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And if you're not down with that...

I keep imagining it like the writer prints out the article and then holds it up right in Steve Jobs' face, and then taunts him like he just won the Super Bowl.

"YEAH STEVE! HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT? 1.1 SECONDS FASTER BITCH! UNH!" Complete with pelvic thrusts. It makes me laugh while I close the tab and completely ignore anything that might have been redeemable about the actual article.

"[…] in reality, bigger companies move slower. I don't really think this is a good excuse - if policies and processes mean it takes 5 months to release an update, then the policies and processes need improving. If a big company can't work as efficiently as a small company, then the big company should act as smaller companies."

This seems really naive to me. If Microsoft could just "act as smaller companies" on directive, they wouldn't be in the mess they're in.

Of course, on the other side, a MS employee simply stating that big companies move slower like it's an unchangeable law of nature gives a little insight into the problem as well.

I don't know about NO gain in security, but certainly less gain in security than other measures that cost less, don't cause health concerns and don't violate the Constitution.

Worth seeing this article just for the hilarious line "What a bitch. I deserve no one."

Apple has a standard 14 day return policy on all products that they continue to honor when new devices come out.

Who said anything was a replacement for anything? I'm giving examples of content creation on the iPad to someone who said it couldn't do content creation "at all". It doesn't mean everybody should switch to it completely for everything, that's ridiculous.

I think you're wrong about that, but we'll have to wait to find out. So how about Brushes, which was used to make two New Yorker covers?

iPads absolutely can produce content. The new GarageBand and iMovie apps are perfect examples of just how much potential the iPad has for creation.

10 so far. But I'm a consultant so it's not surprising.

Why should Apple make it easy to jailbreak? That's spending development resources directly against their own interest.

That said, you have complete access to your own device, but you don't own the OS running on it. If you want to figure out a way to run Android or something else on it, you're absolutely within your rights to do so, but Apple isn't under any obligation, legal or otherwise, to make it easy for you.

As for Grooveshark, it's a shame for them that they're not on the App Store, but it looks like they were for a bit and then got DMCA'd for some reason. There's nothing particular about the app itself that is objectionable for the store, considering Pandora is up there just fine and it seems like they're the same kind of thing. Jailbreak+Cydia is an alternative, but again, it's not Apple's job to make it a viable one.

You're welcome to jailbreak your iPhone and install whatever you want on it. It's perfectly legal, but Apple is not under an obligation to support it, or keep the security holes that allow it in place, or even make it easy for you.

I'm not a "founder" in the startup sense, but I did start my own indie development and consulting shop, and I think the startup founders can relate to my experience. For example, 16, 18, even 20 hour days are common. Keeping the business going becomes the major focus in your life. You think about it all day and dream about it if you manage to get some sleep at night. You hope and you dream and scratch and claw and fight and work your butt off every single day with no end in sight. It's your idea, your vision, your baby.

For an employee, it's a job. They do the work, they get paid. They may care, and they may care a lot, but they'll never have the kind of commitment you have as a founder. Someone recently asked me if when I hire my first employee, if I'll be able to double my productivity. I wish it were true, but I would never ask an employee to work the kind of hours I do.

So are founders always worth 1000x more than the employees? Maybe not always, but I can sure see the argument being made.

Nice and all, but the scroll bars don't work on the iPad, nor is there a way to scroll the tag list on the left. A step in the right direction though.

Was he standing in the aisle? In his seat? Neither may justify being roughed up like that, but this appears to be a statement from his lawyers, and a video that only shows him being removed. Can we even be confident this is the whole truth?

All I want is for any TV or movie on iTunes that is purchasable to also be rentable. I don't have any desire to buy, say, The Social Network for $20, but I'll rent it for $5. This goes double for TV shows. I love Fringe, but if I miss an episode I don't want to spend $3 to buy it, watch it once and never see it again. Let me rent it for $1 and I'll be happy.

What Apple does is curate the store to their standards, which makes them the decision makers on what is and is not acceptable. Copyright is a large and nuanced legal issue in which they can't be the final arbiter, so why would they want to expose themselves to that hassle? This exact issue is a great example: according to the "copiers", they have a legal right to release the app. Whether or not they do is not up to Apple to decide.

Agreed. What bugs me about Rosen's statement is that he seems to expect Apple to police this for him, and that's not something they can or should do. He's within his rights to send Apple a DMCA takedown and they'll respond to it, as they have done in the past (for example, in the case of VLC for iPad)

I used to have a home office, but we moved into an (allegedly) temporary place and my desk is just in a corner of the living room now. It's not anything approaching ideal and we're hoping to buy a house soon so I can have my office back.

I suppose the MacBook Air is light enough that one could do "look at screen" work like this.

Watch out for traffic though.

If you're an iOS developer, you NEED TestFlight. It makes the process of sending betas, client demos, really anything you'd use an adhoc build for, so much easier. I use it almost every day, and I can't count how many frustrating hours it has saved me.

(Not a paid advertisement, I just really love TestFlight this much, I promise!)

Apple isn't putting iOS on the desktop. It wouldn't look right, feel right or work right. They will however be incorporating some iOS ideas into OS X. I really do believe that they'll do it with a careful and steady hand.

Agreed. It was something the iOS app store needed as well. Obviously it's in the works, I'm sure it won't be too long.

That's basically the extent of the copy protection we use. The idea is that pirates probably aren't going to buy your app anyway, and any significant time you spend trying in vain to beat them is time taken away from fixing bugs, writing new features, sales or support of actual customers. Since most of us are one person shops, the tradeoff is pretty obvious.

I'm honestly surprised that some people are so desperate to not pay $5 for Angry Birds. I mean, I sort of understand pirating $800 apps like Adobe's suite, but $5 for a bird slingshot game?

For full disclosure's sake, I am an iOS and Mac developer, so I have some skin in the game.

Most indie Mac developers will tell you they don't really concern themselves with app piracy. This is the same thing; someone still has to upload the dmg to some shady website, the pirate has to find it and remove the DRM files, and then do it all over again when there's an update and hope it keeps working. Or, just pay $3 and never worry about it again.

For reference, the link to Whole Foods "Unacceptable Ingredients" list is here: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/products/unacceptable-ingred...

Why is it wearing a fez?

This is phones sold to distribution, not phones sold to consumers.

Sorry, I meant Angry Mac Bastards. It's a podcast based on yelling. Normally I know better than to throw around obscure acronyms like that.