Tag Archives: Apple

A Bridge

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For those of us stuck in the limbo world between Apple at home and Windows at work I offer help with workflows with Resoph notes, http://www.resoph.com/ResophNotes/Welcome.html . The text program syncs up nicely to Simplenote which in turn syncs up to NVAlt. This way information is shared on all devices from PC to iOS devices to iMac…

This little hack? I don’t know if it’s a bone fide hack but this trick really helps bridge both worlds. I have given up the fight of trying to “turn” the IT department from the dark side of Microsoft. And, while I never bought any Windows for Mac software stories from the Internet indicate that the programs really don’t work all that well. Plus they are to expensive to maybe work. So I have decided to try and come up with as many hacks and workflows that I can that bridge the worlds.

If you are in the same spot and know of any tricks please share them. I’m sure I’m not the only corporate stooge dealing with this problem.

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Apple takes a licking but still keeps on…

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Forbes’ Nigam Arora  on Thursday fired off a potshot at Apple:

One theory is that Apple is acting out of desperation.  Tim Cook has been talking about innovation but not many seem to believe him.  At Goldman’s conference, Tim Cook said that innovation culture at Apple has never been stronger. Perhaps Apple leaked details of iWatch to put some meat on the statement by Cook. The other theory is that Apple found out about a watch-like product that Samsung is working on.

This is silliness. Why would a company as profitable worry about a product that has nothing to do with its core offering. If Apple is working on an iWatch it will be an iPod that is tied to the iPhone. A side product – like Apple TV – or a remote device that directs other Apple products in youDahomey environment. If there is any difference in Apple operations it’s with the leadership team. With the death of Steve Jobs the company clearly has lost it’s best Product Manager. The Maps debacle would have never happened and iPad 3 would never have been released.

That New Apple Smell

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I’m in half-year heaven. All of the stars, planets and wayward asteroids must have lined up before hurtling themselves toward the Earth…I now have an iPhone 5 and a new iPad mini. Okay the iMac is nearly 4 years old but (knock on wood) it’s still running like a top.

So what is this six month reprieve? I figure that we Apple people have about a half a year before we have the overwhelming need to perform an “un-boxing”. It’s a half year of heaven before the newer better operating system or amazing new feature arrives. In this extraordinary period of of time Apple end-users are on top of the digital world.

Fan boys and pundits recently have been running at the mouth at how Apple will unveil just little advances because all the big Jobsonian events just won’t happen anymore. Well, if that’s the case then so be it. It also means I will be spending more time on Mount Digital-Don’t-Wish-You-Had! Seriously I had been in a dry spell since iPad first generation. So I truly hope this feeling sticks around a while.

What if the pundits are wrong…that’s okay…the next 6(?) months will be like a Florida vacation in February.

Dear Andy & Santa

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Andy Ihnatko has some interesting thoughts concerning the iPad Mini and its supposed announcement in October. He states his concerns that if such a major announcement is coming he has yet to see any signs of it. Check it out:  http://ihnatko.com/

Andy, two things to think about…Timmy is going “double-down” on the secrecy thing. And, why blow sales on the iPad pre-Christmas? The iPad mini is the perfect size for a stocking stuffer (hint-hint-wink-wink) and it’s supposedly is so much cheaper than it’s big brother.

The announcement has to come in a couple of weeks. I’ve already DM-ed Santa and the mini is on the list!

And one more thing…

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Horace Dediu’s post “Building and dismantling the Windows advantage” offers a great explanation of what happened to Microsoft’s dominant market position. May I offer one more reason why many people may have turned to Apple after the turn of the century? And, I propose this as just one of many reasons but a reason none the less…The Apple store. Non-nerds feel comfortable buying a computer knowing that if something goes wrong or if they have a question they can drop off their i-device to a genius and say “fix it”! The Apple store also was built and is run to serve its customers not just to sell stuff. That, I believe is a great advantage to the millions of people who are computer users and not hobbyists.