Macworld: If you use iOS, you need VIPOrbit.
Sounds intriguing, but if you call for a PC version, you need to ask for Android as well.
Macworld: Hands on with the Seagate GoFlex Thunderbolt Adapter.
In a nutshell, if you’re using USB 2, shell out for the Thunderbolt version. If FW800 ... only if you can casually afford the premium.
Macworld: Final Cut Pro X 10.0.3 restores professional features; adds notable new ones.
Sounds like FCP is back ... but will editors stay faithful, when Apple broke faith? I’ll have to put feelers out among my video pro friends to find out.
Day One: Mac Journal Application for iPhone, iPad and Mac Desktop.
Hmmm. They should purchase, and integrate Momento. It not only is a writing environment, but also catalogs all your weblogging and social media activity, as well.
Monolith: Wood iPhone back panels.
Spare that fragile backside.
Macworld: Holding out for an ePub hero.
Interesting overview. Never heard of Sigil before.
RWW: Why Apple, Why Does it Have to Be Like This? The Cold Cynicism of the iBook EULA.
“What a terrible thing to do to a book; to brand it forever constrained for sale by a single vendor only.” Well, that puts a distinct damper on my excitement over the announcement.
ars technica: Why the video pros are moving away from Apple.
I’m putting my apples into Premiere’s basket (and After Effects’ basket) at the moment.
Hmmm. Am I courting disaster, thinking of applying Mac OS updates on Friday the 13th?
“Superstition ain’t the way”, but I think I’ll wait till the weekend.
Yahoo News: Man’s iPhone marimba ringtone halts entire New York Philharmonic.
Just turn the damned thing off.
OnLive Desktop - Simple PC App Access from Anywhere.
Cute. For iPad only, at present.
CNet: Android, iOS activations hit record on Christmas. Again.
Here, also. I often get grief from my clients for pulling out iPad, iPod Touch, Macbook ... and a (as clients characterize it) ’4,000 year old’ cellphone with no smart features.
I chose Android over iOS for two reasons:
One, most of my clients are running Android and I need to know it better than I do.
Two, the majority of my information is in Google apps rather than MobileMe or iCloud.
After 48 hours with the HTC Sensation, I have to say I really like it.
Better than iPhone? It’s early days yet. The iPod Touch gives me most of the functionality of iPhone, and I run an iPad ... so I know the ‘lay of the land’ on iOS very well.
The Sensation is very fast compared to my late model iPod Touch and iPad 1.
Android’s interface is non-intuitive if you’ve been using iOS. Took me a while to figure things out (if I actually have). Setting up apps and widgets on the home screen is particularly confusing at first. They need to include a link to an extensive Android tips and tricks page or similar in their user guide.
Battery could use more legs, but I doubt it’ll leave me stranded on any given day. With moderate ‘setup new apps’ use, I got a day and a half out of it. There seem to be higher capacity replacement batteries out there. I may pick up a second just to have around.
The screen is quite bright, colorful, and I have not even given a thought to the lack of a Retinal Display.
I wish some iOS apps would move over to Android (Flipboard, Instagram, etc.), but there are plenty of alternatives. I’m surprised that many apps are free on Android, whereas you will always be pulling out your Apple account to pay for apps on iOS. So far I’ve spent less than $10 on apps and am covered about equally compared to my iOS devices.
Compared to the portrait and landscape keyboards on iOS, the Sensation’s keyboards are actually usable for my big fingers. That doesn’t really communicate the feel ... it’s a much more responsive keyboard. If for no other reason, this is a huge dealmaker for me.
The GMail app is superlative, much better than the iOS experience. Once you get the hang of the interface, one can zip through email, label and archive much much faster than in iOS.
Camper app works well for Basecamp. I have yet to fully kick the tires on this, but just accessing it with one click without having to use a little browser, is a plus.
The phone calling features actually work (some of my clients who have iPhones complain of call quality). Call quality’s not as good as my old phone, but I hear all smartphones have call quality handicaps.
Those last three items (email, Basecamp and phone quality) are vital to me ... and for once I feel I can be connected to my business in a small form-factor.
In sum, I had expected much, much less out of an Android phone. So don’t believe the nay-sayers - the experience for an iOS person who uses Google products, is a good one. Fun, even.
CBC: E-book prices spark battle between publishers, retailers.
TextMate Blog: TextMate 2.0 Alpha.
I don’t do alphas; betas are the limit of my risk-taking. But dive in if you’re so inclined - and give them feedback if you do.
Kirk Tuck/Visual Science Lab: So here’s what I know about iPhone-ography.
“But most people are very lazy. Very, very lazy. [snip] They want to be unique so they use the same program 800,000,000 other people use to make their camera phone photos look acceptable, in a 1960’s, distressed, piece of crap, way. Like everyone else.”
If you’re a photographer of any kind, and you’re not reading Kirk, you’re missing out. Even if I don’t link him, you can be damned sure I’m reading him when he posts. Refreshingly candid.
Nomad Brush: Paintbrush Stylus.
I don’t remember if I pointed these out before or not. Watch their videos, these brushes, matched with an iPad, look to be incredible. A gift for the iPad creative on your Xmas lists?
ReadWriteWeb: 100 Million Apps Later, Apple Pushes the Desktop Toward Mobile.
I’m linking this for one reason. To relate the fact that when I’m presenting to a client on my Macbook, I have this annoying habit of reaching for the screen and trying to iPad things around. I know I’m not alone in this. I don’t know if Apple’s aware of the fact that they’re building a market before they have a device to feed it. Someone else could zoom in right now, and steal that market away (I’m ignoring the power of the Apple brand, just brainstorming).
DP Review: Digital lo-fi photography - Part 1.
A mildly helpful review of apps like Instagram, Hipstamatic and others. As if we already don’t own like a half dozen of these things ...
Col. Littleton: No. 46 Phone Holster.
Draw, (i)podner.
BusinessWeek: The Rise of the New Information Gatekeepers.
Screening language? “… it’s a form of censorship, or at least a kind of “algorithmic gate-keeping.”
I saw an update to HyperStudio on Macintouch …
... here ... and then had to dig a bit deeper. Yep, it’s still around - and Lion compatible! SuperCard.
The New Adventures of Stephen Fry: Steve Jobs.
DesignYouTrust: “Framed” – An iPhone 4S Shortfilm.
Beautifully done. Watch a fairytale.
ReadWriteWeb: Who Says the iPad Isn’t For Programming? Meet Codify.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. We want Hypercard. On steroids.
NewMexiKen: 4S First Impressions.
Don’t you love it when Ken threatens violence?
