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Thoughts on The Amazing Spider-Man

I watched The Amazing Spider-Man last night. This was a much more thoughtfully written story, with far better casting and acting. Garfield, Stone, Sheen, and Field all gave very heartfelt and believable performances. Ryan Ifans was wonderful as Dr. Curt Connors. I actually felt bad for him. You could really

By Alex Knight 15 Jul 2012

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On Jolla's Promise to Build New MeeGo Based Smartphones

I’ll concede that when the Nokia N9 was first announced last year, I kind of fell in love with the design of the phone. Although I never managed to grab one, from what I saw in a few videos on what the UI/UX was like, it seemed like

By Alex Knight 13 Jul 2012

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An Interview with George Giannakos of Revolver

This week I had the pleasure of speaking with George Giannakos, co-founder of Revolver Coffee. Revolver is one of the most truly unique coffee experiences you’ll encounter in Vancouver, Canada. If you ever happen to be in town, you owe it to yourself to stop by. You can also

By Alex Knight 29 Jun 2012

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Thoughts on Apple's Podcast App

My Twitter timeline exploded today when Apple unleashed its new podcasting iOS app. It was hardly surprising that a dedicated podcast app was on the way–since Apple removed this functionality from Music.app in the iOS 6 betas—yet I was at least expecting the app to ship with

By Alex Knight 26 Jun 2012

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An Interview with Myke Hurley of 70Decibels

Author's note (Feb 4, 2015): Relay.fm is now the new home of Myke Hurley's podcast network. This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Myke Hurley, the co-founder and executive producer of the 70Decibels network. Myke can be found on Twitter @Imyke and at

By Alex Knight 13 Jun 2012

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Farewell to The 17" MacBook Pro

Today Apple released a 15” Retina quality MacBook Pro – it’s absolutely gorgeous from what I’ve seen in the promotional images and camera shots. Whilst dazzled by the specifications of its new 5.1 million pixel IPS display, I almost missed the part where Apple quietly gave the 17”

By Alex Knight 12 Jun 2012

The Lead-Up to WWDC

Soon enough, Tim Cook will take the stage at Moscone West in San Francisco. Every year, many of us find ourselves shrouded in scuttlebutt – of which Apple is the focal point – however, I’m trying to read less of that tripe. Even if it feels like an over reported and

By Alex Knight 11 Jun 2012

An In-Depth Look at Gauges App

A few months back I closed my Google account. With that went many of its services that I used on a regular basis. FeedBurner, which once used to be a good product, has since languished since Google decided to acquire them. I've seen many people complain about this,

By Alex Knight 02 Jun 2012

Pushing App Store Updates to All of My Macs

I'm fortunate enough that I can say I get to use my favourite tools for getting things done at home and at the office. At home I have a MacBook Pro, whilst at the office I run a Mac Mini. I use the App Store on a regular

By Alex Knight 31 May 2012

Typography Nerds

One of the things I love about being a typography nerd is that one can spend an inordinate amount of time fiddling with kerning, line-height, or even finding that perfect serif for long form reading. I’ve redesigned this site numerous times over the years, changing the layout in vast

By Alex Knight 21 May 2012

Instant-On MacBooks

One of the features I’ve wanted since the inception of the iPhone and iPad is instant on and off for my MacBook Pro. As solid state storage prices continue to plummet year-after-year, and as Apple continues to fine-tune OS X, we seem to be getting much closer to this

By Alex Knight 17 May 2012

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It Is Only A Matter of Time before Google Exerts More Control over Android

It’s only a matter of time before Google starts to feel that it should exert more pressure on its device manufacturing partners. In fact, this is happening right now (for reasons I’ll get into). I’ll posit that ODM’s (Original Equipment Manufacturers) need Google more than Google

By Alex Knight 15 May 2012
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