mcchris + apple   10

Black ColcaSac. Black Hemp and Fleece MacBook Sleeve
The idea of a hemp MacBook sleeve is awesome, even if the execution is iffy.
Apple  awesome  shopping 
october 2007 by McChris
Core77: 5 reasons why the iPhone is older than you think
"So how old is your iPhone? I would argue that some aspects of the design were surprisingly dated on delivery." I suspect that users want iPhones because the UI is familiar. Learning a new phone UI is a pain.
Apple  design  whatever 
september 2007 by McChris
Daring Fireball: EMI to Offer DRM-Free Online Music
John Gruber makes some insightful remarks on the new Apple-EMI partnership to sell DRM-free music at a premium.
Apple  business  music  mp3  DRM 
april 2007 by McChris
Daring Fireball: Deal With It
John Gruber takes a transaction-cost lite approach to explaining the idea of cognitive load. Not only do I agree that iCal requires too much user effort, I'd say it's darn near unusable.
Apple  design  email  chat 
march 2007 by McChris
Rough Type: Steve's devices
Nick Carr offers a contrarian view of the iPhone.
Apple  UGC  telephony 
january 2007 by McChris
Stay Free! Daily: A Call to Artists - and to Owners of Broken iPods
The folks at Stay Free! are co-ordinating a project to protest the short lifecycle of iPods by making art out of broken iPods. I'll participate if someone gives me a broken iPod.
iPod  environmentalism  Apple  art  protest 
november 2006 by McChris
PC World's Techlog A Brief History of Computers, As Seen in Old TV Ads
PC World rounds up old TV ads on YouTube. Apparently the dude-you're-getting-a-Dell are nowhere to be found.
advertising  business  history  TV  TVontheWeb  Dell  Apple 
october 2006 by McChris
MacOS Classic Sound Pack 1.4
I was looking for the "wild eep" sound from the days of yore and found this package of OS 6 and 7 system alert sounds.
Apple  awesome  old-school  useless 
october 2006 by McChris
A Greener Apple
Nice Greenpeace parody lobbying Apple to produce more environmentally friendly products.
Apple  activism  design  environmentalism  parody 
september 2006 by McChris
Who Is Jonathan Ive?
Business Week profile of Apple's lead product designer.
design  Apple  business 
september 2006 by McChris

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