Since HP’s announcement yesterday that they’re discontinuing webOS device development (and probably webOS itself, as we know it, but they won’t admit that yet), I’ve read a lot of smart writers eulogi

After watching the eminently early and freely available WWDC 2010 session videos , I think my scales have finally tipped. It is my belief that Apple is definitely working on a new language to surpass Objective-C as their intended, primary, publicly recommended programming language, which I will call…

July 31, 2011 10.7/GUI In the fall of 2009, I was afforded a rare opportunity: I got to start a lot of people thinking about something in a new way. A video I had spent my spare time producing that su

The story of Nintendo’s investors pressuring them to release iOS games instead of more hardware platforms got a lot of attention this week. While I don’t think there’s much to it, in that I don’t thin

This is a quick update to my iOS device and OS version stats as reported by Instapaper 3.0. The same disclaimers apply. This sample does not represent all iOS owners. Specifically, it only represents

Just for fun, in light of Apple’s becoming the most valuable company in the world, I thought I’d take a look at Wired’s June, 1997 cover story 101 Ways to Save Apple . There’s some good advice, some b

August 9, 2011 The Growing User and the Perennial Beginner When you read a lot about UI design, sooner or later, you'll encounter two goals that seem at odds. The first goal is simplicity. In Getting

I’m not a patent lawyer. I’m not even a lawyer. I’m just a software developer, and like every software developer, I’ve probably unknowingly infringed upon hundreds of patents while routinely doing my

When it comes to working at your computer, there is only one rule: context switches are horrifically expensive. Let’s talk about the Zone once more. You’re either sitting down with your computer to futz around with something or you’re attempting to get in the Zone. This is that magical place where…

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