“Responsible Rooting”
The difference between iOS and Android users summed up nicely in one post.
“MovieBob” Reviews “The Avengers”
(Alas, in Flash)
More On The iPad Keyboard Prototype
Unfortunately, text selection on iOS doesn’t always enjoy the presence of a keyboard. And that’s where this concept sadly breaks down for me. You can’t have two different methods for selecting text, depending on whether or not the keyboard is available. Consistency is king. If you’re selecting text in Safari with no keyboard, or selecting text in Notes with a keyboard, the method has to be as identical as possible or the user experience suffers.
I would argue that these kind of shortcuts would fall under the “advanced user shortcuts” that Apple has already used on the iPad.
Two examples off the top of my head:
- the four/five finger gestures for closing and switching between apps
- the numerous hidden gestures in Pages for iOS
Never, Ever Give Up. Arthur’s Inspirational Transformation
Hat tip to John Siracusa for the link.
iPad Keyboard Prototype
Really nifty idea, but doesn’t this drift dangerously close to “mouse-cursor” territory?
AnandTech Looks At The New iPad 2
Harry C. Marks Gives Up Reading For A Year
Nice tongue in cheek from Harry regarding Paul Miller’s recent stunt:
You see, as a blogger, I’ve learned that every publicity stunt I throw myself at makes me a more interesting person to myself. It doesn’t even matter if I succeed, as long as I write a detailed article explaining my plan, a few daily posts reiterating how mundane my life is and always has been, and a lame excuse as to why I couldn’t make it more than six weeks before resorting to my previous behavior.
Introducing “Olson’s Law”
I was digging through the archives when I came across this Engadget gem from May 2007:
Survey: two-thirds say “no thanks” to iPhone
The comments (as per usual) are an intellectual sewer, but I’ve noticed a constant which I’m dubbing “Olson’s Law”:
“The popular consensus of tech blog commenters will almost always prove to be completely wrong.”
On Paul Miller Leaving the Internet for a Year
Garret Murray (via Ben Brooks) on Paul Miller leaving the internet for a year:
Paul Miller believes that by ceasing use of the internet, he’ll become a better person. By forcing himself to do all the things he doesn’t do today, he’ll realize this perfect life where he’s always having deeply meaningful interactions with society. The problem is, Paul could do all of these things today, while still using the internet. He could hang out with friends more frequently, send fewer emails, spend less time trolling Facebook. The internet isn’t the cause of Paul’s (assumed) boring, meaningless life. Paul is. Walking away from the internet won’t make fixing any of this any easier. But Paul thinks it will.
Something about this stunt has bugged me but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it.
Garrett Murray nails it.
Nintendo’s Odd Digital/Retail Sales Idea
The relationship Nintendo is envisioning for retailers selling its downloadable games is more akin to the standard wholesale model currently used for physical games. Under Nintendo’s plan, retailers would buy download codes directly from the publisher at a lower wholesale price, then resell them to consumers at whatever price the retailer thinks will bring in the most profit.
Let me get this straight Nintendo.
I go out of my house. In my car. Drive to town centre. Park it. Possibly paying parking fees.
Go to store. Get download code. Go back to car.
Drive home. Go in house. Enter download code and wait for game to download.That really doesn’t make any sense. The game could have halfway downloaded by the time I have been to the store and back. I’ve not used any petrol. I’ve not wasted any time.
What, is my motivation to do this? What, exactly is in this for me?
Actually, I would probably do this, if the local game shop was locally owned by a nice couple of people.
But the national chains wiped them out years ago.There really is nothing in this for me.
Spot on.