A Zooming Thought for Interface Designers
It’s a generally-accepted tenet of user interface design that a user interface should get in the way of the user as little as possible. I like to think of this as “doesn’t force the user to consciously think each time they use it”. The ability to use an interface without thinking about it is also […]
Dell Gets It
Dell has started shipping laptops with Ubuntu pre-installed on them which is absolutely awesome not because it sticks it to Microsoft but because it no longer sticks it to the consumer. The Windows tax is now optional; if a user hates Ubuntu and wants to use Windows they can go out and purchase it themselves […]
MagSafe Connector
Dear Apple,
Now that we’ve opened this line of communication I feel I can be honest with you: the MagSafe connector on the MacBook power supply is a work of sheer genius. In fact, it may be the very best thing about the MacBook (in a machine so packed full of featurely-good awesomeness it practically oozes […]
Apple Store, this is Vancouver. Vancouver…
Dear Apple,
I’d like an Apple Store in Vancouver now please.
Regards,
Chris
iPhone Sales: Nice Try Apple
According to Scott Moritz over at TheStreet.com Apple missed its sales targets for the iPhone and thus “rivals are rejoicing”.
I’m no industry pundit with inside sources and research staff and all so I’m going to wing it and just use Bloomberg’s numbers:
Phones sold: 700 000
Prices for phones: $500 or $600
Being a bit lazy I’m just […]
Fork? Spoon.
#154492
<lem> so my question is this
<lem> Agent Smith can replicate himself.. but, why would there be a fork(), if there is no spoon()?