More and more I find myself trying to simplify things. Take notes as an example. I am a prolific note-taker. Wherever I go, I carry a Field Notes notebook in my pocket, along with a couple of pens. (I have ink stains on various pockets to prove this). Why carry a paper notebook when I have an iPhone in…
Dear Apple, I love you guys, but you must really curb your obsession with big cats. Mountain Lion? Really? Pickings are growing slim, eh? Sincerely, Jamie Todd Rubin
I upgraded to OS X Lion the day after it was released (the one day delay was due to the need to add additional memory). As those who’ve upgraded know, one of the trickiest things to get used to is how scrolling with a mouse or trackpad had changed. Traditionally, you use the scroll bar to…
I read today that Amazon finally caved to Apple’s in-app purchase policy. I can understand Apple’s desire to get its cut, but the desire to enforce this policy puts an unnecessary burden on customers and creates usability issues that are extremely annoying. For instance: Right now, if I want to buy a book from the…
I use my iPhone as my alarm clock. I rarely need an alarm clock because I generally wake up when I want to, but I set it as a backup. It has a soft harp sound that won’t wake Kelly and I can have an alarm for weekdays and weekends. Last night I set my…
Apple’s newest OS upgrade (OS 10.5, codename, “Leopard”) was released on Friday. There’s a ton of cool new features and I decided I’d head over to the Apple Store and pick it up. At the same time, in the back of my mind, I’d been thinking for a while now that it was time for…
If you haven’t already heard (I’ve had 5 people tell me in the space of 5 minutes), Apple has announced a refund of $100 to all purchasers of 8 GB iPhones prior to yesterday’s price slashing. The refund will be in the form of a store credit, but hey, that works for me. It’s nice…
I finally got around to purchasing an Airport Extreme base station today to replace my old wireless. My primary motivation was twofold. First, since I have all Macs at home now, I wanted the Apple base station. Second, I lost the CD’s to my old wireless router and had no way of enabling encryption. Now…