Island in the Net by Khürt Williams
Technology and Photography Musings. Established circa 2000.
There are so many millions of iPad users that no simple explanation can cover all use cases. But my take, since last year, has been that the full-size iPad is best seen as an alternative to a laptop, and the iPad Mini as a supplement to a laptop.Daring Fireball: The iPad Air.
Yes! Yes! Since I got my iPad I no longer use a laptop. In fact I sold my laptop and use my iMac for "heavy lifting".
Apple and Google; Design and Web Services:
Outside of sync services, Apple has other web problems. Here are a few examples:
- Apple can’t update its online store without taking it offline first.
- A popular Game Center game was able to bring down the entire network.
- Apple requires you to re-friend everyone on Game Center, Find my Friends, and Shared Photostreams.
- Notes requires an email account to sync.
- The iTunes and App Stores are still powered by WebObjects, a mostly dead framework written almost 20 years ago.
- iMessage for Mac lives in an alternate dimension in which time has no ordered sequence.
- Ping.
(Via Daring Fireball)
I agree that Apple has a problem in this area. Google's web services are solid. However, I don't believe buying Twitter is the answer.
If you always think everything is awesome all the time, and that polish, "nit picking," and user experience don't matter, then you turn into desktop Linux. No one wants that.
Android’s Back Button (Via Daring Fireball)
Desktop Linux is what led me to the Mac. I almost considered using an Android OS based phone. Then I remembered my experiences with the Linux desktop.
