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• Microsoft: “We’ve made a computer that only allows app from the Windows Store.”

  By Shaun on May 6, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Excellent tweet from Gabriel Lewis. Think of the resources Microsoft has and consider how bad the app stores are. It’s unforgivable.

• The Elbow Cassette Player

  By Shaun on May 6, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Unlike most cassette players that looked more like devices with the cassettes being the plug-ins, the Elbow is so petite, it looks almost like an accessory for the cassette tape! While it grabs the cassette’s spools in its elbow arms,… Read More ›

• It is an abomination

  By Shaun on May 6, 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  I won’t mince words. The health-care bill that the House of Representatives passed this afternoon, in an incredibly narrow 217-to-213 vote, is not just wrong, or misguided, or problematic or foolish. It is an abomination. If there has been a… Read More ›

• Black Tears

  By Shaun on May 6, 2017 • ( 0 )

  Discovered Imelda May this week. Hooked already.

• A natural ecosystem

  By Shaun on May 5, 2017 • ( 6 )

  

  Step 1 is to get a prospect to buy, therefore becoming a customer. Step 2 is retaining that customer for long term profitability. That can be done in many ways, but they basically boil down to giving the customer a… Read More ›

• Where are the persistent notifications?

  By Shaun on May 5, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Up above is a persistent notification on iOS. When you set a reminder in the default Reminders app, it will appear on the lock screen and it will stay there until you complete what you need to do. This is… Read More ›

• Stability and consistency

  By Shaun on May 5, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Apple has published very specific interface design guidelines for MacOS and iOS. It’s pretty obvious when a Mac app is not following the guidelines. In the early days of the Mac, an app that didn’t follow the guidelines was often… Read More ›

• Optimism For The Future

  By Shaun on May 5, 2017 • ( 0 )

  All quite standard from Tim Cook apart from the bullish statement regarding the iPhone.

• My Father Spent 30 Years In Prison

  By Shaun on May 5, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  My father went to prison when I was only a few months old. He and my mother were married. She was 22 years old, and he was two weeks from 21. His crime and subsequent incarceration devastated her. She discovered… Read More ›

• Ok, We Get It. You Shot It With Your Phone

  By Shaun on May 5, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Ok, we get it. You shot it with your phone. You brought your DSLR, but you fell into a fountain and waterlogged all your gear. The repair estimate was nearly $2000, except you went to Thailand and got it fixed… Read More ›

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