Duck Rowing

So you’ve finally got iOS 5, iPhoto ‘11, and Mac OS 10.7.2 downloaded.

Why can’t Siri make new tasks for me?

So, iCloud, an atomic powered sync service that will take me into the post-pc world of devices won’t sync my stored passwords?

Down we go…

So Google wants everything to run in a browser, even if you end up with computers that suck while they’re also promoting Android which is selling like hotcakes and goes against the company’s DNA.

David Pouge has a review of the first Chromebook.

The other day I tried out the new iTunes.

Just downloaded the iTunes update that has preliminary support for iCloud syncing.

OSnews is reporting that HP is open to licensing WebOS.

Ars Technica is running a story about Eric Schmidt’s mea culpa on how he Fraiser Craned the Facebook situation.

You’ll be sorry when the zombies come.

A while back I posted instructions for how to document Objective-C with Doxygen.

Google has announced that it will soon ship ChromeOS laptops.

TechCrunch is posting what may very well be the first screen shot of the Windows AppStore.

July 7, 2009.

Thom Holwerda has a post about the “openess” of Android which is a response to John Gruber’s comment about the “openess” of Android.

Remember when the iPod came on the scene and there were scores of people pointing out how all those less expensive, feature rich, CD based mp3 players were technically superior and much cheaper?

Jean-Louis Gassée of BeOS fame has a new post at Monday Note regarding Microsoft’s approach to tablets.

I’m probably not the guy you want music recommendations from, but here we go.

Guy English (via Justin Williams) has his assessment of the mobile players after the Android open bomb dropped.

I had a conversation with a colleague a few months back about Linux still being behind the curve on the desktop.

Jim Dalrymple posted a quick comment on Apple’s curated AppStores.

Ars is reporting that Apple is only considering OS X applications in the Mac AppStore for Apple Design Awards this year.

Digitimes has a story claiming that the Nook has “taken up over 50% of the iPad-like market in the North America market”.

I recently picked up an iPad 2.

Privacy is generally recognized as a human right.

TLDR - Yes.

Note that there is a follow up to this article.

Now that the iPad is out the door and we have our first taste of iPhone OS 4, a lot of people are up in arms about Apple’s new approach to personal computing.

I’ve held my opinions on the iPad up to date.

I just finished Rework, the new book from 37 Signals founders Jason Fried and David Heinemeir Hansson.

This approach no longer works with Xcode 4.

When working on a projects, whether they consist of a single file or hundreds of classes, documentation is a requirement.

As I alluded to in my earlier post regarding memory management, I recently had a tricky bug using Core Data on multiple threads in my current project.

If you’re a working programmer like me, you probably have shelves full of books on various languages and APIs that are essentially gathering dust.

I’ve been working on a killer bug for the past few days.