I think the main problem with the ad is that it doesn’t make any sense to non-nerds.
★ [...]Dan Frommer:
The story we’ve heard goes that Arrington’s suppliers have come back with quotes significantly higher than they had initially predicted.
That could explain why we haven’t heard a peep about the CrunchPad since the summer. Arrington told the New York Times in July that he would [...]
Lots new, as usual, but I like this change best:
BBEdit offers a new behavior: when you ask it to open a folder, rather than creating a disk browser (which allows only one document open at a time), you can ask it to create a temporary project. This provides the [...]
Rod Begbie pushes back on Mockingbird:
If you load the app, you can see custom scrollbars and navigation, a complete lack of accessibility, non-native controls, and all those other things that cause geeks to hate Flash. What, to the end user, is the benefit of this being done with JavaScript [...]
Interesting new wireframe tool. It’s a true web app (no Flash), written in Cappuccino. (Via Justin Williams.)
★ [...]This piece by Nick Kallen really made me think. First on defining “heaps”:
Would you describe a single grain of wheat as a heap? No. Would you describe two grains of wheat as a heap? No…. You must admit the presence of a heap sooner or later, so where do [...]
Gearlog:
If you have a personal account or family plan, your data will cost $30/month. It doesn’t matter if you’re using Microsoft Exchange, Facebook, Gmail, or whatever - it’s $30. This is the same for all Verizon Windows Mobile and Android phones.
Data on business accounts — “corporate liable,” [...]
John Gruber, Daring Fireball Department of Commerce
