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: […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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