This week’s home screen feature Matt Teresi (Twitter), the entrepreneur behind The Easel iPad stand. I had the privilege of meeting Matt recently and he’s a stand up guy. So Matt, show us your home screen. HOW MANY TIMES A DAY DO YOU USE…
Continue reading →watchOS 3 Brings Apple Watch 2
Last week while at WWDC, I loaded the iOS 10 beta onto one of my iPads. It’s been a lot more stable than I expected it to be and this experience led me to do something a little crazy. I loaded the iOS beta…
Continue reading →Hitting the Ground Running
I spent the morning going through my notes following meetings with software developers last week at WWDC. Of note, I did this on an iPad with iOS 10 installed with relatively no problem. Usually, when I install an early beta of an Apple operating…
Continue reading →watchOS 3: Reality is Matching Hype
On Monday’s Keynote Apple showed off a much improved watchOS 3 operating system. When I saw the increased speed on the stage, I had my doubts. As you may recall, when Apple originally announced the watch, we saw a lot of similar demos about…
Continue reading →Cashing the Check
I wrote yesterday about how Apple is responding to the question of how they provide interesting and useful services while preserving user privacy. My conclusion was that I like their explanation but in order to make this work, Apple has to not only write…
Continue reading →The Services Versus Privacy Question
For some time now there has been an open question about Apple’s future. Specifically, with Apple’s interest in protecting user privacy, can they compete with companies like Google and its cloud-based user data whiz-bang features made possible by their storage of and access to…
Continue reading →WWDC Keynote on TalkShow
Jason Snell’s Six Colors website is hosting a Talkshow channel for the Keynote. It’s going to be fun. Tune in here.
Continue reading →Sponsor: OmniGraffle
This week MacSparky is sponsored by OmniGraffle, the best tool for creating precise, beautiful graphics. I use this application to create diagrams, logos, flowcharts, and everything in between. OmniGraffle is both powerful and easy to use. Using OmniGraffle’s built-in stencils, you can build diagrams…
Continue reading →Things to Look Out For in the WWDC Keynote
The Internet is full of conjecture and predictions for the WWDC Keynote. Instead, I’d like to point out a few things I’ll be looking out for: Siri Commitment: There’s lots of rumors about Siri getting some improvements. However there are improvements and there are Improvements.…
Continue reading →Sparky’s Excellent WWDC Adventure
I’m in San Francisco this week for Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference. I’m not actually attending the conference but instead will be splitting my time between meeting with my geek-related clients in town and attending the extra-curricular WWDC festivities. I’ll keep a a photo diary this…
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