Filed under: Apple Corporate, Odds and ends
Unboxing an Apple employee t-shirt
New Apple Remote Sports More Current Look, Better Usability
If you’re like me, you have so many white plastic Apple Remotes scattered around your living space that visitors ask if they’re part of the decor. And they were quite stylish, once upon a time. But Macs started being less about plastic and more about aluminum long ago, and the Remote has languished at the...
New iMacs Feature 21.5 and 27-inch Displays and Available Quad-Core Processors
Well, the Apple Store went down, and we waited with bated breath. And most of what people expected to see came true. One of those expectations was new iMacs, and Apple’s all-in-one desktops did indeed get a nice upgrade and redesign. That means you’re old hat, iMac which I’m typing this up on right now.
The...
App Developer Diary Part 6: The 48 Hour App
Taking you behind-the-scenes of a real iPhone app’s development, in this installment I attempt to make my own iPhone app in one weekend and learn from Ustwo about how to take an idea to the App Store in just 48 hours.
It’s been a few weeks since my last entry in the App Developer Diary. Markus,...
Unboxing… an Apple job offer
Filed under: Apple Corporate, Odds and ends, Apple, Graphic Design
iTunes UI: Deconstructing 8 to 9
The one thing many people did not expect with a new version of iTunes was that Apple would use the opportunity to cause dissent among its fanbase by introducing another new user interface. Some classify the new styling as “needed” and “elegant and refined” while others have resorted to a variety of hacks to return...
Snippet: Code Collection Made Easy (and Sexy!)
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I’m a heavy user of SmileOnMyMac’s TextExpander, which springs out snippets of text by typing abbreviations. There are alternatives to TextExpander (we’ve tried them...
Infectious ‘Cut to the Core’ design challenge winners
Filed under: Accessories, Odds and ends, Graphic Design
Your Favorite Snow Leopard UI Changes
Now that many of us have upgraded to Snow Leopard, I would like to start a forum where you can share your favorite UI changes. Use Command + Shift + 3, Command + Shift + 4, a third party screenshot capture tool, or links to your favorite photo sharing site. I’ll start it off with...
A sketchbook for iPhone apps
Filed under: Accessories, Developer, iPhone
Want to sketch out your iPhone apps? There's a notebook for that.App Sketchbook is a pretty nifty notebook for iPhone developers who want to sketch out their products out on paper as part of the...
App Developer Diary 5: Building on a Budget
Going behind-the-scenes of a real iPhone app’s development, in this installment I investigate several methods for cutting development costs and adding value to the game.
I have to admit that I’m still working on the Game Design Document. Something which I thought would take only a few days has grown to incorporate minute details alongside gargantuan...
Microsoft Admits, Then Denies, Copying Mac OS X