Thought I’d post a quick summary of key remarks by Steve Jobs at D8, courtesy Engadget’s live coverage1. Regarding Foxconn Suicides: Steve: It’s a factory — but my gosh, they have restaurants and movie theaters… but it’s a factory. But they’ve had some suicides and attempted suicides — and they have 400,000 people there. The [...]
Tags: Apple, D8, Steve Jobs
I hate Facebook. I hate their constant changes to UI without adequate customer feedback. I can’t stand the detiorating usability they introduce with each update. The frequent updates to the terms of service force me to give up more control over my data each update. The usability of their account and privacy controls are absolutely [...]
Tags: Facebook
As you’re no doubt aware, Steve Jobs indicated1 before the launch of the iPad that tethering to an iPhone would not be a supported feature. True to his word, my WiFi-only iPad does not tether via Bluetooth to the iPhone (as a matter of fact, they won’t pair at all). Unfortunately for me, I’ve sold [...]
This may sound like a weird idea coming from someone who thinks with the right half of their brain, but I think technology professionals need to study design principles and user experience (UX). Far too often IT pros fail to grasp and/or appreciate how the technology on which they are working impacts the end user. [...]
Tags: Design, IT, recruiting
On April 3rd I, along with many other Canadians made the trip down to the Walden Galleria Apple Store in Buffalo, New York. I was too excited about the iPad to care that I was waiting in line for the first version of a new technology product. I for one hate shopping in general, and [...]
Tags: Air Video, Apple, Apple Store, FileBrowser, iPad, Review, Walden Galleria
I thought I’d write another short post on my view of Adobe Flash, and why I think there is such a negative reaction to it. We went through a bit of a war over Adobe Flash when the iPhone was originally announced, and I think we’re going through one again, only this time the technology [...]
Tags: Adobe, Adobe Flash, Flash, Games, HTML5, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Movie Players, Music Streaming, Photos
As I wrote the other day, anything the mind of man can make, the mind of man can break. The piece I wrote earlier was relating directly to the security of the client operating system. However, there is another aspect to consider, specifically the human factor. While an OS itself can be secure as a [...]
An interesting analysis of the Ogg format. Take-away: Ogg is technically inferior in almost every aspect, and being (presumably) patent-free does not justify using a product that much inferior.
Tags: Ogg, Open Source
Anything the mind of man can make, the mind of man can break. Realizing this, one needs to shift their perception of how to view client platform security. Theoretical analysis is good. However, practical application is what should define security evaluation. Which platform is more secure in practice? Anyone can justify any OS’s security. However, [...]
Tags: hacking, linux, Mac, OS X, platform, Security, Windows
I was recently reading an article from LXer, entitled ‘Linux alternatives for the iPad – and the future of netbooks, tablets and smartbooks’. The author hypes up Linux on tablet devices, concluding that 2010 is the year of Linux on the tablet, most of which will be Android flavored. He attempts to put down the [...]
Tags: Android, Apple, Google, iPad, linux, Microsoft, OS, tablet
Oh the joys. Starting up a new company is risky, risky, risky. I’m a cautious person by nature, and only take shrewdly calculated risks. If there is too much risk in a decision, I will lean toward the cautious side. The friend (SeFunmi Odemuyiwa) that is partnering with me on this project is a big [...]
Tags: recruiting, SeFunmi Odemuyiwa, Wes Kroesbergen, WorkMyTown
I’ve seen a number of folks excited about the possibility of getting Windows 7 on a tablet device, whether it be through Citrix on the iPad or natively on a PC tablet such as the ExoPC. I personally have no such desire. Windows 7 simply wasn’t designed for the sole purpose of touchscreen computing. The [...]
I thought I’d write a quick post in response to the posts by John Nack, Product Manager at Adobe, and The Flash Blog regarding the lack of Flash on the iPad (and iPhone). You can find their respective posts here and here. First, in response to John Nack, who makes the point that Flash has [...]
Tags: Adobe, death, Flash, HTML5, iPad, iPhone OS, John Nack, standards, The Flash Blog