http://localtype.org/ LocalType RSS 2.0 Feed, Article Excerpts en-us web@localtype.org 2008-06-10T20:34:26+00:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://localtype.org/2008/06/story/iphone_3gs_poison_pill/ The new iPhone 3G has been announced, and will be available on July 11th. The big hardware change is the fast 3G UMTS/HSDPA radio along with a GPS radio (as I confirmed with Andy Ihnatko) for all your stalking needs.... 52@http://localtype.org/ Story, Technology 2008-06-10T20:34:26+00:00 http://localtype.org/2008/04/story/overclocked/ So it seems, some sites are saying that the new iMac, clocking in at 3.06GHz is “overclocked”. Overclocking, according to Wikipedia, is the process of forcing a computer component to run at a higher clock rate than it was designed... 51@http://localtype.org/ Story, Technology 2008-04-29T22:36:40+00:00 http://localtype.org/2008/04/story/national_geographic_channel_launches/ After more than a year in development, we finally launched National Geographic Channel’s new website. Wow, what a ride. Originally, I wasn’t even on the team. I came on about a month later as “The Cleaner”, when the original Information... 50@http://localtype.org/ Information Architecture, Story 2008-04-16T16:40:57+00:00 http://localtype.org/2008/01/story/air_necessities/ So I was working super hard these last couple of days, so I could only keep half an eye on the Macworld Stevenote as it was happening. Digging the stuff, as usual. A few things that got me: The new... 49@http://localtype.org/ Story, Technology 2008-01-16T16:33:02+00:00 http://localtype.org/2007/12/story/petty_fireball/ John Gruber of Daring Fireball goes point-by-point breaking down the idiocy of another writer. It would be nice if Gruber wasn't so petty, and stuck with the facts. 48@http://localtype.org/ Information Architecture, Story 2007-12-21T23:24:23+00:00 http://localtype.org/2007/06/story/cupertino_start_your_photocopiers/ So I have been digesting the WWDC conference and yeah, there is a lot of fantastic new stuff coming out of Apple HQ. I’m seeing a lot of innovation in things like Time Machine, and its incorporation of ZFS. Finally,... 47@http://localtype.org/ Story, Technology 2007-06-11T22:46:46+00:00 http://localtype.org/2007/04/story/the_revolution_starts_now/ Apple and EMI just announced that EMI will introduce high quality (256kbit) DRM-free AAC files for the iTunes Store in May of 2007. This will prove to be very disruptive to the music industry. The first shot was made by... 46@http://localtype.org/ Story, Technology 2007-04-02T22:01:13+00:00 http://localtype.org/2007/03/story/sleeping_satellite/ Apple has become a media distribution giant, and they’re poised to get even bigger. iTunes has shown itself to be the digital hub, allowing you to organise, purchase, and play digital media. Now we have the Apple TV, also being... 45@http://localtype.org/ Story, Technology 2007-03-22T21:13:13+00:00 http://localtype.org/2006/12/story/periodic_table_of_adobe_elements/ Adobe has a new branding scheme, and it's a disaster. 44@http://localtype.org/ Design, Story 2006-12-22T18:10:18+00:00 http://localtype.org/2006/11/story/no_soap_radio/ So I was listening to the MacBreak Weekly, and this episode “Hey Macarena”, the subject of iPod playlists came up. The question that came up was: “Can you have a DJ-style playlist?”, one where you have many sub-lists, and one... 43@http://localtype.org/ Information Architecture, Story 2006-11-09T22:40:53+00:00 http://localtype.org/2006/10/story/rjs_templates/ Amy Hoy of Slash7 fame came up with a really cool “cheat sheet” for RJS (Ruby Javascript) templates. I liked it, but I thought the garish colours were a bit much, and I knew I could fit all the info... 42@http://localtype.org/ Story, Technology 2006-10-10T20:18:47+00:00 http://localtype.org/2006/04/story/its_alive/ If you can read this, I’ve successfully moved to the new server. Yay!... 41@http://localtype.org/ General, Story 2006-04-22T17:49:34+00:00 http://localtype.org/2005/10/story/remote_control/ So Apple released a new iMac G5 that has a built in iSight, and remote control. While the idea of a built-in iSight is pretty spiffy, it’s not very useful when you want to use it the way most people... 39@http://localtype.org/ Story, Technology 2005-10-13T22:16:07+00:00 http://localtype.org/2005/08/story/closer_together_further_apart/ A List Apart now has a new look. I like it. However, when I read Zeldman’s introduction to the new layout, I started to wonder if the ALA crew is drinking too much of their own kool-aid. “The numerical bug... 38@http://localtype.org/ Information Architecture, Story 2005-08-23T16:48:05+00:00 http://localtype.org/2005/06/story/shadows_of_nextstep/ So it’s official. Apple is making the transition to Intel hardware, and abandoning the PPC. Little else is known, but for $999 and a Select (or higher) ADC membership, you can have an Intel 3.6GHz development box with OSX 10.4.1.... 36@http://localtype.org/ Story, Technology 2005-06-06T19:13:06+00:00