On not owning an Apple Watch
Khoi Vinh explains why not.
Khoi Vinh on what’s wrong with iTunes
“More than a textbook case in how not to design usable software though, iTunes has for me come to represent all the things that Apple is doing wrong, even as the company’s profits continue to snowball.”
Marco Arment on Apple problems
“They’re too busy working on the new to fix the old.”
A skeptical thought about Apple Watch
I know there’s more to Apple Watch than my skepticism about yet-another-device. But my skepticism is all I’ve got.
If U2 want to remove U2
“They’re my records, Apple, not yours. You don’t get to choose for me.”
Tim Cook’s letter
“What sinks the letter for me is one word the final paragraph.”
Chrome for iOS
Is listing Chrome under Utilities someone’s idea of a joke?
Infinite Jest in the App Store
The App Store is on drugs.
“Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory”
This American Life has retracted its story “Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory.”
Apple and China, continued
“We’re trying really hard to make things better,” said one former Apple executive. “But most people would still be really disturbed if they saw where their iPhone comes from.”
Apple and China
Twelve-hour shifts.
“Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory”
The lives of the people who make our “stuff.”
Naming Apple
Anecdote from Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs.
Apple thanks
Apple's way of thanking the user for filling out a survey.
Steve Jobs (1955–2011)
A good way to remember Steve Jobs: read the prepared text of the commencement address he gave at Stanford University in 2005.
Reasons for Apple’s success
Not “Eureka!” moments but planning and revision.
Words from Steve Jobs
Good advice for life, from a 2005 commencement address.
For Infinite Jest readers only
The Year of the iPad
Prepend?
A puzzling word in TextEdit
Mystery photograph
Where?
The iPan
Starting at $4.99
PCs and mice
Suddenly they sound so out of date
On the iPad and early adopters
From the New York Times
Trying the iPad
"Typing — with the iPad propped up at an angle on a low table — is easier than I had expected but still tedious. I was reminded of what it’s like when I catch and correct typos on a cellphone. Because I’m looking at the keys and not the screen, I don’t see typos until I’m well past them. Tedious."
John Gruber on typing and the iPad
"You absolutely do not need a hardware keyboard for it. But if you're hoping to do any amount of serious writing with it (and, for obvious vocational reasons, I plan to), you're going to want one."
"Sort of gimmicky"
A college CIO on iPad giveaways
"Why I won't buy an iPad"
Cory Doctorow explains
"iPads for EVERYONE!"
College giveaway
Steve Wozniak on the iPad and college
We think alike!
The iPad and dolphins
From The Onion