Posts Categorized Apple

“Are You a Journalist?”

In Apple, Stories, iPhone on 30 June 2007 with 2 comments

A story that can now be told.
I was in a movie theater a few weeks ago. In the dim light, while Heather was off getting treats, I looked around and noticed that everyone in the theater was poking at some kind of glowing device. But one person was doing a unique flick-flick-flick with his index […]

Sometimes I Love the Internet

In Apple, Design, Interface on 25 June 2007 with 2 comments

A few weeks ago I posted a quick idea of an interface I’d always wanted to Apple’s Mail. Here’s the mockup I whipped up.

And now there’s a plugin for Mail that makes it do this. Check out OliveToast’s MiniMail.

Nice work, John!

Wanted: Apple Mail Mini Player

In Apple, Design, Interface on 7 May 2007 with 17 comments

One of my favorite parts of Apple’s iTunes software is the “Mini Player” view. Just click the green “+” gumdrop and poof - all of the bulk is gone and the app is condensed down to its raw essentials.

Note: I’m skipping the rant about how the green “+” gumdrop does something different in iTunes than […]

Back in Black

In Apple, Design, Geek, Technology on 18 May 2006 with Comments Off

My first laptop was a black Apple Powerbook G3, aka the WallStreet. I dragged the ten pound sucker across Europe in a backpack. I’ve had many computers before and since, but this was the one I pecked out stories on while riding trains through the European countryside, the one I fell asleep next to in […]

Thanks a lot, Apple

In Apple, Geek, TV, Technology on 12 May 2006 with Comments Off

I’ve used Apple computers since high school. If it wasn’t for the Mac, I probably wouldn’t have wound up working for newspapers, getting into the web, moving to San Francisco, and living the life I have now. I’ve sung the Mac’s praises to friends and family for almost twenty years.
And now I know what, […]

SXSW to MPAA: STFU

In Apple, Conferences, Geek, Internet, Movies, Music, Politics, SXSW on 15 March 2006 with Comments Off

One of the most interesting panels at SXSW Interactive 2006 was The Future of Darknets, moderated by JD Lasica. And while the concept of Darknets - communities using private subnetworks to communicate and collaborate out of view of the larger internet - is indeed fascinating, the panel was not interesting because of the intended topic. […]

Playing iTunes to Multiple Speakers

In Apple, Music on 8 February 2006 with Comments Off

Hot on the heels of my iTunes conversion comes this great post (brought to my attention by this fine gentleman) with this great news.
iTunes can now broadcast to more than one set of speakers at the same time. Previously, you were limited to sending your tunes to the speakers in your computer, or to the […]

iPod nano’s Pleasant Surprises

In Apple, Geek, iPod on 16 September 2005 with Comments Off

It’s been a week since I got my new toy, and besides being magnificently dainty, I’ve discovered a few wonderful surprises about Apple’s newest piece of consumer gadget goodness.
Surprise 1: As lovely as the new gadget is, it still has the same annoying problem as every other iPod and Walkman ever: headphones. They stick […]

The iPod nano: So perfectly tiny

In Apple, Design, Geek, iPod on 8 September 2005 with Comments Off

On the Cartoon Network there’s a brilliant show called Harvey Birdman that recycles old Hanna-Barbera characters into a modern courtroom setting. One of the wilder side characters is Reducto, a little green man with a passion for all things small (voiced by none other than Daily Show’s Stephen Colbert). Reducto is known for obsessing over […]

Love in the year 2005

In Apple, Geek, Photos, iPod on 8 September 2005 with Comments Off

His and Hers iPod nanos. (Mine’s the black one, natch.)