thomas fitzgerald.net

Ok, I thought the wired one was cool, but this looks bloody amazing. If they can do this kind of thing in reality it will completely change the publishing industry.

(via Gizmodo)

From the SXSW Conference, a demo of Wired’s reader App. This would make me want to get an iPad for this alone (yes, I know the demo is not done on an iPad).

Via 9-5 Mac

Interesting article from Glenn Fleishman on Flash and the iPhone. Of particular interest is his point that Flash is unavailable on many other smartphone platforms and yet Adobe only loudly complains about the iPhone. It’s a good read.

Slashdot links to an article by some android developer who claims that Android is actually a better development platform because it has Java. The idea of Java being a superior development environment than cocoa is bed enough, but the best bit comes from this statement:

While iPhone developers have found that one path to success is playing to our baser instincts (until Apple shuts them down), a number of Android applications are offering practical solutions that unlock the power of a phone that’s really a Unix machine you can slip into your pocket

I’ve discovered a possible cause and solution to some of the speed issues people are having with Aperture. You can read about it on this post over at my new Aperture blog, called, funnily enough, “The Aperture Blog”.

I’ve been reading a lot of negative comments about Apple’s decision to sue HTC over its patents. People like John Gruber and Will Shipley, vocal individuals in the mac community have come out strongly deriding Apple for what they claim is an affront to innovation. This move, it is argued, somehow tarnishes Apple’s image.

I have to strongly disagree with those who say that Apple defending its portfolio of patents is a bad move, or that it stifles competition. For too long Apple has been the main source of progress in much of the technology world. Other companies have thrashed around stale ideas until Apple comes out with something new and then everyone flocks to copy it. Hundreds of companies use Apple’s often game changing products as a basis for their own success and why shouldn’t Apple say “enough is enough”.

I just had a tense few minutes a short while ago when I thought I’d lost the firewire 800 port on my iMac. I had pulled the computer towards me to plug back in the second monitor. When I did so it pulled the Firewire 800 cable out. There was a brief moment of worry as I the three drives I have connected to it disappeared off my desktop. That worry turned to panic when I couldn’t get them to reappear. I tried rebooting. I tried changing cables. You name it I tried it. I was beginning to think I might have done damage to the drives, but then it occurred to me to try a 400 to 800 cable. That worked so at least I knew my drives were ok. The problem was though, nothing would work with my Firewire 800 port.

I’ve started a new blog dedicated to Apple’s Aperture. I’ve been posting a lot about Aperture lately, and rather than have this taken over by the subject, I’ve set up a separate blog for it. Please check it out and leave feedback. I’ve also set up a separate twitter account for it too, so please follow that as well if you want!