Apple produced a competitiveĪnalysis of the Lisa vs. I thought the most interesting part of this binder was the
Releasing it for download as a 33 MB PDF file. I have painstakingly scanned the original Lisa Sales Marketingīinder that was issued to Apple dealerships in 1983, and I am (And yet another example of the Associated Press emphasizing controversy above all else.) 1983 Apple Lisa Sales Marketing Binder ★ Interesting discussion as to why people are repulsed by the mere idea of a game based on a real-life tragedy, but not books or movies. Columbine, Videogames as Expression, and Ineffability ★
Based on a little less than 3 months of data, we see that of the customers who’ve bought Rough Cuts, 60% chose the PDF-only option 36% chose the bundle of PDF plus print book, and only 4% chose to pre-order the print book only. One of the interesting outcomes of our Rough Cuts early access program is some great data on the strong preference of our customers for downloadable PDFs over print books. (Via Cameron Moll.) Gentlemen Prefer PDFs ★ Beautiful and interesting - and there’s a Java applet to generate graphs on your own. HTML tags for popular web sites visualized as graphs. Wil Shipley gets screwed over by an identity thief and E-Trade.
Ian Griffiths predicts that we (or at least Windows users) are in store for an avalanche of crummy Office 12-inspired “ribbon” UI designs. Office 12 and the Forthcoming UI Cargo Cults ★ Jasper Hauser on the app icon for Dashcode. So one fundamental problem with my big layoffs idea is that the folks who have been responsible for us getting to this stage are most likely not going to be swept up in any house cleaning, but rather it will be the people that they have led. Friday, Mini-Microsoft Calls for Layoffs ★Įchoing several of the points I tried to make in “” today, Mini-Microsoft explains why he wants Microsoft to reduce its head count:
Used products like Gmail, Writely, Page Creator, and other This includes products I’ve already had some hand in
Language across all their collaborative and communication I’mĬharged with helping the company establish a common visual After a bit of negotiation and a lot of internalĭebate, I recently accepted an offer to join Google as Visualĭesign Lead, a position that did not previously exist there. Zealand at Webstock, so I’ll confirm that, yes, the rumors are not
(Via Scott McNulty.) Saturday, MacBook/MacBook Pro Comparison Chart ★ I’m interested in knowing which stores do allow her son to rearrange their furniture. (Again via Scott McNulty.) Bizarre Rant From Mom Whose Six-Year-Old Wasn’t Allowed to Drag Stool Around Apple Store ★Īn Apple Store employee refused to allow Amy Ridenour’s six-year-old son to drag a stool from the Genius Bar to the laptop area so that he could play with the MacBooks somehow Ridenour sees this as a gross injustice.
ADC: Shell Scripting Primer ★Īpple Developer Connection introduction to shell scripting on Mac OS X (although it’s almost entire applicable to any Unix-style OS). It’d be more surprising if either of these apps survived than if Adobe were to discontinue development on them. Glenn Fleishman Chases Down ‘GoLive and Freehand Are Dead’ Rumors ★ Adobe representative Robert Raiola stated that Dreamweaver will get a new interface and replace GoLive as the Web development application in the Creative Suite 3 package, due out in spring 2007. (Via Andrew Sheridan via email.) The Mac Observer: Adobe to Drop GoLive, Freehand ★Īdobe Systems France announced at Adobe Live that the development of GoLive and Freehand will be phased out. (Thanks to Jonathan Tyrrell for pointing this out.) All the Lovely Browsers ★ĭetailed analysis and benchmarks for the major modern web browsers, on both Windows and Mac OS X. It also no longer mentions disk defragmentation or restarting your Mac every few days just for kicks. Remember that goofy support document Apple posted last month, which advised periodically running Repair Permissions along with weird tips like dusting your computer and assigning your saved documents sensible file names? Well, it’s been revised, and it no longer mentions Repair Permissions. Apple’s ‘Mac Maintenance Quick Assist’ No Longer Recommends Periodically Repairing Permissions ★ I like it - a big improvement that preserves everything that’s good about the classic Slashdot brand.
Linked List: May 2006 Wednesday, Slashdot CSS Redesign Winner Announced ★