So Apple appears to have tweaked section 3.3.2 of their draconian iOS license agreement to distinguish between “non-compiled code” and “meta-platforms” — the former being acceptable, the latter naughty. Flash CS5 is still forbidden, but games built on libraries that use interpreted languages are ok — or might be ok, if Apple deigns to give [...]
Wolf Renztsch has cancelled C4, his popular Apple developer conference, because he feels like he’s lost the fight: Section 3.3.1 makes developers wholly reliant on Apple for software engineering innovation. By itself Section 3.3.1 wasn’t enough to cause me to quit C4. I’ve weathered Apple lying to me and their never-ending series of autocratic App [...]
From the TidBITS iPad review: In contrast, the iPad becomes the app you’re using. That’s part of the magic. The hardware is so understated – it’s just a screen, really – and because you manipulate objects and interface elements so smoothly and directly on the screen, the fact that you’re using an iPad falls away. [...]
I spent some time this evening watching iPad promotional videos, and came away seriously impressed with (a) Apple’s technical chops; (b) Apple’s design prowess; and (c) Apple’s hyperbole machine. That last in particular: nobody slings adjectives like Apple slings adjectives. Here’s a little sampling of some of the breathless modifiers one has to sit through [...]
Lately, some Apple enthusiasts have been citing recent improvements in the App Store’s approval process as proof that the state of affairs in iPhone OS development has been getting better — and that people need to stop complaining about it. Marco makes that point in this otherwise excellent post: But the problems keep getting fixed, [...]
Ever since it became apparent that the iPad isn’t going to support Flash, John Gruber has been on a tear, throwing up post after post about Flash’s obsolescence, trying to single-handedly usher it into an early grave. And more power to him! I have no love for Flash. It’s a closed product that breaks the [...]
This diff is one of the most beautiful things that’s ever appeared on my monitor: filenameredacted.jsp (+159 -1038) I’ve said it before, but it’s worth repeating — there’s very little on this earth more satisfying than deleting code. It’s not the same with fiction: culling prose is like murdering your darlings; deleting code is like [...]
Mark Pilgram dishes out some sage advice: I’m a three-time (soon to be four-time) published author. When aspiring authors learn this, they invariably ask what word processor I use. It doesn’t fucking matter! I happen to write in Emacs. I also code in Emacs, which is a nice bonus. Other people write and code in [...]
David Dalrymple peers into our internet-augmented future: Within the next 50 years, I expect the development of direct neural links, making the data that’s available at our fingertips today available at our synapses in the future, and making virtual reality actually feel more real than traditional sensory perception. Information and experience could be exchanged between [...]
There is, in this middle of this spittle-flecked and mostly incoherent anti-Android screed, a deeply troubling complaint about the Android market: Seriously Google, you take no responsibility for the actual “experience” of this phone, yet you tout it as your tag line. Applications in Android Market don’t work for all devices. They have to be [...]
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