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iBooks Author
I’ve been poking around a bit with iBooks Author. It’s something I find very interesting. See, I’ve actually been working on a book myself, though maybe not the sort of book you might imagine. It’s not...
View ArticleSecurely Erasing a Mac SSD
I’ve recently made the switch to an SSD for my boot drive. And, yes, it is good. Everything feels all buttery smooth now; I don’t feel like I’m waiting for my system to catch up to me as much. It was a...
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Automation and Feedback
One of my overarching problems with Lion, I’m slowly realizing, is that it’s trying to do too much for me. Don’t get me wrong, I think this is, in many ways, a good direction. I’ve long wondered why I...
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More Thoughts On Feedback
It occurs to me, as I think more about the problem of interface feedback, and as I ponder the things in computing that drive me bonkers, that the problem of feedback — when to let a user know that...
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iPad
My thoughts on and history with the iPad are complicated. That I would buy one was, I’d always thought, somewhat inevitable. But, after twice having the good fortune to test drive iPads — once when...
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The New Hotness and The Old Lameness
I have two points to make and then I’m out. First: I have a deep and unbridled lust for the new MacBook Pro with Retina Display. I reserve final judgement for after I’ve actually held one in the flesh,...
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Gmail In the Browser
This is exactly why I continue to use Gmail in the browser: No other mail application on the desktop helps me to this degree. And Gmail’s web app has an undo send feature. Undo send! (It’s in Labs;...
View ArticleIn Defense of Maps
First off, let me just say, people need to chill the fuck out and quit all the bitching. Yes, I grasp the irony of bitching about people bitching. But the fact is that, before the iPhone all cell...
View ArticleCardDAV: Sync Google Contacts to iOS
For some time now I’ve been syncing my iOS calendars with Google Calendar using the CalDAV protocol. And of course my email of choice has been Gmail for the better part of a decade, and this has synced...
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Mailbox
I have an unbridled obsession with finding the perfect Mail client app. This is a bad obsession to have, because the perfect Mail client just doesn’t exist. And it doesn’t look like it will for a long,...
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So Bucking Fuggy
If there's one thing that drives me crazy about Lion, it's the bugginess of the Finder. I'd mentioned the problem where Spaces clears the Desktop of icons in my initial review. But I've since found...
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Airport Extreme
This year for Xmas I asked for and received an Airport Extreme. Some of you may recall my struggles with the numerous Airport Expresses I own. This is because of the way my home network has evolved...
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Mountain Lion Sneak Peek
I'm always excited to hear about new OS releases for the Mac. But that excitement is increasingly mixed with trepidation, and the Mountian Lion sneak peek is no exception. Concerns Count me among the...
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Things I Hate About the Mac App Store
I don't mean to imply with that title — or anything I've written, really — that I think the Mac App Store is all bad. It's not. I like the idea of it quite a bit, and in some cases, particularly that...
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Simple, Stupid
Both iOS and — in Lion — the Mac OS, suffer from this stupid problem and need this simple correction. via Ignore the Code
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iBooks Author
I've been poking around a bit with iBooks Author. It's something I find very interesting. See, I've actually been working on a book myself, though maybe not the sort of book you might imagine. It's not...
View ArticleSecurely Erasing a Mac SSD
I've recently made the switch to an SSD for my boot drive. And, yes, it is good. Everything feels all buttery smooth now; I don't feel like I'm waiting for my system to catch up to me as much. It was a...
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Automation and Feedback
One of my overarching problems with Lion, I'm slowly realizing, is that it's trying to do too much for me. Don't get me wrong, I think this is, in many ways, a good direction. I've long wondered why I...
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More Thoughts On Feedback
It occurs to me, as I think more about the problem of interface feedback, and as I ponder the things in computing that drive me bonkers, that the problem of feedback — when to let a user know that...
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iPad
My thoughts on and history with the iPad are complicated. That I would buy one was, I'd always thought, somewhat inevitable. But, after twice having the good fortune to test drive iPads — once when...
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