Who’s Next, too?

broderic on June 11, 2008

Are you getting the latest Mac OS?

Snow Leopard is not as fearsome sounding as ocelot would’ve been, but that’s what Apple’s giving us. No new features, but supposedly changes under the hood.

First and foremost, I hope they do some optimization. Make OS X run faster on my MBP. Make it consume less battery.

Next should be some bug fixes. Fix whatever is scary. Then fix the security of the OS. Just make it better.

From a programming perspective, the multi-core programming doo-hicky has to be explained more. I want to know how to make an octocore mac scream. That would be nice.

Link of the Day [6.10.08]

broderic on June 10, 2008

If you aren’t reading John Gruber’s DaringFireball, then you are missing out on perceptive analysis of Apple and all Apple related issues. You should probably read his take on the Steve Jobs keynote. He’ll surprise you.

http://daringfireball.net

Link of the Day [6.09.08]

broderic on June 9, 2008

This year’s Apple Developer conference is sold out. Looks to be a halo effect with iPhone development bringing in others into the Apple/Mac developer fold.

Why am I not one of them? And why are these lame people joining now? I’ve been predicting for years that Mac development is the way to go. Now it looks to have come true. Dang!

http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/

Keynote a-bingo!

broderic on June 5, 2008

The fine folks at ArsTechnica have just released their official 2008 WWDC keynote bingo cards. Get them while they’re hot.

Steve Job’s keynote will probably hit a few of these right off the bat and I think that someone is going to call out bingo in the hall.

While the game is cool and all the poster created for it is awesome. It’s a tweak on the infamous Wired article of ten years ago.

Apple on the ropes

Wired advocated for dismantling Apple then. Yet, here we are today and the company is at the vanguard of personal computing and electronic gadgets. Ha! Ha! And it would look like the keynot will introduce even more cool gadgets that’ll have the rest of the world trying to catch up. Good luck!

Quote of the Day [5.28.08]

broderic on May 28, 2008

“If, for some reason, we make some big mistake and IBM wins, my personal feeling is that we are going to enter a computer Dark Ages for about twenty years.”

Steve Jobs

Link of the Day [5.28.08]

broderic on May 28, 2008

Mac Clones. Sounds like something out of Star Wars. Yet, the mid nineties did have Apple sanctioned alternative machines. They were nice. You could configure them like a dell. But it ate into Apple’s profits and probably contributed to the late nineties Apple malaise. Steve Jobs comes in and kills that deal. Apple creates the iMac and starts its climb back to greatness.

This is notice that for Apple to survive they must keep making their own boxes. Fake Apple stuff sucks. Don’t buy that fake Apple stuff.

http://www.macworld.com/article/133598/2008/05/macclones.html

Quote of the Day [4.28.08]

broderic on April 28, 2008

"Consumers don't want to be treated like criminals and artists don't
want their valuable work stolen. The iTunes Music Store offers a
groundbreaking solution for both."Steve Jobs, Apple CEO on the iTunes Music Store which opened 5 years ago
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