David Appleyard

Mike Monteiro and his lawyer talking about client contracts, payments, and all the legal aspects of working as a designer. A lively and fascinating video that’s well worth half an hour of your time.

“Let’s be honest, Katherine. You didn’t seriously consider the features of the iPad 2. We know that. Your annoying obsession is for open source and, as iOS is not open source, that’s all you needed to know. You crossed it off your list before it was announced.”

The Noyes Machine - One of the most entertaining “debunks” I’ve read in a while.

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…one customer returned his iPad 2 for a different reason: his wife wouldn’t let him keep it. He took his iPad back to the Apple Store with a sticky note on it: “Wife said no.”

But a pair of executives at Apple got wind of the story and sent him a replacement iPad 2 with a new sticky on it. Guess what it said?

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Apple Says Yes

“iTunes presumably sells a good volume of HD movie rentals, and there’s very little demand for Blu-ray playback on Macs. I don’t think we’ll ever see it. And I don’t think most people will notice.”

Marco Arment on whether Blu-ray will ever be included in the Mac lineup. I cast my vote in agreement - It’s unlikely we’ll ever see it, and I don’t think that’s a bad thing.