Being a great Mac or iPhone programmer means more than just knowing Objective-C and the Cocoa, it means thinking in a different way about designing and writing software.

Brilliant article — that also applies to web development.

Because nothing says I so just worked you, like mouthing the word, Countach.

Oh, Noah. Thank you so much for that; just what the doctor ordered.

after a week of re-acquainting myself with it, I can now see why EE is raved about so much

That’s about how long it typically takes, unfortunately, to really get your head around EE. One you do, though, it’s easy to get excited about its power and flexibility.

Of course, Jon is quick to point out some obvious flaws shortcomings he’s found — one of which remains my biggest pet peeve:

/index.php/ shouldn’t be in URLs by default, and it’s right pain to get rid of (but you can do it). Likewise, getting simple /section/title/ urls requires a lot of work. For something so flexible, getting the URLs I want is painful.

I can’t understand why this is such an ignored feature. Obviously users want the ability to display “clean URLs” in a default, supported install; just do a search for “remove index.php” in the community forums. It’s the most suggested, “unsupported” feature available for EE.

I’ve heard it said that Murphy is the patron saint of IT, and you know I think it’s true.

We tried simulcasting using iChat once — didn’t work out so good. (Granted, we were broadcasting from a house with a consumer-level wireless router and cable modem connection.)

Without a doubt the most crowded store each night was the Apple store. Teens and twenty somethings were snapping up iPod Touches faster than you could say blueberry pancakes while several people were discussing the new soon to be released version of the iPhone with store staffers. It was a completely different story 50 feet down the street at the Helio outpost.

There’s no denying Apple’s “mind share” among students. It’s prevalent even where I live, in Redmond, WA — Microsoft-town. I see young people with Apple products (signified, mostly, by the white earbuds) everywhere I go.

Is this only a trend, though? Can we chalk up a two-thirds retail sales market share for quality PC’s to trend?

I’m not sure I understand the issue here. The branding for MobileMe is great. It’s clean, clever, sharp, and fun; and has a light feeling to it. Remember, it’s not the “enterprise” demographic they’re going for — it’s “the rest of us”.

To be fair, I prefer the single-line variant, without the cloud icon.

(Via Brand New.)

But I’m with John Gruber on this one. The iPhone 3G price ($199) is not an indication of lowered technology value, it’s subsidy. And it’s Apple vigorously going after market share.

Matt really loves his son. Really.