From my day job: equinux has written about some of our Macworld experiences over the years and how we made the decision not to go back this year. It’s a good look behind-the-scenes at Macworld and worth reading if you’ve been or plan on going.
equinux blog: Goodbye Macworld
Sebastiaan de With has posted a very comprehensive analysis of some of the new UI elements introduced on the iPad:
As usual with a large Apple product launch, I’ve written up this post to round up the good, the bad, and the ugly of all the new interface and interaction designs that were set [...]
Designreviver has a nice list of 20 Beautiful Mac apps that is worth checking out. There are only a few picks I disagree with:
Pixelmator’s black icons on a HUD window background have always bothered me and seem like a bad UI choice
iStatmenus is pretty, but never feels very Mac-like
TuneUp is the antithesis of a beautiful [...]
I just came across a nice collection of simple, clean desktop backgrounds that I had to share. For example:
Head over to Simple Desktops to check them out!
Lukas Mathis has posted some thoughts on the issues Mac newcomers have with .dmg files. I also talked about this issue a while back in a post on the most common issues switchers have, but it’s worth noting it again. I agree with his followup post that adding another file format isn’t really the way [...]
Enough has been said about Tweetie for Mac, so I’m just going to link to it, in case you’ve been living under a rock and have missed it.
Bottom line is: The UI is fantastic, support for dragged in images is great and I believe it sets the bar a little higher for UI design on [...]
FutureTap, a new iPhone development shop, has just announced their purchase of “Where To”, formerly a TapTapTap application. What’s interesting about this story is how openly new owner Ortwin Gentz describes the process of evaluating the application’s value before making a bid for it.
It’s a fascinating look into the business side of iPhone application development [...]
The original iPhone headphones are great in a lot of ways (sleek design, unobtrusive microphone and remote), but are a bit lackluster where it counts – sound quality. There are various 3rd party alternatives of course, but I’ve yet to see one with a mic / remote as nice as Apple’s original.
One iPhone user over at everythingicafe decided [...]
John Gruber takes a detailed, technical look at the OpenClip project and why it’s not such a brilliant idea from a technical standpoint.
I think given that Apple has already admitted they’re working on native copy / paste support this framework seems like a non-starter.
JetLink: Daring Fireball
A lot has been written about Skitch since it was first released as an invite-only and later as a public beta over a year ago, however I was just using it (like I seem to everyday) and was wondering why Plasq still hasn’t officially released this gem. It boasts an image editor, screenshot tool, free online [...]
A question that never stop being asked is where new Mac users can find OS X equivalents of their favorite Windows apps. Whilst some people would say to just head over to VersionTracker or MacUpdate, I’ve found they’re usually a bit overwhelming: I don’t want to sift through every update, utility or abandoned freeware if [...]
Dustin MacDonald has given users a first glimpse of his new RSS reader “Times” on his blog.
Unlike other RSS readers that use an interface similar to a desktop email client, Times promises a new interface that looks reminiscient of a traditional newspaper.
The standout – and probably most controversial feature – is Times’ abillity to follow [...]
On two iPhone competitors with “touch” interfaces:
Both touchscreen handsets bear an uncanny resemblance to the iPhone – only without its soul. While it’s hard to complain when more than one person looks like a supermodel, the resemblance here is barely skin deep. I scored some face time with the new handsets, and, like previous iPhone-influenced [...]
It’s funny – I would never have thought I could get by with just the iPod shuffle, but the few times I’ve borrowed my girlfriend’s it’s been great: Most of the time when I’m cycling around town on my bike I listen to podcasts or just one playlist anyway… the shuffle’s “double click the play [...]
