Apple iPad first thoughts

I know it’s going to be a big success but at first glance it’s confusing as to where its market is. It’s not a replacement for a laptop: it has no USB ports for peripherals no multi-tasking (we think) limited opportunity to develop applications for it (developers have to work within the walled garden of [...]

Tweetie, Apple and the cult of control

My friend Tyler over at www.tyleringram.com today reviewed Tweetie – a Twitter application for the iPhone. Tweetie looks good – I mean REALLY good. In fact it looks more functional than many of the desktop Twitter applications that I’ve tried. Unfortunately today was not a good day for the developers behind Tweetie. They released a [...]