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My first Mac: 1991 Paid Members Public
Talking about your first Mac is A Thing right now. It’s because it’s the Mac’s 30th anniversary [http://gigaom.com/2014/01/24/apple-celebrates-30th-anniversary-of-mac-with-video-and-redesigned-homepage/] , and everyone’s getting terribly excited about the whole thing. I can’t claim to have been a Mac user for 30 years.
On smartphone design Paid Members Public
Great video – a sort of one-off addendum to the Everything is a Remix series – that looks at where iOS design draws its influences from:
Revisiting Apple Maps Paid Members Public
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/12/paris-hotel.png] Occasionally, I make decisions which make me question my own sanity. For example, last Monday, I arrived in Paris via the Eurostar, after attending a funeral in the morning. What’s the obvious thing to do next?
Maverick(s) decision Paid Members Public
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2013/10/JBbluIGftOGjGdEb.png] Wish me luck. I’m going in…
The new iPhones: a $3bn "disappointment" Paid Members Public
Fast FT [http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ba6a5520-2452-11e3-8905-00144feab7de.html]: > The company just announced that fourth quarter sales would come in at the high end of its expectations, which ranged from $34bn to $37bn, after sales of its iPhone 5s and 5c devices smashed forecasts this weekend. Apple
iPad: growing like weeds Paid Members Public
John Gruber [http://daringfireball.net/linked/2013/05/29/meeker-trends]: > iPad has grown three times faster than iPhone did. This might be the most overlooked/underestimated fact about Apple today. I did not know that. That’s just changed the way I think about the future of journalism. ponders
The Two Tier Tablet Market Paid Members Public
In the shadow of a hurricane, Google launched some new tablets [http://officialandroid.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/nexus-best-of-google-now-in-three-sizes.html] , a phone and a revamp of the latest version of Android. Pondering this, I’ve come to the comclusion that we’ve actually got two tiers of tablets [http://nextberlin.
The axe falls at Apple Paid Members Public
Big news from Cupertino [http://gigaom.com/apple/head-of-ios-software-scott-forstall-out-at-apple/]: > Apple announced on Monday a major reorganisation of the top leadership of the company that leaves SVP of iOS Software Scott Forstall out of the picture. Forstall will be leaving Apple next year. iOS6 Maps claims its first casualty. And