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  • Steve Jobs 1955-2011

    This is a sad day. The world has lost one of its greatest minds and visionaries, in Steve Jobs, founder of Apple and obviously so much more than that. I have never met nor spoken to Steve, nor have the majority of people writing, tweeting and talking about him today. He was a hero to many, a beloved celebrity, and a leader.

    We are allowed to talk about Steve.

    We are allowed to feel sad.

    I feel sad. In fact, this morning I decided to throw the todo list out the window, to sit down and think different. I’m dedicating this day to figuring things out, work and life and future and everything else that might be spinning around in the back of my head. (more…)

  • iPhone 4S

    Ja, jag köper så klart en iPhone 4S med 64 GB utrymme. Snabbare, bättre, starkare – allt jag ville ha. Spelbloggen har för övrigt rapporterat med spelvinkling.

  • Let's Talk iPhone predictions

    There are quite a lot of posts sporting predictions for tomorrow’s Let’s Talk iPhone event, where Apple once again will convince millions of people that iPhone is the way to go. I asked on Twitter whether I should write a predictions post, and most of you wanted me to, so I was all but ready to pull out the crystal ball and whatnot.

    Then a friend of mine pointed out that he didn’t want any spoilers, which got me thinking. It’s not like I, or anyone else other than Apple, know exactly what will be announced on stage tomorrow but the buzz usually has some things right. My friend wanted the keynote to feel fresh, and I see what he means. It’s not really just about the products, Apple could announce them on their website and we’d still see AAPL rise as well as products sold by the millions. The keynotes are a show for tech people, the Apple lovers, and something that has been so thoroughly embedded into what we expect from the company. This is entertainment for design-aware nerds. (more…)

  • Så stänger du av autokorrigeringen i Lion

    Apples nya operativsystem till Mac, Lion, har autokorrigering av ord, inspirerad av iOS. Det kanske vissa uppskattar, men personligen får jag spader när operativsystemet gör om “pixlar” till “pillar” och delar på engelska ord som ska vara ihopskrivna för att jag faktiskt sitter och pillar (!) med kod.

    Lyckligtvis är det lätt att fixa. (more…)

  • The MacBook Air, redux

    I have owned three MacBook Air models. Luckily I skipped out on the first one, which had serious issues with heat and sudden crashes. The minor update that led to the second MacBook Air was the first one I got, and then it struck me. This is the perfect typewriter, way beyond any laptop I had ever owned, and those are numerous I can tell you that.

    I loved that Air, all its 1,6 GHz of low voltage processing power, the touchpad and even its awkward two buttons, the whole package. It was underpowered with its 2 GB of RAM and the 4200 rpm hard drive, combined with heating issues that firmware updates and some sensible usage sorted out for me personally. Still, best typewriter ever, thanks to its wonderful keyboard and the form factor. Love it. (more…)

  • On Lion: I miss my Spaces

    The latest operating system for Mac from Apple is called Lion. Apple talks less and less about “OS X” when they mention Lion, and the version number is usually missing (10.7 if you wanted to know) from any information. It just works, as Apple and their cohorts tend to say.

    Is it perfect, this Lion-thingy?

    No, Google tells me there are a ton of bugs. Nothing too crucial although it might depend on what you’re doing with your computer, so I urge you to research that before updating your OS. (more…)

  • A thought on mobile websites

    There’s a lot of talk these days about responsive web design and creating fancy mobile versions of websites. I love some of the frameworks and solutions out there, and the fact that HTML 5 and CSS 3 opens so many doors for web designers.

    No doubt the myriad of screen sizes and resolutions changes everything. Smartphones are actually useful these days, and tablets have turned back resolutions to 1024 pixels width. As if the netbook resolutions weren’t bad enough.

    I digress. (more…)

  • The wonderful Mac App Store

    Last night I finally switched my old hard drive in the MacBook Pro, to the new SSD from OCZ (the Vertex 3, 240 GB if you’re curious). The move is long overdue, but I haven’t had time up until now. And you know what, while my pretty pimped workstation was fast to begin with, adding an SSD drive has made it lightning fast. Of course, this being a fresh Snow Leopard install might help.

    One thing the experience have taught me is how wonderful the Mac App Store is. I knew that already of course, but it truly shines when you’re on a new machine. While I can copy-paste most apps from my old hard drive to the new one (using a Deltaco encasing with USB that cost me about €9/$11), just getting them from the Purchased tab in the Mac App Store is so convenient.

    In fact, it is so bloody nice that I’ve re-purchased a bunch of apps I already own licenses to, from the Mac App Store, just to get them there.

    If all goes to plan, the home computer (a 27″ iMac) will arrive next week. Thanks to the wonders of Dropbox (aff link), syncing apps, and the Mac App Store, I don’t dread setting that up one bit. Well, except for the Windows BootCamp partition, but that’s an entirely different beast.

  • iCloud är nästan vad jag ville ha

    Apple sade en väldig massa intressant när WWDC slog upp portarna idag. Jag är peppad för Lion, nästa version av OS X som inte ens distribueras på skiva utan bara kan köpas från Mac App Store för futtiga $29, och förstås för alla nyheter i iOS 5 – två saker jag tveklöst får anledning att återkomma till.

    Men störst är iCloud, ersättaren till MobileMe. Och tjänsten är gratis. (more…)

  • Making something better can pay off

    This story shows that it can pay off to make mockups, alternative solutions, and just plain spend time making something better. Congratulations Peter Hajas, and congratulations Apple, as well as hopefully iOS users in the future.

  • On the iPad 2


    Well, unfortunately not on it as in using it, that’ll have to wait until March 11th (if possible, otherwise March 25th). I do have some thought about the iPad 2 though, based on the Stevenote (welcome back Steve) two days ago. (more…)

  • Hur orkar de? #ipad2 #android

    När Apple kläcker ur sig saker som iPad 2 – tunn och snygg med bra batteritid – så undrar jag hur tillverkarna av Android-plattorna orkar? De är ju inte ikapp originalpaddan än…

  • Googles hyckleri går ut över Chrome

    Bara väldigt kort för att jag ska lämna ett bokmanus innan veckan är slut, och sedan göra klart Allt om iPhone #7, och när WordPress 3.1 äntligen släpps så ska såväl WPMWP som Notes Blog rullas ut. Det är mycket nu och det är kul.

    Det här kunde jag dock inte låta vara. Google har nämligen bestämt sig för att sluta stödja videoformatet H.264 (vilket för övrigt är Apples val när det gäller att servera video med HTML5) till förmån för de öppna alternativen WebM (skapat av Google själva) och Theora, i den utmärkta webbläsaren Chrome.

    Jag har inget emot alternativen, men beslutet att inte stödja H.264 är rent och skärt hyckleri. (more…)

  • Apples missar med nya Macbook Air

    Om du undrar vad Apple gjorde för fel med nya Macbook Air så berättar jag det på Mapple.

  • Rörig DN-artikel om App Store

    DN har publicerat en synnerligen rörig artikel om att Apple kritiseras för iPad-censur, när det egentligen handlar om att det finns riktlinjer för App Store. Hur någon redaktör godkände den här soppan begriper jag inte, det är en faslig röra…