Elements Of Twitter Style

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

Twitter has become hugely popular and is only getting bigger. Some users don’t understand that the formatting and content of their tweets has a huge impact on how well or poorly they are received as individuals, and by extension, how likely they are to be followed. I participate extensively on Twitter with my personal account: […]

iPads In The Wild

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

In John Gruber’s excellent analysis of the Gizmodo iPhone theft, he touches on something obvious in retrospect: that prototype iPhones have to leave Apple campus sometime before they are available to the public, because it’s impossible to thoroughly test a phone without moving it around in the real world. You have to know how it […]

Apple Downloads

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

For many years Apple has provided a valuable service to 3rd party developers, and to Mac users, by hosting a directory of software you can download and install for your Mac. You can browse the database on Apple’s web site: http://www.apple.com/downloads/. This resource helps to bridge the gap between Apple’s customers, who are looking for solutions, […]

Higher Resolution iPhones

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

John Gruber analyzed the ramifications of an alleged 960×640 screen on the upcoming iPhone model: Compare type on your iPhone or iPod Touch against the type in a glossy magazine. […] The next-gen iPhone is shooting for that caliber of resolution — not merely to exceed the resolution of competing devices, but to rival the […]