Linked List: June 7, 2008

Saturday, 7 June 2008

An Interview With 280 North on Objective-J and Cappuccino ★

Ajaxian has an (audio) interview with the team at 280 North regarding (a) Objective-J, their Objective-C-like superset of JavaScript, and (b) Cappuccino, their Cocoa-inspired web app framework.

The Talk Show, Ep. 21 ★

WWDC prelude show. Even though we just recorded it yesterday, I already suspect Dan and I are wrong about whether Apple will release new displays.

CrunchGear Claims to Have Leaked Promotional Shots of 2nd-Generation iPhones ★

Different from previous purported leaks; these show black and red, but no white, and no glossy plastic. The buttons in the UI screenshot for video iChat don’t look right to me, though, among other things. Any leaked images purported to be marketing material should generally be regarded as fake by default.

What’s Most Important ★

Michael Gartenberg:

There’s certainly been a lot of speculation about what Apple will or will not announce on Monday when Steve Jobs takes the stage at their Worldwide Developers Conference. (There’s also this event going on next week but I don’t think anyone has noticed). Whether there’s a new iPhone (that perhaps supports 3G) is interesting but not what’s important. The real important news next week is news we already know. The iPod and iPhone have now become a software platform.

I think the onstage demos of third-party iPhone apps (perhaps particularly games) are going to blow people away.