joeminkie

Sometimes the upgrade date can be moved up if you pay a lot per month because of a larger plan, unlimited sms/data, etc. You pay off your subsidization quicker.

Yes but then everyone in Starbucks using iPhones looks out the window at the poor people walking by using cheap Android phones and drinking cheap coffee. That's who they think they're leading, not each other.

They want you to get the new Thunderbolt LED Display which has a gigabit ethernet adapter built in.

<link rel="apple-touch-startup-image" href="/startup.png">

under "Specifying a Startup Image": https://developer.apple.com/library/safari/#documentation/Ap...

That trifecta sounds similar to what Michael Lopp will be talking about soon: http://rands-at-etsy.eventbrite.com/.

I've have similar issues when switching back and forth to an external monitor. After switching though I just quit and restart f.lux and it looks fine again.

It is getting tiresome to hear Apple fans, having long bashed Google's Android because "open" was bad, now bash Google for being somewhat less "open."

From my admittedly Apple-fanboy perspective, I always thought the argument wasn't that open = bad, just that that Google shouldn't use it as a marketing point if they're not 100% open.

And Apple makes just as big a deal about the advantages of iOS being closed as Google does about the openness of Android.

Right, but with Apple closed means closed. No one says that Apple is a "almost closed" and argues they should be totally closed. Google is half-assing their definition of open — which is fine, do what you want — but people are calling BS and rightfully so. The argument should be what is better: 100% closed or less than 100% open? This is where the shades of grey come in.

I wonder if this has anything to do with the new accounting procedures (e.g. 99 cents for Face Time, charging for iTouch updates, etc)? Maybe it will be free to Lion users?

The comments are where the meat of the article is. You can also get some info here: http://tumblr.tomhenrich.com/post/2675663088/own-your-data.

I find Tantek's implementation fascinating but I think this is a good critique of it. I also agree with http://twitter.com/#!/glenda/status/24216200326152192 that the ideas of personal data ownership and permanence is one of the next big things to tackle.

I know there are way more devs than designers here but adding a little unique typography to your web app can't hurt.

Between this and Typekit I can't wait to see new web typography take off.

I recently read about another Dropbox text-editing app coming out soon too: http://www.secondgearsoftware.com/elements/. I've been waiting for apps like these for awhile. I like using TextMate to write and organize my notes as txt files but haven't had a good way to sync and edit them on the iPhone/iPad yet. I'm surprised it's taken this long actually.

As someone who named my design/development company Beard, Beard & Beard I find this encouraging that non-serious names can still be taken seriously. Although I'm doing fine so far I always wonder if the name is too silly and is turning off potential clients I never hear from. I was in a rush when I was coming up with names but I definitely chose not to go with anything like Something Something Designs or Something Something Design Studio and am happy with that part of it at least.

"I would jump ship in a second, but there's nothing I think is worth jumping to."

When I hear someone say this it seems more like the lock-in is coming from within them not from Apple. If you can't find another setup worth jumping to you must not care about Apple's policies, etc as much as you say.

You can always Instapaper your own site to check but, no, you most likely won't need it. There will always be edge cases and poorly coded/broken markup on many sites though. That's what this is for.

You don't have to be on the _same_ wifi network, you just both have to be on wifi somewhere. It's like video chatting on the desktop (Skype, iChat) but on the iPhone instead. I'm sure they were forced to make it wifi for now because the 3G carriers couldn't handle all the extra traffic (AT&T at least).

I haven't heard of the idea of algorithmic link shortening before but it makes a lot of sense.

Found this and Tantek's custom "personal publishing/syndicating/tweeting/updating web application" Flacon (http://tantek.pbworks.com/Falcon) really interesting. The implementation on his personal site leaves something to be desired design-wise but I really like the ideas behind it.

"When markets are open, anyone with a great idea has a chance to drive innovation and find new customers. Adobe's business philosophy is based on a premise that, in an open market, the best products will win in the end — and the best way to compete is to create the best technology and innovate faster than your competitors."

Is it just me or does that perfectly explain Apple's business philosophy regarding iPhone OS as well? The mobile market is open. Apple doesn't have a monopoly or a majority of the market. There are plenty of other phones and carriers to choose from. The bottom line is Apple is trying to make the best product with the best technology and faster innovation than anyone else – and they are succeeding. Adobe is just-now-almost-ready-to-release-a-beta of a mobile optimized flash player. The iPhone has been out and innovating for 3 years. Adobe is not following it's own philosophy very well.

App store approval, no flash player, 3.3.1, all the decisions Apple have made that have got people angry are all explained by them trying to make the best mobile experience they can. Is it the best ever? Is it the best for you? Is it the only way? If you answer 'no' to any of these you have two options: buy something else or make something better.

Having flash on the iPhone will not make it a better platform (from Apple's point of view, and mine). Did you see the flash content running on the Nexus One the other day? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y7XJI4NN7k) It looks great! If it allows reasonable battery life I want one. But at the same time I want iPhone apps. I don't want the progress of the iPhone and iPad to get stalled trying to get flash to work. Apple can keep innovating in it's way and Adobe can work with Google and HP and whoever else to innovate in another way. They can both coexist.

I think a lot of the issue is Adobe (and by extension flash developers) feel like they are entitled to develop for every platform. Apple has so much mindshare (despite is relatively small market share) that it's the new toy for developers to play with. Flash devs understandably want a piece of it. They are used to being able to write once run everywhere. Adobe is used to being able to tout their ability to allow flash devs to write once run anywhere. Apple's just finally the first company in the position to say no and be able to back it up.

note: I make a living doing flash and web development (5+ years)

I'm pretty sure they're not releasing CS5 next week, just previewing it.

I think the iPhone app just got released. Started right clicking around on the site to see how it worked. I was surprised to find it wasn't flash.

Also, I love the domain name!

Assuming you're a freelance programmer, how do people find you? You have a site, you market, word of mouth, you look on CL, job boards, etc. It's the same for designers and illustrators. Google around for "illustration portfolio" and similar. A lot of professional illustrators use agents too.

The interaction options for this are what I like the most.

That actually makes for a better point then: not being 'infinitely aware' of what the machine is doing allows you to pay more attention to everything else. In the case of the iPad that means you're free to focus jus on the web, movie, game, app, music, etc. That's a good thing. That's the point.

It's like a command line for the browser. See some commands here: http://quixapp.com/help/.

iPhone link: http://www.mrspeaker.net/dev/jq/ref/

I think some links are intended for the conversation they start here rather than the actual content itself, e.g. people have mentioned the OP has an app in the bundle that seems useful, MacHeist as a "marketing hack," etc. It might not be the best submission ever but I think it still falls within the boundaries of Hacker News.

I have to agree. The large bold type in short lines is hard to read. As with HN, you should be able to scan quickly. I like larger type than most people so that's good, but longer line lengths are essential. Another subtle thing about HN and is the color. The black (or almost black) and white is too jarring for quick scanning. If you want to keep the box design with images check out http://www.notcot.org/. Also, this article: http://www.brandonwalkin.com/blog/2009/08/10/managing-ui-com... specifically the part where he mocks up the Aperture 2.0 filter window with iLife-style controls (in regards to your double border on the boxes).

Despite all of this, though, it is a good idea and a good start. I hope it works out.

In regards to http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=848065, I thought this might be an interesting take from a less potentially-biased studio.

Thanks for this link.

I took ~3 years of Japanese (using Japanese for Busy People I - III) but I'm definitely not as far along as I'd like to be.

This is the best replacement for a ~$300 electronic dictionary on the iPhone I've found so far: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftwa... (iTunes link). As it's been said, learning to speak vs. learning to read is a whole different story.