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- 01 Feb 2010 » Understanding Multi-tasking on the iPad
I think iPad marks an important step forward for Apple in their ongoing redefinition of computing, principally the ditching of the `office’ metaphor (folders, files, desktop) for a task-based (‘There’s an App for that’) approach. Having used iPhone (both original, then 3G) since 2007, I had originally seen the lack of true multi-tasking & background processes as an omission.
This article makes a great point however, showing how the full-screen, one app at a time approach provides a superior experience given applications engineered to start quickly and maintain their own state. I’m sold on it.#
- 05 Sep 2009 » mplayer on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
The correct compile magic to get mplayer building on 10.6. Summarizes down to compile with
--target=x86_64-Darwinand changeHAVE_EBX_AVAILABLEin config.h from1to0. Handy in advance of mplayer’s svn tree detecting 10.6 correctly in the configure process. # - 22 Aug 2009 » O2 announces landline and freephone numbers for mobile
This could open up avenues for cheaper international call routing over VOIP,Skype and similar. The availability of the various regions seems much like Google Voice (not currently available in the UK), and it’d be a good omen for Voice in the UK if there’s now a non-geographical way to allocate local numbers. My guess is that the numbers are made possible by O2’s wide presence in local exchanges for its local-loop unbundled broadband service. #
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