, jailbreaking provides that ability right...
View Articlehomebrew vs. jailbreak
In the comments to my previous post, Suzi asked a question that deserved a detailed answer, so I’m turning it into another blog post… so, do you think the webOS way (developer mode) is better choice?...
View ArticleThe inside story of the death of Palm and webOS
Pre to postmortem: the inside story of the death of Palm and webOS | The Verge: Thirty-one. That’s the number of months it took Palm, Inc. to go from the darling of International CES 2009 to a mere...
View ArticleiTunes and Podcasts
Apple’s Podcasting Stroke of Genius | Cult of Mac: The rumor and/or speculation is that Apple will spin podcasts out into a separate app (but keep it in the desktop version of iTunes). This prediction...
View ArticleDeveloper Complaints — some perspective
Let me put a little perspective into the discussions about what developers want out of their platform. Much of this is aimed at Apple, because IOS is the dominant revenue platform, but it’s true of all...
View ArticleHow to fix Yahoo! (some unneeded advice for Marissa Mayer)
Hey, everyone else is telling Marissa Mayer how to fix Yahoo!, I thought I would, too. First of all, congratulations for getting the job. Second, my sympathies. It’s not going to be easy. But this has...
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