Linked List: June 11, 2011

Saturday, 11 June 2011

Worth a Re-Read: ‘Cutting That Cord’ 

I wrote this piece two months ago; after this week’s news and announcements, it feels like two years ago.

I underestimated Apple.

Tim Bray on NetNewsWire 

Tim Bray:

Brent has said repeatedly that he thinks “Lite 4.0” is his best code ever, and I agree. It does less than NNW classic, but for the basic routine of plowing through a lot of feeds to see what’s new, you just can’t beat it. It’s blindingly fast, the presentation is visually tasty, and the number of key­strokes to do anything is always 1.

For obvious reasons, NetNewsWire was a frequent topic of conversation this week at WWDC. One thing is clear: it is beloved.