New rule: if I have to google “how to [do something],” your UI needs improvement. While redeeming an iOS app, I couldn’t figure out where to enter in the app code. I instinctively went to the Search section, as I know that has a text input section at the top: No dice. So as with [...]
Last year, Ron Johnson left Apple as Senior Vice President of Retail Operations to become J.C. Penney’s (JCP) CEO. Before joining Apple, he was at Target. As Gruber points out today, “The Ron Johnson Era at JC Penney Has Begun.” Johnson took out a two-page ad in several major newspapers with the mission of turning JCP [...]
Inside Apple by Adam Lashinsky: Jobs imagines his garbage regularly not being emptied in his office, and when he asks the janitor why, he gets an excuse: The locks have been changed, and the janitor doesn’t have a key. This is an acceptable excuse coming from someone who empties trash bins for a living. The [...]
It exists! It’s been available on AT&T for a few years now.
With the iPad 2 announced this week, the actual product is anticlimactic. If the first iPad had the iPad 2′s specifications, nobody would have been surprised. Don’t get me wrong, the iPad is an extremely strong offering that is dominating the market that it set off. The tech industry covering Apple never ceases to amaze. Some [...]
A dedicated button for Facebook on your phone? With super awkward placement? While this Fb x Real Life mashup is unnecessary, I wanted to look at other examples of company logos on real life buttons. Most companies that produce hardware are content with having their logo printed onto a surface instead of a pushable button. [...]
The tech industry and the press that covers it never ceases to amaze. The pace at which news breaks is breathtaking, and then immediately forgotten for the next big thing. John Gruber singlehandedly set off the iPad 3 launching with a “September release schedule” rumor. This is amazing because the 2nd generation iPad has not [...]
This post is more thinking out loud (what I like to do on this blog). Free association with services and sharing. Many sites serve to provide information (such as Wikipedia). Other sites share info (such as Fmylife). What I want to focus on are services that share info in a defined social group. Meaning that you [...]
What follows is more rant about life than my usual techno babble. Passionate People are Successful There’s an idea that you should do what you’re truly passionate about to succeed in life. Sure, you can succeed doing something arbitrary like waste management, but no kid growing up has a passion for garbage disposal. People do [...]