iPhone App Pick of The Month Is Notica By Cleversome software

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”

More Thoughts on Apple’s Second Gen iPad And Retina display

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”

Finding Quality Apps in The App Store Still Sucks

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”

OSX 10.7 Lion And Beyond: How We Should Have Sandboxed Applications Like iOS

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”

Goodbye to Optical Drives in Future MacBooks And MacBook Pros

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”