Author Archives: alexknight

I don’t normally do this, but I really wanted to bring some attention to an absolutely amazing note taking app called Notica by Cleversome software. Extremely well thought out and beautifully designed app. Very interesting design and provides a different take on note taking than many other similar style apps in the App Store. TheContinue reading “iPhone App Pick of The Month Is Notica By Cleversome software”

I’ve been thinking lately about the glutton of apps I have installed on my iPhone (3GS). I’m seriously considering wiping the entire phone and starting from a clean slate. Other than the core apps I use every day, the majority of my apps are games. It got me thinking though. Why the hell isn’t thereContinue reading “Why Can’t You Backup Game App Saves in iOS?”

Lately I’ve been lusting over getting a new MacBook Pro after my 2007 Santa Rosa’s logic board bit the dust earlier this year. I’ve been spending the last month determining whether or not I should think about getting an refurbished model from Apple and save a few bucks, or wait until the 2011 refresh andContinue reading “No Longer Obsessing Over The Latest MacBook Pros”

In yesterdays piece I wrote about Apple’s second generation iPad that we’re all anxiously awaiting with baited breath. It got me thinking when reading some back and forth discussions on Twitter yesterday about how Apple will (or maybe I should say would) pull off handling a doubling of pixel resolution on a 9.7″ display (currentlyContinue reading “More Thoughts on Apple’s Second Gen iPad And Retina display”

As I sit here at my desk drinking a delicious beer and wishing my American friends a Happy Thanksgiving, I can’t help when my mind wanders away from me and starts to think about the MacBook Pro refresh happening early 2011 (kind of sad eh?). Yesterday 9to5Mac reported that about a rumour that Final CutContinue reading “Thoughts on The Next Major MacBook Pro 2011 Refresh”

I’ve tried a ton of different cooking apps on my iPhone over the years. Now with the iPad, I’ve come to the conclusion that following a recipe on the iPhone is completely useless. You really do need the larger screen and perhaps a dock to allow you to prop up your iPad whilst in theContinue reading “Cooking Apps Are Useless on An iPhone”

This is another piece on a continuing thought about app discovery: Lately I’ve been perusing the App Store spending on average 30 minutes in search of interesting, creative, beautiful, and well designed apps. Yes, all those things are requirements that I consider in order for something to be truly great. Playing with some recent appsContinue reading “Finding Quality Apps in The App Store Still Sucks”

Lately I’ve been thinking about how Apple has a real opportunity to bring additional benefits of iOS to OS X as far as app management is concerned. We now have a pretty clear picture on the benefits the Mac App store will bring in 10.7 as far as brining some of the same great usabilityContinue reading “OSX 10.7 Lion And Beyond: How We Should Have Sandboxed Applications Like iOS”

With the release of the new MacBook Air, Apple is not only continuing it’s tradition of not including an optical drive but they have taken steps and given us hints that future Macbooks may not contain optical drives. This time around instead of shipping physical media so that you can reinstall your OS or applicationsContinue reading “Goodbye to Optical Drives in Future MacBooks And MacBook Pros”

So apparently Apple is hosting an event on Oct 20th called “Back to the Mac,” which is interesting and seems a bit out of left field right now. Back in July I wrote about the next logical step for OSX and what we can expect over the next few years. My closing comments were: WWDCContinue reading “OSX 10.7 Should Be Something More Ambitious”