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Are we fighting ads, or are we fighting garbage?

John Gruber is right: > If you want to block all advertising, I don’t understand you, but I won’t argue...

From Products to Platforms - Stratechery by Ben Thompson

I watched the Apple Special Event on September 9th with excitement. The iPad Pro was announced and has been on...

On the iPad Pro and the Constraints of iOS | carpeaqua

I was hoping we were going to hear some really special news about the new iPad Pro from the recent...

A Laptop for Writers - and Developers

Matt Gemmell: > I used to be a software developer, and my computer use was split between my desktop machine...

Apple iPad Air 2 - The iPad for Which I Have Been Waiting

When Apple announced the iPad Air 2 at it?s press event on October 16, 2014, I watched with interest to...

The Future is the Apple Watch

I?ve been anticipating the official announcement of the Apple Watch since rumors surfaced many months ago. ?I?ve spent much time...

AirPrint Where You Couldn't AirPrint Before

Our household has several iPads and iPhones. I use my iPad all the time to surf the web, reply to...

Ratings or No Ratings, It Could be Time for A Change to Apple App Store Rating System

The latest episode of the The Talk Show, Gruber discusses his distaste for apps that ask for a rating. I...

Digging the Gold from the Apple App Store

It’s really hard to make a living in the Apple App Store. It’s not impossible but neither is winning the...

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Vesper ? The First App for iOS 7

I’ve been spending a fair amount of time with Xcode 5 and iOS 7 lately. ?I can’t mention specifics, but...

iOS 7 and Seizing an Opportunity

Google Obviously Loves Developers, When Will Apple?

Introducing Note-It

31 Great Days of iOS

It’s been a while since I had the time to post anything but I wanted to share this great summary...

Work Hard, Work Smart and Don't Play the Lottery

Get the Best Twitter Client for the Mac

Hate that Apple Podcasts App in iOS 6?

Lesson Learned : Don't Be The Cheapest

My new MacBook Air 13” has finally arrived and is a gorgeous example of Apple’s design, but this is not...

MacMall : Winner of the Worst Customer Service on the Planet Award

The Confusing Mobee Magic Charger

I recently purchased a Mobee Magic Charger for my Apple Magic Mouse. ? I have been using the Magic Mouse...

Is JetBrains appCode a Solution Looking for a Problem?

Apple Lets Developers Refine the Rules

In a recent post here, I gave my interpretation of the new Apple App Store Subscriptions but it appears the...

Understanding the Apple App Store Subscriptions

Apple announced yesterday they launched subscriptions in the App Store. ?It’s not entirely a surprise to most developers ever since...

Interesting MobileMe Find My iPhone Behavior on iPhone 3GS

Today Apple released iOS 4.2.1 for all their mobile devices including iPhone, iPod Touch and the iPad. One of the...

Apple : Please Fix the App Store Search

It?s a great time to be a developer today and the innovation Apple is putting forth with iOS gives developers...

My Top 10 iPad Applications

I know more and more people who are buying iPads almost daily. I get asked what applications I recommend for...

Install Consolas Font for Use in Xcode

Coming from the Microsoft development world I have gotten really accustomed to using their Consolas font in Visual Studio. ?When...

Apple Becoming the New Microsoft?

Apple?s announcement of the iPhone OS 4.0 and the release of the iPhone OS 4.0 SDK gives a lot of...

Fixing Uninitialized Constant MysqlCompat::MysqlRes Error on Snow Leopard

Recently I ran into a problem on my MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard when trying to connect to a MySQL...

The Solid-State Drive (SSD) Experience in a MacBook Pro

I recently purchased a late model 2009 Apple MacBook Pro which came with a 500G 5400 RPM drive. After many...

New Laptop Purchase Harder Than Expected

I have been running on a couple of very old laptops, one a Dell Latitude D820 and my main laptop...

Upgrading My MacBook Pro Hard Drive

I have been using my MacBook Pro more and more lately and quickly finding hard drive space shrinking. The addition...

Manage Servers from your Apple iPhone

I have been using my iPhone version 1 for a while now and when Apple released version 2.0 of the...

Updated iPhone to 2.0 and the App Store

It seems Apple carefully let the release of the 2.0 firmware for the iPhone out a little early. MacRumors was...

Apple Time Capsule not a Happy VPN Participant

I have been a happy owner of an Apple Time Capsule for the past month or so. It was very...

Time Capsule Up and Running

I found some time this weekend to unpack the Time Capsule, set it up and perform my first back up....

Apple Time Capsule is Delivered

Today was a great day when the Fed Ex driver showed up two days early with my Apple Time Capsule....

The iPhone and iTunes surprise me with a cool feature

I have been using an iPhone for about 5 months now and love the thing, it is the single greatest...

Overview of Latest Leopard Update from Wired

Apple released Leopard update 10.5.2 a couple days ago which is intended to fix many of the common complaints with...

MarsEdit 2.1 is the best blogging software on the Mac

I know the title is a bit subjective but I had to make the claim. You see, I am one...

Setting up MySQL on Leopard

I just upgraded my MacBook Pro from Tiger to Leopard this weekend. No, Tiger was working fine but I wanted...

Apple MacBook Air - Why Would I Want One?

Apple took the covers off its new sub-notebook, MacBook Air,? at MacWorld 2008.? The rumors about the notebook were true...

iPhone 1.1.3 Ready and Installed

Apple announced the release of firmware for the iPhone, version 1.1.3, at MacWorld yesterday. The release was rumored but now...

MacHeist - 11 Mac Applications at a Great Price for Charity

In the event you are a Mac user and didn’t know about MacHeist, here it is:

Google Mobile for the iPhone is Blazingly Fast

I just read about Google releasing an update to it’s applications for mobile, with explicit updates for the iPhone. I...

Windows Vista x64 and iTunes like Oil and Water

I had upgraded my Windows XP system to Vista 32-bit a couple weeks ago but I have been having various...

Relieving the Headache of the iPhone on Windows Vista with iTunes

So, I have my new iPhone in my hot little hands and crack open the beautifully designed box from Apple...

Succumbing to temptation - Buying an iPhone

My New Apple Mac Mini

I decided the Apple MacBook Pro was not meant to be at this time. Apple has put them on backorder...