Random Articles

• iPhone: Must Have Show Stoppers Last week, I wrote: “For every really cool thing the iPhone has, there’s a really lame thing. 3G even more so.” Abi Jones asked me to draw up the list. This is the first pass at the list. I’m expecting corrections and additions, especially post-July 11. Cool Lame From Apple From AT&T Lower device cost Can’t purchase online. Higher monthly rates. Custom, iPhone-specific
• iTouché-ing I believe it’s been said many times before; while there are many other tech companies out there - Apple is the only one worth complaining about. If Apple was actually interested in short-term value and a simple, highly-constrained, highly-polished experience, the iPhone wouldn’t do 2/3 of this things it’s purported to (still being vaporware and all)
• iTunes Podcast Directory Strategy - Divert and Distract Based on the “Promote Your Podcast and Make Money on iTunes” email I just received from the iTunes Podcasting team, Apple’s podcast directory revenue-generation strategy is two-fold: Divert: Apple wants podcasters to point listeners to the iTunes Podcast directory listing of their podcast - rather then the one controlled by the podcaster. From Apple’s perspective, this
• Small MacBook Pro Joys After living with a 17″ MacBook Pro for a couple weeks, there’s a couple things I’ve been pleasantly surprised with: MagSafe magnetic power connectorConnecting the power cord takes far less precise alignment than before. Get the connector near the socket and it’s magnetically pulled in. Small joys. Horizontal scrolling trackpadNo, I probably won’t be complaining about
• Finally - Multiple Speakers in iTunes AirTunes  Spent a few moments over lunch refining my wireless network, while making sure everything worked as expected, I noticed a ‘Multiple Speakers’ option in my iTunes v6.0.5 (20). About Frigging Time! When we first set up the Airport Express, I was baffled why I couldn’t have the same music playing in the room with the laptop as