Category Archives: Misc
Steam for Mac – The Future of Mac Gaming?
Last week, the team at Steam released a Mac client for their popular gaming service. This is big news, and not just for Steam itself; Steam represents Mac OS X’s best chance of becoming a viable gaming platform. For years, Mac gaming has been primarily focused on iPhone OS devices. A large percentage of App [...]
E-Books as a Blank Canvas
While reading a book yesterday I made an interesting discovery: a chapter that began on a verso (left-side) page. In a standard typeset book, chapters or other major divisions generally begin on a recto (right-side) page, leaving a blank verso if the previous section ended on a recto page. This book followed that standard everywhere [...]
The Apple iPad, Flash, and the Future of Computing
On Wednesday, months of rumor and speculation came to an abrupt end when Apple chief Steve Jobs formally unveiled his “latest creation,” the Apple iPad. The death of rumor relating to the device ushered in an entirely new wave of speculation. Is this really the thing that Apple spent years developing? Will it actually sell? [...]
So Long, Firefox?
I first began using Linux on a regular basis in 2003 (when Gentoo was all the rage), and with it I began using Mozilla’s Firefox browser. Firefox grew and evolved from its pre-1.0 releases over the years, adding powerful extensions like Firebug and the Web Developer Toolbar, gaining inscrutable memory leaks, and picking up support for new features [...]
New Year’s Resolutions for Designers
Another year is rapidly drawing to a close, and as always, the topic on everyone’s minds is what to change in the new year. While the general public talks about exercising more and spending less, what should designers be doing differently? I’ve been thinking about this question a lot over the last few days, and [...]
Miami-Dade Public Library System and Accessibility Nightmares [Updated]