Yet Another Switcher
Monday, May 05, 2008 - 09:06 AM
Much attention is given to “switchers” in the Mac journalism front (and even in general “tech” journalism). I think this one deserves attention, however, because it’s from the perspective of not an average user (or, commonly for these types of articles, a tech journalist), but from a programmer. He digs into the under-the-hood stuff to explain why he, as a programmer, switched to OS X from Windows. And, he doesn’t get bogged down in any of the stupid quasi-religious/political/emotional B.S. that usually surrounds platform choice. He just lays out the facts surrounding his decision.
Part one is here:
Part two is here:
I think this quote sums things up nicely:
There might not be as much third-party software for Mac OS X as there is for Windows… , but the quality of the applications is a great deal better. Third-party developers on Mac OS X strive to make applications that work in a way that’s consistent with the OS itself, with first-party applications, and even with each other.
Of course, the article goes into quite a bit of depth as to the reasons why that is, but (to me, anyway) that seems to be the crux what he’s getting at.
Big Surprise
Thursday, May 01, 2008 - 10:10 AM
I really can’t be shocked to find out that Global Warming deniers are outright liars. I guess when you don’t have reality on your side, you just hope that people don’t question your B.S.
And Per Se And
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - 08:14 AM
&
A historical look at the Ampersand from a typographical point of view.
By the way, if you are at all interested in fonts and typography, typography.com is a great resource. I have kind of a hold over interest on the topic from my brief design/desktop publishing days - back when I could actually identify many fonts on sight by name, and always knew which font I was looking for for whatever project I was working on. (Unlike now, where I usually have to switch to Font Book and scroll through the font list trying different fonts to see what they look like.)
Unpacking the iPhone
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 - 03:33 PM
One of the weirdest, most pointless trends in on-line tech journalism/blogging recently has been “articles” which are nothing more than photo sets of someone un-boxing their shiny new tech toys. This is brilliant parody of that trend:
(I’m sure it’s meant as a parody, but I could be wrong. Either way it’s brilliant.)
History of Milliways
Friday, April 18, 2008 - 08:53 AM
If, like me, you’re interested in the history of computing, and the individual stories behind how some things did or didn’t come to be, you might appreciate this.
Andy Baio at Waxy.org managed to get his hands on the complete backup of Infogames 1989 network drive. From that he’s pieced together the history of the infamous sequel to the Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy computer game, Milliways: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Obviously, this should also appeal to Douglas Adams fans. For me, that’s a double jackpot!
It’s a long, but interesting, story. And, he includes an actual playable prototype of the game.