A personal website (blog) by Khürt Williams, with inchoate ramblings on Apple technology, photography, and geekery.
Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t…
Continue Reading"For the web to move forward and for consumers to get the most out of touch-first browsing, the Metro style browser in Windows 8 is as HTML5-only as possible, and plug-in free," said Dean Hachamovtich, who leads Microsoft's Internet Explorer team. "The experience that plug-ins provide today is not a good match with Metro style…
Continue Readinggdgt's co-founder and technology critic Ryan Block on why we needn't worry about Steve Job's absence from Apple. For the nearly fifteen years since his return, Steve's worked to prepare Apple to avoid the mistakes of the past, stock leadership and board members loyal to his way of thinking and doing business, show the bad apples…
Continue ReadingIn terms of Steve Jobs, I think this is just another arrow in his quiver. He's done a great job at innovating, and he's got a product that people feel like they want to carry. And we did want to carry the iPhone. I would also make this point: We're further along in 4G than…
Continue ReadingIf developers grow dependent on third party development libraries and tools, they can only take advantage of platform enhancements if and when the third party chooses to adopt the new features. We cannot be at the mercy of a third party deciding if and when they will make our enhancements available to our developers. Steve…
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