My Tumblr post earlier today reminded me of something John Gruber discussed a couple of years ago: The iPod Mini was a smash hit product. And when Apple debuted the Nano, they killed it. There was no hesitation, no reluctance. The Nano came out, and the Mini was dead. The manufacturing lines were stopped, it […]
I’ve been using Google Gears with Safari the past few weeks, primarily for WordPress 2.7’s “Turbo Mode” (useful on low-bandwidth or high-latency links), and secondarily for Gmail’s offline mode. The currently released build (0.5.12.0) of Google Gears isn’t compatible with the latest Webkit nightlies, however. Good news, though: it’s a piece of cake to build […]
I’ve posted a couple of times to Tumblr about the G1. I used a friend’s G1 for about a half hour a few weeks back: it was my first non-iPhone cell phone use since I got my 3G in June. Over Christmas, I also used my brother’s LG Dare, and I suddenly realized how spoiled the […]
Chyrp: a lightweight blogging engine.. Chyrp: my personal blog. I’ll be leaving the longer, more thought out, well-written content for this WordPress-backed blog. Personal writing of public interest will appear on chyrp. Update your feeds, bookmark the page, your new TV Guide will appear in next Sunday’s paper, etc…
I’ve been on Last.fm since 2004. I love music, and I love statistics and data analysis, so when the site launched and I saw what they had planned, I immediately set up an account. I’ve long used iScrobbler for a Mac client to submit plays to Last.fm: it’s lightweight, supports running in a menu bar-only […]
As I read The Economist’s articles on developing nations, whether it be in Asia, Africa, or Europe, a common thread jumps out at me: Property rights are the key to economic development. People want to own their property, and not have to worry about how to keep it or who’s going to take it. Property rights, in […]
So, I tried the Logitech software. I really gave it a shot, I swear. It did well for the most part: it didn’t brick my machine at boot, or break any apps that I could tell in the few hours it was installed. But there were some glaring bugs. First, what’s the most typical thing to […]
I just went out and bought a Microsoft Bluetooth something something 5000, and a Logitech MX Revolution. I’ve grown tired of this old Logitech two buttons plus scroll wheel, corded optical mouse, and wanted to retire it. The first reaction when I talk about mice, especially with Mac owners, is “Why not Mighty Mouse?” There’s […]
An aside: some of my writing is going into Tumblr instead of here: things that are too long for Twitter, but don’t seem to warrant a full blog post. The Tumblr feed includes my blog feed, so subscribe to that instead if you want to read both.
At Tuesday’s NSCoder SF (an icon for which I have a good, but clichéd, idea for), I met @thekarladam, who showed me a few new Twitter iPhone applications. I’ll focus on TwitterFon, since I downloaded it last night and played with it a bit. Bear in mind, I’ve been a Twitterrific user since The Early Days […]
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