I just tried Harmony. I could doodle all day.
The Holocene
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2010-03-12
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2010-03-11
…in the iPhone OS, the concept of the file is essentially gone. It’s been replaced by “apps and their stuff.
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Apple is doing something rather daring with their new iPhone OS. They are essentially omitting features that people once took for granted in a typical computer. And one of the biggest things they’ve omitted is the visual file system. Instead, in the iPhone OS, the concept of the file is essentially gone. It’s been replaced by “apps and their stuff.”
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by Christoph Niemann (via My Way - Abstract City Blog - NYTimes.com
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2010-03-09
Francisco Toro on the uncomfortable dependency of Spain and Venezuela. FARC and ETA make an ugly pair. Via @TNR http://bit.ly/csiYDq
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every day, your cursor protects you from unclear UI. It helpfully turns into a text cursor as you hover over textboxes, or a hand as you hover over a link or action item. iPad has no such thing. Bad UI will stick out like a sore thumb, both in apps and on websites. Your tappable areas had better look tappable. Your controls had better look controllable. That decorative little page-curl in the corner of that entry had better turn a page. Without being able to subconsciously hover-to-test, users will end up frustrated at anything that doesn’t do what it looks like it should do, or vice-versa.
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Both a very interesting observation about current computer UI and what the iPad will force UI designers to do.
I know a number of people who, when reading on their computer, are extremely active mouse users. They constantly highlight things by selecting them—somewhat unconsciously—and poke around with their cursor. This is alien to me, and I find it very distracting just to watch. (Perhaps that’s why I am so happy with my Kindle?) I imagine, then, that some of these cursor addicts are going to have to change their ways once they get to an iPad.
Cameron Daigle Dot Com | PodCamp Nashville 2010 Presentation
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2010-03-08
The Red Carpet show on ABC is much, much less pleasant than going to the dentist. Maybe they could solve the sound problem too.
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2010-03-04
I think Siracusa is exactly right that Jobs has a particularly acute sensitivity to this sort of unfairness. This litigation, perhaps then, isn’t about particular specific patented components, but rather is about the big idea, the general gist and grand ambition of the iPhone as the basic model for how modern mobile devices should be designed and work.
No doubt some of you are nodding your heads and see this as justification for Apple’s suit. But life isn’t fair. Great ideas make the world better. Apple can rightly expect to benefit greatly from the ideas embodied by the iPhone, but they can’t expect to reap all of the benefits from those ideas.
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Daring Fireball: This Apple-HTC Patent Thing
John Gruber has put together some nice thoughts on why the Apple suit seems so odd (despite being legally totally run-of-the-mill) and yet so very Apple-like. Once again, the most persuasive vision of a Cuppertinologist seems to be that it is All About Steve.
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2010-03-03
The Internet? Bah!
So, back in 1995, Clifford Stoll at Newsweek got it very very wrong. One of the best parts is right in the lede, where he cites the following as perposterous:
They speak of electronic town meetings and virtual communities. Commerce and business will shift from offices and malls to networks and modems.
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2010-03-02
This Chrome ad is completely endearing. Who would have guessed that Browser Wars 2.0 would be a battle of the cute? http://bit.ly/djhT7A
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2010-02-25
That’s the second uninspired meal I’ve had at Bar Boulud. I think that may get it crossed off list, despite the fun interior.
