The My Dream App web site opened this week to a great deal of publicity. Reaction from bloggers and the press has been mostly positive, I think because it’s a truly novel concept. This is an innovative gimmick that will generate a great deal of publicity for everybody associated with it, and that’s about where […]

Anybody who’s tried to use Apple’s Keychain Scripting has probably learned that its performance and functionality are both fatally flawed. The quintessential flaw in Keychain Scripting’s performance can be observed by simply asking it to find a key by some attribute test. If it works, then it will take a long, long time. All of […]

Paul Kafasis from Rogue Amoeba made some interesting observations about the possible impact virtualization could have on Mac developers. Virtualization is technology, rumored to be present in the forthcoming 10.5 release of Mac OS X, that would allow Windows applications to run natively and transparently in the Mac environment. Paul’s thoughtful analysis reveals that Mac […]

John Siracusa recently wrote about Apple’s almost universally condemned strategy of distributing recorded conference materials after the show is over. He asks “Why does Apple jealously guard the content presented at WWDC?” It’s a good question, and it probably has to do with compelling future attendance at conferences. After all, Apple is probably thinking, if […]