As my final send-off to 2007, I’ve assembled a 2008 Apple wishlist, as mentioned in my previous posts. I’m not asking for the world… just tricking out what I already use to make it better for users like me. Address Book Mac OS X’s Address Book is one of the strongest features of the entire […]

As a send-off to 2007, I’m assembling my 2008 Apple wishlist, as mentioned in my previous posts. I’m not asking for new products… just enhancements that would make their products better for users like me. iPhone/iPod Apple must be inundated with idea after idea on how to improve or really make the iPhone a better […]

I’m compiling a wishlist for Apple for their 2008 efforts, as mentioned in my previous posts. It’s not comprehensive, strategic, or anything else… just things I think would make their products even better for users like me. Apple.com User Profiles Before anyone goes and says there are currently user profiles on Apple.com, I’d ask you […]

As mentioned in my previous post, I’m compiling a wishlist for Apple for their 2008 efforts. It’s by no means comprehensive, strategic, or whatever else… just things that might make their products even better for users like me. Or maybe just me. Customer Lifecycle I mentioned earlier that 3 folks in my family purchased a […]

I’ve been known to be called an Apple fanboy before… mostly by those in my family (three of whom then purchased MacBooks in the last year). That’s OK; I am a big fan of Apple. While a Mac was not my first computer (that honor goes to the VIC-20 followed by a series of Apple […]

Carrie and I are having ourselves a merry little Christmas, though Jonah remains a bit undecided. (Posted from Twitter.)

I picked up an Apple TV tonight. Unfortunately, I didn’t have the foresight to also pick up an HDMI cable. (Posted from Twitter.)

I’m excited that Black Sheep, the zombie sheep movie, is a real movie. Looking forward to watching this week, after thinking it was a joke. (Posted from Twitter.)

Mr. Laaker is testing Twitter integration. (Posted from Twitter.)

Mr. Laaker is integrating Twitter into his site.

Yesterday saw the release of Digital Arts magazine’s December issue, whose cover story featured 14 designers politicking about design trends for 2008. I was able to bring a little color to the subject around distributed experiences, whether those be widget-based or more akin to Facebook’s apps model. The Future Design 2008 article spans a number […]

In light of tomorrow being 2007’s Black Friday, here’s my deal-of-the-day for Mac users. Tomorrow, November 23rd, 2007, go to Amazon.com and buy the Microsoft Office 2004 Student/Teacher edition for $125 with free shipping. Then, do two things: 1. Get a $100 rebate right away for buying on this particular day. 2. Fill out the […]

I’m a big fan of user library software. I bought a license to Delicious Library as soon as it came out, and then undertook a process of hacking a number of CueCats to assist in scanning my book, CD, DVD, and game library. Once I began that quest, though, it struck me as odd that […]

I recently attempted to install the Adobe AIR SDK on my MacBook Pro so that I could compile AIR applications. While Adobe’s done some great work at developing and exposing their tools early to the public, I could not find a set of instructions that resulted in a working installation. Luckily, Yahoo! Developer Network co-worker […]

Tom Coates recently announced the news I’d been dying to share: Yahoo! will be hosting an open Hack Day in London this June. We have all the official information up on the Yahoo! Developer Network blog, as well as the official open Hack Day site. And, as with last year’s event here in Sunnyvale, this […]