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Writing macrons on macOS and iPadOS

in apple ios Japan language tech writing on September 1, 2020 September 1, 2020

This is a quick tutorial on how to easily type macrons on Apple devices with a hardware keyboard. The onscreen keyboard on the iPad makes this easy, but not when you are using an external…

The long and the short of mobile messaging incompatibility

in android apple tech on April 16, 2015 April 16, 2015

15 years ago in Japan, I thought it was pretty cool that I could send short messages via text to my friends. That wasn’t a thing yet in North America. I was living in the…

in apple on July 23, 2012 July 23, 2012

5 years with Apple This plaque arrived. Pretty nice gesture. Love Tim, but a little gutted I only missed getting Steve’s signature by a few months. Regardless, I will treasure this.

in apple on July 23, 2012 July 23, 2012

5 years with Apple This plaque arrived. Pretty nice gesture. Love Tim, but a little gutted I only missed getting Steve’s signature by a few months. Regardless, I will treasure this.

in apple on April 7, 2012 April 7, 2012

Tawara-ya: Famous ryokan in Kyoto. As it was our last day in Japan, we spent the day running around town. My wife got a massage at a place right near Tawara-ya, the ryokan that Steve…

in apple on April 7, 2012 April 7, 2012

Tawara-ya: Famous ryokan in Kyoto. As it was our last day in Japan, we spent the day running around town. My wife got a massage at a place right near Tawara-ya, the ryokan that Steve…

Lionize your Bookmark Icons with emoji

in apple on August 14, 2011 August 14, 2011

Using the UTF characters to save real estate in your Bookmarks Bar is an old trick, tried and true. Now, with emoji in Lion, you can spice up your Bookmarks Bar with some colorful characters….

in apple design on June 23, 2011 June 23, 2011

“We meet again, Papyrus!” (cf. @zeldman Screencap from Motion 5 features page.

in apple design on June 23, 2011 June 23, 2011

“We meet again, Papyrus!” (cf. @zeldman Screencap from Motion 5 features page.

iOS devices:computers::telephone:telegraph

in apple tech on June 7, 2011 June 7, 2011

Reading Gleick’s The Information, specifically his discussion about the telephone supplanting the telegraph, made me think of iOS devices and their relationship to general computers. Gleick argues that one reason for the explosion in telephone…