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Carousel: The iPhone App That Never Was

Carousel: The iPhone App That Never Was

Here’s a short story about a short episode of my journey as an indie and part-time iPhone apps developer back in 2009. From 2009 to 2013, before becoming a content creator, I spend my spare time creating iPhone apps. There was a short period between the two where I took a break from digital creation

RIP iPod (2001–2022) — Some Thoughts & Memories

RIP iPod (2001–2022) — Some Thoughts & Memories

Like for most people, the iPod played an important role since its launch back in 2001. Apple put an end to the iPod story. Here are some thoughts and memories.

The Roots of My Passion for Apple

The Roots of My Passion for Apple

Apple has a special place in my life because of my passion for the company, its history and most importantly because I share the same values.

MacOS Tiger Dashboard

What Widgets on macOS Big Sur Should Have Been

Widgets in MacOS Tiger and macOS Big are two worlds apart. Which version provides the best experience?

Diagrams for Mac: A Promising Beginning

Diagrams for Mac: A Promising Beginning

Today is the start of something new on the Mac: Diagrams. A simple yet promising diagramming application for macOS. Here is a short peek at this newcomer in a relatively competitive and crowded space. Start small, think big Entirely new and native applications on the Mac these days seem quite a rare

The iPhone of the Decade for me

The iPhone of the Decade for me

I recently came across this 512pixels.net post about the iPhone of the decade. To my surprise, they selected the iPhone 6, 6 Plus. In summary: in 2016, Apple introduced two important things in the iPhone franchise: bigger screen iPhone and choice in screen size and features. Sure, the iPhone 6 prope

Two Missing Gestures In iPadOS 13 App Switcher

As much as I like iPadOS 13 in general, I think there are two missing gestures in iPadOS 13 app switcher to make life easier. I don’t think Apple will add them in the final release of iPadOS this coming September, but they could easily add them in iPadOS 13.1. Let me explain. Merging two… Continue R

In Other News: Jony Ive Is Departing From Apple

In Other News: Jony Ive Is Departing From Apple

Jony Ive departing from Apple. Everyone come and go but this wasn’t expected. Or was it? There are many ways to look at this news. Obviously, this is the end of a era at Apple. But what does it mean for Apple in the short and the long term? Here are my thoughts on what… Continue Reading → [https://n

Is The iPhone Killing Apple?

Is The iPhone Killing Apple?

A question comes to my mind often these days: is the iPhone killing Apple? Apple was “for the rest of us” and the underdog for about half of his history. Apple was marching on a fine line dividing relevancy from extinction. Apple’s energy was focused, highly concentrated on caring on a small bunch o

iOS Share Sheet in action

iOS 13 Share Sheet Redesign

Benjamin Mayo writing on his personal blog about the expected and rumored iOS 13 Share sheet redesign: I’ve never been particularly thrilled by how the share sheet looks or works. Since iOS 7, the panel is split up into three sections; AirDrop, Share and Action. AirDrop is handy but doesn’t justify

Ten Design Principles

If, like me, you care about design in general, please do yourself a favor and look at this very short video exposing ten very fundamental good design principles.

Where Are The Icons Designers Gone?

Where Are The Icons Designers Gone?

Here are the News.app icons in their different incarnations. From the oldest (left) to the newest (right). The latter is coming in upcoming iOS 12.2 before the end of March. I think the one in the middle is the more recognizable and approachable. The one of the right doesn’t convey any meaningful si

Open-Plan Offices Are Now the Dumbest Management Fad of All Time

According to a study by Harvard reported by Inc. Magazine: As my colleague Jessica Stillman pointed out last week, a new study from Harvard showed that when employees move from a traditional office to an open plan office, it doesn’t cause them to interact more socially or more frequently. And In fac

Another Kind of Apple Product: Apple Stores

If you like Apple, love architecture, photography and design, please do yourself a favor and jump right now to this exceptional article “Architecture, creativity, community: A field guide to Apple retail in 2018” by Michael Steeber. This is a must read and see. Apple Stores are another kind of produ

Going Back To Basics

Many are still digesting the news from Apple that the iPhone wasn’t selling as well as it used to be. If you ask why to one hundred people, you’ll probably get one hundred different answers. But, some answers are much better than others. I think Apple’s problems has something to do with lack of focu

My First Few Days With 11 Inches iPad Pro

My First Few Days With 11 Inches iPad Pro

This is not a review. There are already quite a few of them on the internet. What I want to share is a list of personal observations about my new iPad Pro, things that matters most to me. So I bought the 11 inches iPad Pro with the Apple Pencil. No external keyboard (I already… Continue Reading → [h

An Even More Personal Device

There is quite a lot of buzz these days about the possibility of creating our own watch face on the Apple Watch. Currently, this feature is not available to Apple Watch owners but a few clever guys on the internet did experiment with tools to create ones. And the possibilities are endless. And quite