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Fraser Speirs: Getting really real on soft dev in the future
Excellent article. Some choice quotes: Be clear: I’m not saying OS X is dead, nor that Apple has no interest in improving it. I am saying that I suspect that the days of everyone buying a MacBook to get online are soon to be over. I’ve already written about how I see our three-Mac family…
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Importing Mobile Equipment in Japan
Both NTT Docomo and Softbank operate on the 2100 Mhz W-CDMA band which is compatible with most of the global 3G network providers around the world so now, most 3G hardware available on the open market is technically able to work in Japan. I say technically because there are still quite a few safeguards put…
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Finder sepia-tints successive generations of alias icons
When Finder creates an icon for an alias, it adds a tiny arrow to the bottom-left corner. However, it also slightly tints the resulting icon with a sepia wash. … the icons will gradually get more faded, like a re-photocopied document. Finer things, indeed. Finder sepia-tints successive generations of alias icons
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2ちゃん：ドコモのiPhoneキラーの歴史
Brilliant. Note how every catchphrase but one has the word “iPhone” in it. What is the first rule of marketing again? Anyways, I checked out the Xperia at the new Sony store. As it is an Android phone, there is nothing really special to say about it from a software perspective. But I have to…
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Merlin Mann: Power User
Excellent hour and a half with one of the Grand Old(?) Men of the MacVerse from a new to me podcast called Mac Power User. I really like the lesson taken from the description of UNIX: Small pieces loosely joined. Pare down your tool kit with the simplest, most effective tools that can be easily…
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The Secret Origin of Windows
Excellent story from Windows 1.0 product manager Tandy Trower. Not often I read stories like this from the “other side.” The Secret Origin of Windows
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Visualising the growth of the Internet
Nice graphic on the spread of Internet access since 1998, from the BBC. Notice how countries that serve as undersea cable hubs are high access regions. Would like to see this broken down by type of access, specifically land-based (broadband, etc.) v. mobile (3G. etc) access. I think that would surface a difference in adoption…
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Idea: The Email Abstract Field
I so need this. Though, considering how many people cannot use the Subject field effectively, I cannot imagine how widespread adoption of the Abstract field would damage the Internet. Idea: The Email Abstract Field
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Win v. Mac in Japan
About 3% use Macs exclusively, and 13% of the sample use both. Pretty amazing. The last question, however, makes no sense. Are they saying in the Win vs Mac argument one is “functional” and one is “design”? That is a false dichotomy. Via whatjapanthinks.com Win v. Mac in Japan
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Effing Typeface
That is one dirty, dirty font! Effing Typeface