My thoughts on and history with the iPad are complicated. That I would buy one was, I’d always thought, somewhat inevitable. But, after twice having the good fortune to test drive iPads — once when setting up one for my boss, and once when setting one up for my stepfather — I had difficulty seeing [...]
It occurs to me, as I think more about the problem of interface feedback, and as I ponder the things in computing that drive me bonkers, that the problem of feedback — when to let a user know that something has happened or that something is happening — seems to be one that’s getting worse. [...]
One of my overarching problems with Lion, I’m slowly realizing, is that it’s trying to do too much for me. Don’t get me wrong, I think this is, in many ways, a good direction. I’ve long wondered why I had to save every document revision by hand. Isn’t this a job a computer would be [...]
I’ve recently made the switch to an SSD for my boot drive. And, yes, it is good. Everything feels all buttery smooth now; I don’t feel like I’m waiting for my system to catch up to me as much. It was a bit of a hassle, but totally worth it. But that’s not what I’m [...]
I’ve been poking around a bit with iBooks Author. It’s something I find very interesting. See, I’ve actually been working on a book myself, though maybe not the sort of book you might imagine. It’s not a tech book at all. It’s actually a comic. While I’m nowhere near ready to publish, I’m nevertheless understandably [...]
Both iOS and — in Lion — the Mac OS, suffer from this stupid problem and need this simple correction. via Ignore the Code
I don’t mean to imply with that title — or anything I’ve written, really — that I think the Mac App Store is all bad. It’s not. I like the idea of it quite a bit, and in some cases, particularly that of the Lion upgrade, and also in terms of license handling for individual [...]
I’m always excited to hear about new OS releases for the Mac. But that excitement is increasingly mixed with trepidation, and the Mountian Lion sneak peek is no exception. Concerns Count me among the “Pro” users who fear that the Mac and its OS are quite possibly headed towards an iOS-ification that would relegate [...]
This year for Xmas I asked for and received an Airport Extreme. Some of you may recall my struggles with the numerous Airport Expresses I own. This is because of the way my home network has evolved over the years, which is to say, completely piecemeal and haphazardly. A Piecemeal Network My home network, like [...]
If there’s one thing that drives me crazy about Lion, it’s the bugginess of the Finder. I’d mentioned the problem where Spaces clears the Desktop of icons in my initial review. But I’ve since found additional problems. For years now I’ve kept my Desktop organized by file type. I like this because it groups all [...]