Archive for the 'Miscellany' Category

App Store Economics, Part 1

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this is the end of the world. At least, of the one some of us kept affection for. At the very least, of the one we’ve got used to. Anyway. The big bad crisis of good old capitalism is here and now. It’s time to reassess our work and our pay, time to move the goalposts around a bit while panic keeps others so busy that they won’t notice.

What about App Store? Is it a market vulnerable enough to drive coders out of business? Is it even a kind of market we fully understand?
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Steve Jobs apologizes for a price drop

As though it was not clear enough that we are living in a crazy world, Apple issued an open letter in which Steve Jobs basically apologizes for slashing the price on iPhone. It is going to change the definition of ridiculous. No, I don’t think the letter is funny, not at all. The circumstances are. Read more »

Leopard Frenzy

The whole world seems to have gone crazy.

In case you don’t know it yet: on June 11, 2007 at WWDC (World Wide Developer Conference) Apple presented a beta version (build 9A466) of Mac OS X 10.5, aka Leopard, to several thousands of eager coders. Read more »

Arrogance Redefined

Thanks to the AppleInsider forum, I came across this piece of blogging art. To save you a click I am going to translate the article into plain English, John Gruber’s style.

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Install WordPress on Mac OS X Tiger

There are a couple of tutorials showing how to install WordPress on Mac OS X, the best one of which (IMHO) is a little outdated. The famous 5-minute install in my experience took a bit longer because it required certain amount of tweaking. Here’s how I did it myself. Read more »

Site re-designed

I have completely re-designed the site. Again. Read more »