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. [...]
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 [...]
Call me crazy, but I still prefer ASR for disk cloning. It’s simple and accurate. But ASR in Lion no longer allows file-level cloning. This means that block copying is now the only option. Block copying is great, but it requires the unmounting of both disks. This means that cloning a boot drive while booted [...]
Apple has released Final Cut Pro X 10.0.1, a small point release with some important new — or maybe I should say “returned” — features. Most important among these is XML import/export which should allow users of FCPX to open their legacy FCP projects. But here’s the grind: I’m not sure how you’re supposed to [...]
Google has recently been rolling out redesigns of their flagship products, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Maps, and, of course, Search. I have to say, I’m both pleased to see it and impressed with the results. I’ve argued several times now that, as great as Google’s products are, they could be made even better if [...]
People keep writing about Final Cut Pro X, and the constant refrain seems to be the same one I wondered in my last article: Is Apple done with the pros? Sachin Agarwal, who worked on the original Final Cut Pro, and then founded Posterous, flat out says yes: “The pro market is too small for [...]
Final Cut Pro X Is Here I have used Final Cut Pro since grad school, which is to say about 1999. A bit over a decade. The first version I had that was usable was version 1.2. At that time it was my very favorite piece of software, partly because I liked what I did [...]