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The iPod habits of CNet readers

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 07 May 2008 01:14:22 GMT

Link: http://www.news.com/8301-13579_3-9936670-37.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5

Apple, Google and you

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:23:25 GMT

Link: http://bitsandpieces.us/?p=1209

1960s Braun Products Hold the Secrets to Apple's Future

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:26:44 GMT

Jonathan Ive hearts Dieter Rams.

Link: http://gizmodo.com/343641/1960s-braun-products-hold-the-secrets-to-apples-future

Steve Jobs at home in 1982

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:49:34 GMT

Link: http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0712/y_walker08.html

Is Apple TV a success?

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:41:15 GMT

“Yes.” If you compare it to TiVo.

Link: http://www.technovia.co.uk/2007/12/is-apple-tv-a-s.html

Who should Apple buy?

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:27:33 GMT

Apparently they’ve been saving some of their profits and might go Christmas shopping.

Link: http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/12/07/who-should-apple-buy

Which Steve graces Epcot's Spaceship Earth?

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:48:49 GMT

Looks like Wozniak to me.

Link: http://www.lifthill.com/news/epcots-spaceship-earth-reopens-steve-jobs-pics/

Proper Gmail IMAP for iPhone and Apple Mail

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 20:03:20 GMT

Get all your labels / folders in line between each of your clients.

Link: http://5thirtyone.com/archives/862

Dependent dylib is not prebound

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:36:53 GMT

This is how I finally got my Rosetta apps back.

Link: http://mactip.blogspot.com/2007/07/dependent-dylib-is-not-prebound.html

No Macbook Pro for a few days

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:36:09 GMT

One of my fans started to die this morning — so I dropped it off for replacement. I’m going to go through withdrawl, I know it.

Update: Got it back already. That was a 15 hour turn around time. Even I can survive 15 hours without my Macbook Pro. (Assuming I’m asleep for about seven of them.) Go AppleCare and local Apple retail stores.

Saturday Mornings

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:48:17 GMT

Reader + Coffee = Weekend.

"Fake Steve" is outed by the NYT

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:11:08 GMT

It’s Daniel Lyons of Forbes.com — way to go Mr. Lyons, I’m a big fan. More from FSJ himself on his own site.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/06/technology/06steve.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1186430684-1b46HCLXXsZ31NfiQjz/yA

nicholasjon.com is iPhone-ready

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 15:13:49 GMT

I just whipped together an iPhone-ready version of the site based on Joe Hewitt’s amazingly quick work.

It’s “read only” for now, meaning I didn’t build commenting into it, however you should be able to browse the front page of the site without any trouble.

It’s amazing how easy it is to develop for this little device.

I was 27th in line for an iPhone

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 06:12:17 GMT

... but it wasn’t enough. I was also the first person in line to be told they ran out of 8Gb iPhones. Ah well, there are worse ways to spend 5 hours in the baking hot sun. At least Josh and I had jury-rigged umbrellas.

Soaked, then baked. In either case, washed out.

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 06:10:09 GMT

In an attempt to shorten a very long story, my beautiful 30Gb iPod went through the washing machine and died. After a number of resuscitation attempts, and in a last ditch attempt to dry it out, I baked it.

I’m sorry to report, the procedure was unsuccessful.

Pre-Spaces, Spaces

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 06:44:12 GMT

I can’t work without multiple desktops, and I’m excited to see what Apple brings to the game with Spaces. My two favorite products to use while I bide my time waiting for Leopard are VirtueDesktops and You Control: Desktops.

VirtueDesktops is free, and until recently was my personal pick of third-party desktop managers. Unfortunately, when working with Teleport (which I also use everyday) it seems to get a little wonky, and I couldn’t configure my way out of it.

For the last few days I’ve been using the trial version You Control: Desktops and I’m very impressed. I just hate to put down the $30 it costs when I know I won’t be using it in four months.

I’m sure I’m not the only one with that feeling either, I really think I’d hate being a third-party Apple software developer.

Build your own touch interface for $2

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 20:19:33 GMT

Could be an interesting DIY idea. I’ll keep an eye on the website of the guy who did this, but there’s very little out there right now with any details.

iPhone differences

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 09:18:36 GMT

How has the iPhone changed since it was announced?

Link: http://www.thesimplewebsolution.com/iPhone.html

Bill and Steve's excellent discussion

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:52:07 GMT

The rest of the interview.

Al Gore's Mac setup

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 23 May 2007 20:52:14 GMT

Awesome. Now that’s screen real estate.

Link: http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1622338_1363003,00.html

Mike Davidson on the iPhone

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:24:33 GMT

”... your finished product would be a godamned fingerpainting compared to this…” I think he likes it.

Link: http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2007/01/iphone-sand-in-your-hand

iPhone

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:08:18 GMT

Oh, how you are a thing of beauty. Assuming Cingular doesn’t somehow screw this one up, I cannot wait to get my hands on one come June. Apple, Inc. nailed this one.

Link: http://www.apple.com/iphone/

Wil Shipley's talk to students

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 09:33:19 GMT

I’ve seen Wil speak extemporaneously before, I can only imagine the hilarity of a planned speech (oh, and the content looks good too)

Link: http://wilshipley.com/blog/WWDC_Student_Talk.pdf

Apple Design Awards 2006

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:17 GMT

TextMate wins for “Best Mac OS X Developer Tool”

Link: http://developer.apple.com/ada/

Leopard to ship with Ruby on Rails

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:44 GMT

Not bad for a two year old framework

Link: http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/leopard/more.html

Big list of OSX shell commands

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:18 GMT

Always nice to have a reference

Link: http://www.ss64.com/osx/index.html

Microsoft's "Argo"

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:08 GMT

Is this what MS thinks will kill the iPod?

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/10/microsofts-argo-xbox-wireless-portable-media-player/

SpeckTone

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:37 GMT

Retro speakers for your iPod

Link: http://www.speckproducts.com/specktone/index.html

This is not an apple

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:26 GMT

With apologies to Rene Magritte

Link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/t_squared/4283809/

Apple's new MacBook

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:17 GMT

Macworld compares and contrasts the Macbook to the Macbook Pro

Link: http://www.macworld.com/2006/05/firstlooks/macbookfirst/

A black Mac, holy crap

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:16 GMT

The new Macbooks are out and they come in white and black

Link: http://www.apple.com/macbook/gallery/index4.html

Stuck pixel fixer

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:12 GMT

I suddenly had a stuck pixel on my MacBook Pro, this migrane-inducing video unstuck it in about 30 seconds, fabulous.

Link: http://www.psp-vault.com/Article168.psp

Get a Mac

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:38 GMT

Apple’s new television commercials

Link: http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/

Toasty MacBook Pros cured with paste transplant

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:37 GMT

I’m not sure I’m ready for this — but “holy crap are these things hot”

Link: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/05/01/apple_macbook_pro_heat_fix/

I Invented ... the Computer Mouse

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:24 GMT

Doug Englebart: “I’m just so angry with the single button”

Link: http://www.syncmag.com/article2/0,1895,1887823,00.asp

The MacBook becomes a video star

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:24 GMT

Now that’s a powerful laptop

Link: http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2006/04/macbook/index.php

Apple MacBook Pro 'fastest Windows XP notebook'

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:26 GMT

Gotta love it

Link: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/22/mac_fastest_core_duo_laptop/

Firefox: Mac PPC optimized builds

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:16 GMT

These are supposed to be optimized for use on OSX — I haven’t been able to test them myself yet, but the premise seems right

Link: http://www.furbism.com/firefoxmac/

The Forbidden Fruit

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:44 GMT

Penny Arcade gets better and better — especially now that they’re on Macs

Link: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/03/03

Microsoft redesigns iPod packaging

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:30 GMT

Great parody

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAGr3mVVUwE

Using Ruby on Rails for Web Development on Mac OS X

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:30 GMT

A how-to from Apple itself

Link: http://developer.apple.com/tools/rubyonrails.html

"Leaked" photos of the new iPod

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:11 GMT

Might be faked — but “wow” if they’re not

Link: http://ipod-fullscreen.blogspot.com/

Steve Jobs' Magic Kingdom

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:36 GMT

It’s make-or-break time for Jobs

Link: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_06/b3970001.htm

Apple's share price closes at $80.86

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:10 GMT

On the final day of an historic Macworld at which they announced support for Intel chips

Link: http://news.com.com/2061-10793_3-6025604.html?tag=techdirt

Oh my dear sweet lord

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:10 GMT

Penny Arcade on Apple’s switch to Intel

Link: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/01/11

Restore your iPod nano to new condition with a $4 can of Brasso

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:29 GMT

For those of you with iPod Nanos — nice to know there is a (temporary) solution

Link: http://todd.dailey.info/archives/2005/09/27/restore-your-ipod-nano-to-new-condition-with-a-4-can-of-brasso

The iTunes 5 Announcement From the Perspective of an Anthropomorphized Brushed Metal User Interface Theme

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:18 GMT

Brushed metal seeing it’s final days?

Link: http://daringfireball.net/2005/09/anthropomorphized

Apple Cupertino headquarters not removed from MSN Visual Earth

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:41 GMT

But it sure looks like it…

Link: http://www.niallkennedy.com/blog/archives/2005/07/apple_cupertino.html

Why not AMD?

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:27 GMT

A massive article documenting how Apple could have picked AMD over Intel, but didn’t and for good reason

Link: http://www.drunkenblog.com/drunkenblog-archives/000575.html

Free iTunes music courtesy Google indexing their samplers

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:40 GMT

This is the stuff that’s normally only free to people who’ve just bought an iPod

Link: http://www.tachyonxero.com/archives/2005/04/index.html#a000164