Tag Archives: Apple
A Slightly Better Systemwide ‘Word Count’ Service for OS X
I previously wrote about and praised John Gruber’s Word Count script, which uses Jesper’s ThisService to add a systemwide service to Mac OS X. I have one minor quibble with it, however. While a word count is invaluable for prose, … Continue reading
Systemwide ‘Word Count’ Service for OS X
John Gruber explained how to set this up a year ago: Back in October my friend Jesper wrote a nifty little utility called ThisService. You give ThisService a script — either AppleScript or any Unix scripting language such as Perl, … Continue reading
Steve Jobs: Throwaway-line King
When Steve Jobs made his pre-iPhone launch company wide sermon speech he mentioned that they (Apple) were hard at work on putting OS X on other devices, including the iPod. In writing you call a line like that a throwaway … Continue reading
Microsoft Talks Cell Phones on the Today Show
I just caught this when I went to go put on my pants this morning. The Today Show did a piece where they went to Microsoft and saw the phone division feverishly wishing they were in line for an iPhone … Continue reading
“Why You Don’t Want an iPhone — Yet”
Jeff Atwood of Coding Horror makes a compelling argument why the EDGE data connection of the iPhone will ruin your life. I still stand firmly by my Buyer’s Guide. The iPhone isn’t just a phone, or a glorified iPod, or … Continue reading