Archive - January 2014

Obviously the big news of the past week was the 30th anniversary of the Mac, introduced at an Apple shareholder meeting on January 24, 1984. Apple put together a very unexpected, beautiful retrospective on the Mac, which you can find below. Meanwhile, MacWorld has a brief but interesting look at the Mac at 30 from Phil Schiller, Bud Tribble, and others.

Meanwhile, Nintendo, a company that has regularly been compared to Apple in...

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Although not directly related to iOS development, one of the most surprising and unfortunate pieces of news I read this past week was that Tobias Frere-Jones, one half of the renowned type foundry Hoefler & Frere-Jones was suing his business partner of 15 years for what he sees as his fair share of half of the company. One big takeaway for all of you folks doing contracting work or considering doing contracting work is that you should always get everything written down and signed....

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Eight years ago, I watched a TED talk by Jeff Han on his innovative research into multitouch displays. Little did I know at the time that less than a year later, Steve Jobs would walk onto the stage at MacWorld to demonstrate not just a research prototype, but a real product that would be available to consumers just months later[1]. Last week marked the seven year anniversary of Jobs' introduction of the iP...

Hello everyone and happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful, productive 2013, and that your plans for 2014 are taking shape even as I write this. Apple's certainly are, and if an article I link to below from TUAW is to be believed, you'll know first when 9to5 Mac does solid, original reporting about it.

Meanwhile, New Years is always a great time to reflect on the past even as we look ahead to the future. In tha...

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