Overall day one impression: the iPhone is 95 percent amazing, 5 percent maddening. I’m just blown away by how nice it is – very thoughtful UI design and outstanding engineering. It is very fun.
This is why people love Daring Fireball. John stayed up all night putting together that article so it’d be fresh off the […]

Words cannot describe how incredibly wonderful this thing feels to touch and hold. It is an absolute marvel of engineering. Gorgeous in every way.
After 15 minutes of hands-on ‘research’ in the Apple store these are my sentiments exactly. [link]

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Yes. It’s true. I went and bought not one - but […]

Anyone have plans to get an iPhone tomorrow? I don’t.
Even if I did have future plans to get one - which I don’t at the moment - I wouldn’t be buying a 1st generation model. In a few months they’ll be better and cheaper. However, I am thinking of switching to Cingular in a few […]

I just read through Engaget’s live blog from the WWDC07 Keynote by Jobs. Some may be disappointed to not see a few things they were hoping for (*COUGH* 12″ MBP *COUGH*), but I think it was a good kick-off to the conference. Nothing intensely new, but a few more features for Leopard make it that […]

One could conceivably get by without ever paying for an application. But sometimes by pitching in a few extra bucks (or for some applications several hundred) you get your money’s worth and then some. There are a handful of apps I use daily that I bought and never looked back. Here are the programs I […]

The OS X dashboard. What a brilliant invention. I press F12 about 9,000 times a day. The dashboard makes life on my computer - and life in general - a little bit easier. Here are the dashboard widgets I’m currently using. I use all of them every day and none of them not every day.

Customizing your icons and folders not only gives your computer a little more flavah, but also makes getting around within folders quicker. Customizing your icons is easier than you may think. There are many icons available for free download and an excellent program called CandyBar makes it as easy as drag-n-drop.

With a well organized office file you should be able to find any document in 30 seconds or less. The same should be true of your computer. Your hard drive can be a powerhouse of potential. When clutter takes over we lose the ability to utilize our computer for daily productivity.