Tyler Weir » Apple

Dammit Apple, I just gave you money. C’mon.

Tyler — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:43:49 +0000

Apple Tablet and the iPhone in Canada in the near future.

C’mon.

Leopard: Spaces

Tyler — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 13:20:16 +0000

The multiple desktop implementation in Leopard, called Spaces, is exactly the way I wanted multiple desktops implemented.

Switching apps automatically switches to the right desktop, alerts stay in the right place.

Well done.

Leopard should be here soon.

Tyler — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:45:57 +0000

2007/10/26 08:02 On vehicle for delivery
2007/10/26 01:36 Shipment In Transit
2007/10/25 19:58 Shipment In Transit
2007/10/25 19:57 Received
2007/10/24 08:30 In Transit in U.S.

beep beep w00p w00p.

My iPod Touch is an extension of my Mac.

Tyler — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:41:00 +0000

At least that’s what I want it to be now that there is an SDK coming. What I’d like to see in the future is the ability to do what I do on my MBP on my iTouch. So far, to have that happen I’ll need:
- a VoodooPad app (I sent Gus a message asking to be a beta tester :)
- a PDF reader with local storage

Looks like that’s it for now. Wow, seems like I don’t do much on my Mac. :)

Oh snap! 3rd Party iPhone/iPodT apps!

Tyler — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:30:15 +0000

iPhone/iPod Touch Application SDK!!!!

From the Apple Hot News Section:

Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on the iPhone, and we plan to have an SDK in developers hands in February.

Gabe Newell on Mac gaming.

Tyler — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 21:00:21 +0000

well, we have this pattern with Apple, where we meet with them, people there go “wow, gaming is incredibly important, we should do something with gaming”. And then we’ll say, “OK, here are three things you could do to make that better”, and then they say OK, and then we never see them again.

Interview link with Gabe Newell, head of Valve.

I really wish Valve would release their games on the Mac. I don’t like having to boot into Windows just to play Half-Life 2.

Podcasts and the iPod Touch, it’s doable. Kinda.

Tyler — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:04:59 +0000

It requires a WiFi connection, but all you have to do it bookmark the xml feed of the podcast and then you can listen to any of them on-demand.

It’s sure not ideal, but it sort of works.

New Newton Rumors

Tyler — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:03:14 +0000

So, there are rumors swirling again about the New Newton and I’d love to see it.

Bearing in mind that I’ve only had 2 days with iPod Touch, I can see the value in a larger version of the Touch positioned as a tablet/pda/whatever.

Most of the missing features I’d like to see are PDA-like, note taking, calendar stuff, email.

I know I’d have to seriously consider a tablet sized Touch if it appeared.

iPod Touch in the house [updated]

Tyler — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:59:36 +0000

My iPod Touch showed up.

Utter hotness.

Gmail works well, Google Calendar and Meebo. WiFi has worked well so far.

I’ll post pictures tonight.

[Update]
I’d like a few things on the iPod Touch:
- RSS Reader
- Maps Widget
- Google Calendar integration
- Note taking application
- Gestures!

Oh, it has shipped.

Tyler — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 11:48:07 +0000

Yesterday I said it hadn’t shipped and I just got notification that my iPod Touch is on it’s way.

beep beep.

iPod Touch concerns

Tyler — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 15:40:36 +0000

My pre-order has yet to ship and I have a few concerns with Touch.

1) Lack of Mail application (gmail on the web may work instead)
2) No Google Maps application (google maps on the web may work, but goofy in comparison)
3) Inability to add Calendar events (seems like such an odd thing to not include)

My hope is that Apple will add these in future updates to the firmware.

I’d like to know the reasons for these decisions, but I’ll never know.

Hack the iPod touch

Tyler — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:18:17 +0000

I think I’ll be on this site a lot.

Random Happenings

Tyler — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 13:06:11 +0000

Took in Cassandra’s Dream at the Toronto International Film fest last night.
Woody Allen was there, he was funny and quite short.
Ewan McGregor and Colin Ferrell were also there and not much taller than Woody.

I played with another moviegoers iPhone, I did not want to give it back. I made lots of typos on the screen keyboard.

Here Apple, here’s my wallet, …

Tyler — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 18:26:32 +0000

Here Apple, here’s my wallet, just give it back when you’re done.

OMG IPODZ TOUCH

Apple Event Sept 5th

Tyler — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:01:02 +0000

Apple is holding an event tomorrow.

Touchscreen iPod maybe? I’ve been saving my food stamps for just such an occasion.

Apple users whine too much.

Tyler — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:20:22 +0000

So Leopard will be late. Better later and better then early and buggy. But let the whining begin!

Skim – PDF annotation application.

Tyler — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:50:19 +0000

Skim 0.2 is a PDF annotation application.

Hmm.. I’ve been spending time learning ObjC/Cocoa over the last few months. And I’m writing an application. A PDF annotation application. WTF?

Stupid more skilled developers *fist shake*

Google and Apple are buddies, so get together on the iPhone.

Tyler — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:54:09 +0000

I’d like to believe that all the rumors about the Google phone are really just confused rumors that Google is working on applications and tie-ins to the iPhone.

Eric Schmidt is on the Apple board currently, and he’s mentioned that they’re working on more things together.

Rogue Amoeba’s Fission – awesometown.

Tyler — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 21:29:23 +0000

As I mentioned, I cut together a mix for my Fartlek interval training. I did it using Rogue Amoeba’s Fission, and Apple’s Garageband. I’m not an audio dude in anyway, but it took about 40 minutes from start to finish to produce the first version of the interval mix.

I just wanted to give props to both Fission and Garageband. It was so simple to pull this off because of them.

Props to DJ SteveBoy as well for his podcast PodRunner.

Rogue Amoeba’s Fission: Version Tracker link.

Application Idea for the iPhone

Tyler — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:52:34 +0000

If I had the chance to build an app for the iPhone, I’d build an old-timey rotary dial.

That’s hot.

OMG iPhone

Tyler — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:19:31 +0000

Must buy.

I have a concern about the cost of the monthly plan. I assume that you’d want unlimited data access as the iPhone has so much net functionality that you won’t truly experience it unless it’s all you-can-eat data.

I should do a rate comparison
Bell: $100/Month, 250megs
Fido: N/A
Rogers: 100/Month, 200megs

Ouch, being all cool in the future is going to be expensive.

iPhone wiki page.

In other Mac news, my brother received a MacBook from his wife as a birthday present. Go Andrea. So that’s my whole family with Macs. Hell yes!

Loot

Tyler — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 19:03:25 +0000

I’m rocking out to a Bose SoundDock thanks to Laura.

And I’ll be the coolest kid on the turf/field thanks to the Gaia Field Bag from my brother and sister-in-law.

Visual Studio on Parallels / Red Steel.

Tyler — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:34:13 +0000

After installing Parallels on my MacBook Pro I installed Visual Studio C# Express to see how it would perform. Without any sort of metrics I’ll say that it seemed faster than my T60, notably compilation appeared to be much faster.

Laura rented Red Steel for the Wii. Um.. I burned through the first two levels and the entire time I was fighting with the controls. It’s not a bad game, in fact, it’s quite good for a launch title. I think that more time with the controller and more time on the cut scenes and this game would have been great. As it is, the control scheme knocked me out of the experience.

Parallels: Windows on my Mac

Tyler — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 03:37:38 +0000

I have Windows XP running on my MacBook Pro thanks to Parallels.

It’s pretty cool, but feels…. odd.

Mac news that impacts me. And maybe you. But probably not. I don’t know. Maybe.

Tyler — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 17:33:08 +0000

Mac News:
1. Our friend Jill just got a MacBook. Another joins the flock!
2. MacHeist is offering an excellent software bundle for a ridonkulous price. There is a fevered discussion on Gus’ site, right here.
3. CocoaBlogs is up and running, tracking the blogs of cocoa developers. I did a lot of Cocoa development this weekend.