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Carry on up the charts
on 31 July 2009
on 30 July 2009The Guardian blogs Firebox’s Power Plant Growing Machine, noting its ‘obligatory iPod-style casing’. What the heck is iPod-like about this? continue
Like, media, or whatever
on 14 July 2009
Morgan Stanley, the global financial services people, have released a report on ‘How Teenagers Consume Media’. Cue fusty attempt by middle-aged guys in suits to get wit da yout, but no: this one’s written by a genuine teenager. continue
Using QuarkXPress 8 design grids
on 19 June 2009
Guides and grids are critical to the layout process. Just as important as vertical column guides is a horizontal baseline grid. continue
What’s Apple ever done for us? (Apart from the mouse, desktop publishing, digital media, and computers that are actually cool…)
on 31 May 2009
Mac versus PC. Apple versus Microsoft. Mac OS versus Windows. It’s a conflict that’s been raging since personal computing began – sometimes as a heated battle, sometimes as a cold war. But what are the origins of the rivalry? And for ‘IBM-compatible’ PC users, has Apple’s existence been useful competition, spurring on other computer makers [...]
The chips are down… but not as far down as we expected
on 15 April 2009
‘Intel Calls A Bottom For Battered PC Market’, reports the Wall Street Journal. Having issued projections in January along the lines of ‘eek!’, the chip maker didn’t do so badly in Q1 after all continue
Inky fingers
on 9 April 2009
Like so many other everyday tasks, printing documents is something your Mac setup can handle as a matter of course. Whether you use a laser for high speed and crisp text, or an inkjet for photorealistic colour, today’s desktop printers are amazingly capable. Even so, the time will come when you need to go beyond [...]
Macworld: Waiting for Godot, or, More pricks than kicks
on 16 January 2009
As I write, everyone’s speculating feverishly – literally, in my case, thanks to a parcel of Christmas flu bugs kindly provided by the kids’ primary school – about what Apple will announce at Macworld San Francisco. continue
For Big Blue eyes only
on 5 December 2008
So Apple’s new head of engineering for the iPhone and iPod – or iBoss, as he’ll presumably be known – has been sent on gardening leave after his previous employer, IBM, invoked a ‘no compete’ clause in his contract. continue
An advertising campaign about nothing
on 12 September 2008
The coffee shop, late afternoon. JERRY: It’s Vista, isn’t it? GEORGE: Jerry, how many times? It is not Vista. I would tell you if it was Vista. It is not Vista. KRAMER: Because, Jerry, you don’t wanna take this deal advertising an operating system that’s already been on sale, what, a year and a half, and nobody cares. Brrr. continue
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