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“It‘s a goddamn piece of hardware”
“This isn’t a vision quest or zen retreat. It’s a goddamn piece of hardware.” So said a friend of mine as he expressed his frustration with using his new Apple Watch. And he was right. It is just a piece of hardware. … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Apple Watch, iphone, user experience
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A Matter of Time
When I placed my pre-order for the Apple Watch, this is what I first saw: It continued to show the delivery date range of 4/24-5/8, even after the initial date of 4/24 had passed. That was somewhat distressing because it … Continue reading
The Stupidest Way to Carry an iPhone 6 Plus
A link to this was included in a Mac Observer piece titled “9 Alternative Ways to Carry Your iPhone 6 Plus Other Than Your Pockets”, which just confirms the Macalope’s assertion that “web journalism is a gigantic link machine seemingly … Continue reading
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Battery and the iPhone 6 Plus
I’m hearing a lot of moaning and teeth-gnashing about how the new iPhones can’t hold a charge any longer than a two-year-old with a weak bladder (e.g., this report). After the first day or so I was a bit worried: … Continue reading
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New from : iWork Cross-Platform Incompatibility
Last week Apple introduced iOS 8 and, along with it, a reconfiguring of iCloud document storage. Moving from the old, sandboxed system in which apps had access only to their own documents stored in iCloud, iOS 8 brought iCloud Drive, … Continue reading
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Pages 5 and Importing Styles
I’ve been experimenting with styles in Pages 5.1, and have finally figured out how to copy styles from one document to another. Figuring this out is important, because Pages 5.1 has no style import function, and to properly export an … Continue reading
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The bait-and-switch battle for eyeballs
Forbes goes the extra mile in shoving an Apple reference into an article that is actually about something else completely: The headline: “No iPhone Bump For September Retail Sales” The first paragraph: “Even though U.S. shoppers raced out to buy … Continue reading
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What Siri Won’t Do But Should
Siri continues to be a work-in-progress, and though it is useful, it still has surprising gaps. For example, Siri should know basic information about what you have on your iOS device, if not in 3rd party apps, surely in Apple-supplied … Continue reading
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The Social Curmudgeon
Posted on Twitter today: When Twitter emails me with suggestions for whom to follow, I want to write back, “I’ll do my OWN stalking, thank you!!” Posted on Facebook today: Facebook keeps encouraging me for my contacts in order to add more … Continue reading