Gio's blog
about a busy life..
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This is kind of a prediction, since at the time I’m writing this, Papers 2.0 is not out yet. But I think it all boils down to the 30% cut they would have to give to Apple.
The advantages of the Mac Apple Store are basically two: visibility and simplicity (to install, pay and upgrade). The disadvantages are that every upgrade has to be review and accepted, and that you lose 30% (well, probably slightly less, since every payment system will cost you something).
But Papers.app does not need visibility: it’s already well-known in academia, an environment where collaboration and information sharing (including the software used to get things done) is broadly practiced.
And Papers users are usually geek enough to not notice the easiness of the Mac App Store anyway. At least I know I am :)
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I don’t know if people are supposed to do that, but I calibrate the battery of my laptop every now and then. It’s a simple process that should ensure longer battery life and more accurate percentage indicator.
The battery had 7% left, and the Mac has to sleep automatically for the calibration to work. It was late, I didn’t want to surf the web for 20 minutes or to photoshop something.
So I asked my wife if she wanted to watch something on the web, in Flash. Three minutes later the computer was sleeping.
I wonder how Toshiba feels about it1, but I’m happy to have Flash only within Google Chrome, following daringfireball advice.
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Even nicer than before. Basically the connection was bad, and the OpenDNS page search showed up. I search for gmail, and bang, gmail in iTunes. I knew iTunes was missing something, now I definitely know what Apple could insert in iTunes 11: Safari 6!
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Apple is abandoning Java, Apple is abandoning Flash.
I remember some words of the think different campaign, which fit the situation:
The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They invent. They imagine.
That’s what people at Apple are doing: They imagine how the computing and mobile world should be. And they try as hard as they can to realize their vision, to push everyone forward, ignoring the status quo.
Is Apple making any sense with its OS policy? Should we go Microsoft instead? Ask WolframAlpha.
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As I’m reading at Mac Os X hints, it seems that Apple is determined to stop ugly Java in their operating system. While it may seem radical, I couldn’t agree more. They invest a lot of time in creating a beautiful UI, a pleasant to use UX, and then what happens? The user get these Java apps which are careless for the UI, the UX, looking like island of ugliness in a sea of beauty, spoiling thus everything. It’s like when you cook a magnificent pasta, let’s say pasta mozzarella and melanzane„ invite some guy from south-america, and there he spoils it with mayonnaise. Ok, he likes that, it does not affect my pasta, but, gosh, what a sacrilege and what a waste of time on my side. That’s kind of the same with Mac Os X and Java. Java is the mayonnaise on the pasta mozzarella and melanzane.
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Very nice article by Shawn. Take home message: re-writing, re-editing. And repeat. Repeat. Repeat. With respect to this, very similar to Gruber’s view on how Apple Rolls. Alas, how I wish I would still write for zeronave..
