About three months ago, I decided that I was officially sick of AT&T. It wasn’t just their crappy cell-service, and it wasn’t just their extremely hit-or-miss customer service that really pushed me over the edge, either; it was the highway robbery they call a monthly bill. I was paying upwards of $100 a month simply [...]
The Snow Leopard Login Screen Apple is good at designing things simply and beautifully enough that users generally make little to no changes to their UI — but let’s face it, that space background gets pretty old after the first thousand logins, and they really should have included the login screen aesthetics in the system [...]
Today, CNN’s new app hit the App Store, and the world rejoiced. Mashable reported on it, and told masses of impressionable readers that it was impressive. I’m not going to disagree with Ben on this, but I am going to chime in a bit where he left off. What wasn’t talked about all that much [...]
I don’t like to brag. I hate braggarts, and I hate feeling like one. That doesn’t stop me from committing this post to indulging in some serious self-appreciation, as well as reiterating my previous points on this issue in a “how’s your face feel” fashion towards those who would disagree. If you’re not familiar with [...]
I’ve been periodically installing and stress-testing builds of Chrome and Chromium over the last few months, waiting for the day when I could comfortably say “it’s ready.” Today was that day. I couldn’t be happier, save for maybe a little bit smoother window-resizing, but that’s trivial since I keep it the same size after the [...]
Yesterday on TechCrunch, Mike Arrington posted a rant article proclaiming that he “Quit The iPhone.” I began reading the post with the usual trepidation, since lately it’s just not possible to predict what Arrington might do in what seems to be an endless bid for the world’s attention. My fears were indeed confirmed as he [...]