I’ve been without an iPad for over a month so my Instapaper queue was a bit behind. On Wednesday, my iPad arrived so I’ve been reading 6 hours a day since then. I like linking to things here but it’s best to do it as I read things that are worth sharing. So, instead of posting dozens of links in separate posts, I’ll post them here with or without some personal commentary and I’ll break it into categories:
Also, mini-iPad 3 review coming next week at some point. It’ll be short. Trust me.
Apple – iPad 3:
- Why I Decided Not to Buy the New iPad – Well said and this shows more and more that Apple runs on a 2-year product cycle. They release devices yearly but, if you skip a year, you don’t miss out on much. I like this a lot
- Apple’s New Annual Upgrade Cycle May Wreak Havoc On Schools – This is a very tiny example of people who think Apple does one year upgrade cycles. They don’t. They do by products but it’s every 2 years. Plus, when did schools ever car about upgrading anyway? When I was in school, our tech was easily 5-10 years old.
- Why iPhonegraphy works: Convenience – Can we please stop calling it Photography and instead refer to it as iPhoneography?
- This Is the Only Reviewer With Balls to Tell You the Truth About the New iPad – Spot on. If you have an iPad 2, upgrading is pointless unless you just love being awesome
- Thoughts and Observations Regarding Yesterday’s iPad Event – I LOVED Shawn’s analysis. Even a month later, it’s a nice read
- AT&T, 4G, and the New iPad – If you haven’t bought an iPad yet and plan on doing so with a data connection, read this. I went with Verizon
- Mountain Lion: Hands on with Mail aka Mountain Lion’s Mail.app loses RSS support – This was the most awkwardly placed feature in Mail and I’m glad it’s gone. The pundits are arguing RSS is going away completely. I won’t hold my breath
SXSW:
- The Year Nobody “Won” SXSW – Good analysis
- Meeting People Is Easy, Remembering Them Is Hard, Knowing Them Is Harder – Highlight is pointless outside of SXSW, San Francisco and NYC. I’m tired of companies getting funded that only solve a problem that occurs in 2 cities and one week out of the year in Austin.
- The Power of Power at South by Southwest – The one thing SXSW is good for is showing us a glimpse into the future of computing. Things like Highlight are just ahead of their time but guaranteed, if battery technology doesn’t keep improving, it will be a very gloom future for everyone. We need huge improvements in batteries + even larger improvements in how we recycle and dispose of those batteries
Technology:
- Twitter Doesn’t Give a Damn Who You Are – Good read
- Dell XPS 13 review – Nice computer but why, after all of these years do PC makers still include terrible trackpads?
- It’s Time to Exterminate the Mouse – Yeah, as soon as PC makers start including better trackpads, the mouse can go away
- Your Heirs Won’t Care About Your Crappy MP3 Collection – A nice dose of reality to those of us who covet our digital files like anyone but us cares about them
Miscellaneous:
- Electronic Dance Concerts Turn Up Volume, Tempting Investors – Great stuff. My first Ultra in Miami was in 2004. Things have changed since then in a big way
- A Precious Hour – I really need to start doing this.
- Starbucks is Banking on Europe – Beautiful store. No exaggeration. This store just made my trip to Amsterdam next month TWICE as amazing
- Math doesn’t suck, you do. – To be shared with my little sisters and people who don’t think Math is worth learning.
- Skinny Jeans: The Staple of a Well-Dressed Geek’s Wardrobe – At my very skinniest, I was literally skin and bones and I weighed 190 pounds. I still had to wear relaxed fit Jeans because my ass and legs were so huge from working out. I had a BMI in the lower teens but couldn’t wear these things. Men who wear skinny jeans aren’t men. Please go and build a fence or something and work with your hands and then try to fit into skinny jeans. It’s impossible. If you’re not living the life of a man and doing manly things, skinny jeans are for you. For me, it helps me identify the men from the boys. No man that i know can wear them not because they’re fat like I am now but because they are active men who have muscle.
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Alright, I have about 20 more items in my Instapaper queue. These are a handful of the dozens of things I read in the past couple of days and what I felt were the best to share with you. Enjoy!