“Groovy Motherfucker”

“1. A developer may not injure Apple or, through inaction, allow Apple to come to harm.”

Fascinating article about the making of Apple’s iconic “1984” commercial.

The Incident (fab iOS game) now has a TV mode. You connect your iPad via video cable to your TV, then use your iPhone (over wifi) as a controller.

Does anyone watch this and *not* see the future of Apple TV? Games downloaded to your telly, controlled by the handheld iOS devices in the room. I’ll eat my hat if we don’t see something like this promoted by WWDC 2011.

A blind user describes the power of using an iPhone with VoiceOver. “I can safely say that the iPhone represents the most revolutionary thing to happen to the blind for at least the last ten years.”

Appstore fanfic.

Apple *finally* add support for the crazy concept that maybe, just maybe, some people wanted a calendar that more than one person could update. Joy & I have been using a mix of MobileMe and BusySync to support this for the last year or so, but having it be a real Apple feature will greatly simplify things.

Bruce Tognazzini on Apple & Steve Jobs: “His harsh treatment of both the ideas of, as well as the people of, the original Mac team led them to buy Steve a special red rubber stamp that said, “THIS IS S___!” so he could just stamp each page of their design submissions, instead of having to wear out his hand writing.”

One of the best things I’ve read following the iPad launch.

The packed auditorium, which had been listening to Jobs in hushed reverence for several minutes, then erupted into applause, with hundreds of men and women suddenly jumping to their feet and shouting, “I can see it!” “Look, there it is!” and “God, it’s so beautiful!”

Marco Arment, author of Instapaper, considers quitting iPhone development given Apple’s dumb moves. Steven Frank of Panic is looking even smarter for never falling into this mess.

John Gruber’s expectations for what the next iPhone will hold. I’ve long said that I’d happily pay a premium for an iPhone with a decent camera, so that’s the only thing I’m hoping for.

The bitter payoff of the final paragraph is epic. I can only dream of being able to compose something so perfectly pointed. I’d probably have gone with “Fuck yous all. kthxbai”

Woman finds sent email from husband to another woman with attached photo of him having a hand shandy. Husband claims this is a known iPhone bug. She turns to the Apple support boards for confirmation. “The future of my marriage depends on this answer!”

I’ve been using an Apple aluminium keyboard at work for the last couple of weeks (after stealing it off the desk of a departing colleague), and can confirm that it is an amazingly comfortable surface on which to type. Only downside: The function keys are different from the ones on the laptop keyboard, so I keep hitting the wrong ones.

Apple’s “Coming Soon” facade for the new Boston Apple Store is fashioned after the Green Monster scoreboard. Well played, Apple!

I rely on virtual machines for testing Windows code — I cannot fathom how Mac developers can possibly be expected to deliver quality applications without snapshotting and rolling back OS images.

I hadn’t thought of this: Apple may have said they’ll let you give away apps for free on the iPhone Apps store, but why not charge a couple of bucks? Your apps will still be impulse-downloads, and you might make some serious cash.