As far as I can remember, I began following Steve Jobs around 2005, when he announced that Apple would be switching to x86 hardware. He really impressed me in 2006, when he announced the MacBook Pro and iWeb. My infatuation with the iPhone In 2007, I was a summer intern at Google Santa Monica when…Continue Reading…
1. At the top left of your screen, open the Apple menu. 2. Click System Preferences… 3. Under Personal, click Langauge & Text. (On my system, this is the fifth icon from the left.) 4. Under the Language tab, drag English (or your preferred language) to the top of the list. In my case, I…Continue Reading…
When people complain that the iPad doesn’t have multitasking, a camera, a full-fledged desktop OS, or an exposed filesystem, they’re missing the point. They’re forgetting what came before: a slew of tablets from the likes of HP, Lenovo, Fujitsu, Asus, Toshiba and others. What do all of these existing tablets have? That’s right: multitasking, cameras,…Continue Reading…
Now that my (still awesome) 15″ MacBook Pro is 2 generations behind the latest and greatest, I wonder: What would be the cheapest way for me to get a new Mac? Would it be with my ADC student membership? Or would it be with the standard student discount?
I bought my iPhone on the first day it was released. That was June 29, 2007 — well over a year ago. The battery still works well — usually lasting a full day under normal use. But if it’s taken to areas with weak cell coverage, and used extensively for maps, traffic, email, news, and…Continue Reading…
My latest iPhone/iPod touch app, Whiteboard Lite, is now available in the iTunes App Store. This semester, I’m a Lab Assistant (also sometimes called a Teaching Assistant or TA) for the new ITP 499 iPhone App Development class here at USC (the University of Southern California). The most well-known iPhone App Dev class done so…Continue Reading…