Steve Jobs and the London iPhone party
The iPhone was finally released into the wilds of London today. I went into the Regent Street store with Bobbie (also from the Guardian) to listen to Steve Jobs speak to a fairly small audience. His...
View ArticleHome, work, the bus and the tablet
During the last few weeks I have a had a few conversation about Apple’s expected tablet, some of which have involved the other person saying “Yes, but what is it for?” I think it is aimed at various...
View ArticleSome thoughts about an older tablet
In preparing to design for the iPad I wanted to get a bit beyond the images I’d seen of emulated page turns, or pages being flicked and scrolled (as in the NYT demo) or the all singing all dancing...
View ArticleSimplicity and fake wood at the Apple conference
There was not much talk about type leading or grids at WWDC 2010 though the role of design was invoked many times. Neither of these things should be surprising at an event focused on developers of apps...
View ArticleNot content with iPad content
I’ve read articles lately about how readerships of ipad magazines has dropped off to a low level. This does not surprise me, because although there have been some impressive examples to “ooh and ahh”...
View ArticleA short way down the digital road
Everywhere I look I see newspapers bringing out tablet apps which reflect the daily printed product. This is true in every country and every type of news organisation. the visions that many had of...
View ArticleJobs on getting the job done
Since Steve Jobs died on 5 October this year there has been an outpouring of tributes from President Obama’s amazing statement — to users of iPhones, MacBooks and iPods cards, post-it notes and bitten...
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