I really need to catch up on my writing! After my initial analysis of my MacBook Pro, I thought I should point out a few things after using it for a few weeks. In no particular order: The edges on this thing are sharp. I’m not quite ready to take a file to it, but … Read more
Honestly, I don’t know which to write about first – The New Doctor Who or the new iPad. As I sit here on the sofa with my nice, shiny new MacBook Pro (which I love dearly, it’s a wonderful laptop) I can’t help thinking, “Hey, there’s an iPad version of WordPress just waiting for me.” … Read more
By now you all know the sad tale of my home being burglarized last month and the villains getting both my wife’s laptop and her iMac. Luckily, my old laptop was with me, or it I have no doubt would be gone, too. My wife decided she didn’t need a desktop and a laptop and … Read more
Aren’t backups a wonderful thing? As an IT professional, I can tell you that most people never backup their computers. Organizations are a bit different. Most recognize the need for backing up, but fewer actually test their backups. In OSX Leopard, Apple recognized that people don’t backup their computers. Further, they recognized that, increasingly, our … Read more
I’ve been shying away from reading commentary today about the iPad, mostly because I wanted to form my opinions in a vacuum (like I always do 🙂 ) on the device. I’ll say in retrospect that I am one of those people who thinks a tablet computer is generally a bad idea… at least as … Read more
This video I recorded of my old and new iPhones side-by-side should explain this subject without further words.
I haven’t had my new 3GS long enough to really give a good account of what I think of the various upgrades, but I can, at this point, give my opinion on the Apple Store experience that I had getting the upgrade. For the record, generally, I have had no problems at the Apple Store, … Read more
It’s probably no surprise that my refrain around my house is, “I want an iPhone 3GS.” I also happy to report that, despite not getting one for Father’s Day as perhaps I’d hoped, I did, at least, get a promissory note for one in late July/early August. (The issue is not really the upfront cost … Read more
On the subject of the Stanford University (iTunes U) iPhone Programming class. I had a professor at university who walked in the door on the first day, slammed a book on the podium, and in a loud Germanic accent bellowed, “There will be no stupid questions in this class! The only stupid questions are the … Read more
I’ve been trying to get my head around Objective-C and Mac/iPhone programming for the last month or so. At this point, I think I’ve got most of the major concepts down. As an Object Oriented (OO) language, it bears a certain familial resemblance to Java, which I typically program in these days. While I’m not … Read more