Linked List: July 11, 2012

Wednesday, 11 July 2012

I’ve Got the Answer to When the iPad Will Be Considered a Content-Creation Device ★

Harry McCracken:

And I have one final question of my own: Just how much content creation has to be happening on iPads before it’s clear to every rational person that the debate over content creation on iPads is silly?

Every time I write about this, I get vociferous responses from the iPad-is-not-suitable-for-creation crowd. No surprise, looks like McCracken did too:

I see: We’re not allowed to call an iPad a content-creation device until 100% of humans say it’s THE ONLY ACCEPTABLE CONTENT-CREATION DEVICE

Reminds me of my self-centeredness definition of “Apple fanboy”. (See also: this.) For these people, the iPad is unsuitable for content creation for anyone unless it’s suitable for them.

Netflix’s Lost Year: The Inside Story of the Price-Hike Train Wreck ★

Detailed and well-sourced story by Greg Sandoval on Netflix’s tumultuous year. Must-read piece.

User Interface of the Week: Adobe Acrobat ★

ASCII checkboxes. A button labelled “UnCheck”.

Opening Links in Chrome for iOS ★

Example code from Google for app developers who want to support Chrome as an alternative “open URL with” browser on iOS.

Petition the U.S. Government to Force the TSA to Follow the Law ★

I’ve signed this petition; you should too.

Apple Issues Statement Regarding Their Withdrawal From EPEAT ★

Jim Dalrymple got a statement:

“Apple takes a comprehensive approach to measuring our environmental impact and all of our products meet the strictest energy efficiency standards backed by the US government, Energy Star 5.2,” Apple representative Kristin Huguet, told The Loop. “We also lead the industry by reporting each product’s greenhouse gas emissions on our website, and Apple products are superior in other important environmental areas not measured by EPEAT, such as removal of toxic materials.”

Apple would have been better served by issuing a statement like this before it turned into a controversy. And even here, Apple is not addressing the specific concern regarding the new MacBook Pro with Retina Display, which is recyclability.

Tweetbot for Mac Public Alpha ★

Not even in beta yet but already my favorite Mac Twitter client. (Is Twitter ever going to update their official Mac client?)