Sometime last spring, I sent off 12 images from the Nighthawks series to Color magazine for the portfolio contest, and then promptly forgot about it. A couple of weeks ago, the magazine sent me an e-mail saying that my portfolio had been selected for inclusion in an upcoming issue. Not being dummies, they took the… [Read More]
iPod Touch gen 4 OOBE
The process was entirely uneventful; a textbook example of what a user’s first experience with the new product should be. Except for the usual IQ test associated with the clever, but sometimes opaque, Apple packaging, the physical part of the operation was smooth and intuitive. Even figuring out how to get the darn thing out… [Read More]
Hartnell reception
I apologize. I’ve been really busy, and I got behind on this blog. I’m going to try to catch up in the next few days. This post is either a reminder or an open invitation to attend the reception for the Hartnell show. The reception for the Nighthawks show at Hartnell will be from 4… [Read More]
Droid X vs iPhone: how many buttons?
In the early eighties, there was a lot of controversy about how many buttons a mouse should have. Unix computers often used three button mice. The Xerox PARC computers, which most consider to be the ur-GUI for both Microsoft and Apple, used three button mice. The first version of Microsoft Word shipped in 1983 with… [Read More]
Droid X vs iPhone: preliminary conclusions
The Droid X appears to be a worthy competitor to the iPhone. It is a less mature product, with releases to the OS coming thick and fast, and it is a bit less polished. The philosophical difference between the two OSs appears to be similar to the philosophies of the two companies: Apple’s approach sacrifices… [Read More]
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