Jailbreak My Mac, Please

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I wonder if we one day have to jailbreak our Macs. It may seem kinda odd now, but with the way Apple clearly are going with the OS X (Mountain Lion & Gatekeeper), I wouldnt be suprised that OS XI (11.0) will be hand in hand with iOS.

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Imagene: OS XI and iOS merging together into something called OS.

Gatekeeper is the new, well, Gate Keeper for the Mac. By default you can´t download software unless it´s from the Mac App Store or a “Identified Developer”. You can adjust the settings to be only downloads from Mac App Store or have it like today where it downloads everything.

One day, instead of seeing “how to jailbreak iPhone” articles, we will see “how to jailbreak Mac”.

The question in all of this is pretty clear. Is this good or bad?

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My New Custom Steve Jobs Rear Panel For iPhone 4S

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 I´m not a big fan of being called a fanboy. And although I still don’t like it, because it takes away my opinions because of being that, it´s kinda hard to hide the obvious. I, as you may have seen, are indeed a boy (where as the male gender) and I´m a huge fan of Apple – because they make brilliant products.

To celebrate my, ehm, love, I bought a rear panel to celebrate Steve Jobs. It´s bought on https://store.kogadget.com/, but they have pulled it after I bought it. I gave around $35 for it and it was actually super easy to install. I followed the the iFixIt how-to without any problems.

So, here´s some pictures of the transformation. And yes, I need to change the front panel.

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Two iPad´s In 2012? Just Press So I Can Get My View´s Up!

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Remember the rumor about the death of iPod Classic? How it year after year was said that it would be discontinued? It´s exactly those vibes I´m getting from the “2 iPads in 2012” rumors that dominates the major tech-sites.

Do I believe them? Nope. So why do major sites do it? One word: Fucking heaps of clicks. Ok, that was five. But it´s important to emphasize why I call bull on this one.

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It leaves me really no choice but to hang up the mighty bull flag and say that there probably will not be two iPads in 2012.

Why would Apple stress with making two iPads a year? If this would happen, they would start a trend, whether they like it or not, where iPad in Q1/2 is shit and the good iPad comes in Q3/4. Thereby, sales would go down on the first iPad.

I´m calling three iPads in Q2. One normal 9´7″, one cheaper 7″ with lesser prossessor and one 11″ with SD and USB slot, ultra Retina Display and unicorns coming out of the screen – feeding me with grapes in a slightly sexual, but still classy way.

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Will there actually be an iPad 3 in 2012?

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I´m willing to put a dime on that there will be no iPad 3 in 2012. Never mind the omg-there-will-be-two-ipads-next-launch rumor. Think of more that iPad 3 probably will come in late 2012 or 2013.

If we´re looking on how Apple has done the iPhone the last couple of years, its really easy to see the pattern:

    • iPhone 1G
    • iPhone 3G = iPhone 3GS
    • iPhone 4 = iPhone 4S

Only a major launch happens every-other year. Blame it on the 2-year contracts, the need to work extra on major releases if you will. The matter of fact is that the next iPad will probably be a speed bump from iPad 2. Let´s call it iPad 2S.

Of course, this is just a guess from my side, but I wouldn’t go as far as saying it is a wild one.

On the other hand, I hope I´m wrong.

Responsive webdesign

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There are so, so many companies that doesn’t need a big infrastructure on their site. That´s why I made this webdesign. So companies that touches the creative side can have use for a more simpler approach.

Important: The images are taken from The-Talks. A really good website you should check out.

I should have done some audio commenting on this, but we´ll do it next time.

So look at the presentation and please leave a comment of what you think.

Why Apple´s earbuds suck

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Ha, you probably thought this post was dedicated to how much Apples standard earbuds suck. Well, I gotta disappoint you. The positive thing in this though is that I´ve figured out why they suck – or at least I think I have.

Isn’t it weird that Steve Jobs, a self proclaimed music lover, would allow mediocre headphones to all their devices as a standard.

It´s something that I have thought about for a long while, but recently came up again when I read the biography.

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So what´s negative with the earbuds?

    1. They break easily
    2. They get dirty easily
    3. The sound isn’t all that

These three points can be summed into one point – cost – and that is why Apple have these as standard headphones.

Think about it

The earbuds only costs $29 which is a price most can pay. So when they brake which, let´s be honest, they will, it isnt that much of a investment to buy some new ones.

Because they have a mic. Because they are white. Because it signifies that the customer uses Apple – people want them.

Apple could have shipped better earbuds, but these are good enough so the user will accept them. The user will keep buying them because they are good to have. The general audience may think they aren’t the best, but it works.

Default earbuds isn’t famous for being super great, so why should Apple go to great strengths to meet a picky niche when they will end up probably buying headphones from another brand.

All in all, the earbuds is fine. And people buy heaps of them. Which = $

Buzz Lightyear collectible figure

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I´m a pretty big fan of Pixar. They can make a chair come to life and make me get emotional attached to a cup. It´s really how we should aim to make every business. Special, lifelike and magical.

Toy Story is of course the big favorite and since I have a desk now to fill out, I needed some decorations.

Because of that, I bought the official figure of Buzz Lightyear for £39 at Amazon. I mean, this IS exactly how it is in the movie.

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If your nerdgasm hasnt exploded all over the keys, I can assure you that it´s officially approved på Pixar/Disney.

It stands 33 cm and 14 cm wide (27 with wings). It can say over 65 sentences (thats from the movie), has interactiv talk back communication, retractable helmet, flip-up wrist communicator and body with sensors for interactive responses. This isnt even everything it does.

And Woody.. Your next.

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Twitter and Facebook needs Siris API

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With Apples new addition to the iPhone lineup, Siri has by far been their driver for sales. This makes me think of apps that actually can benefit the API.

A lot of apps can use it, but two it´s probably close on a rise.

Twitter and Facebook – It´s a given – but they would have a pretty natural use of Siri. Although it quickly can get messy on Facebook if your doing anything else than changing statuses or answering messages, Twitter seems perfect for adding short messages on the go.

Seeing that Twitter´s now integrated with iOS 5, it makes sense.

This could allow you to not only send out tweets and DM´s, but hear who´s been sending your @replies, DM´s or a list over trending topics. Some lines could be like:

«Tweet working on a project which needs a photographer. Anybody up for the job? Hashtag photography»

«DM hanlasse that the meetup is tomorrow»

«Whats trending on Twitter?»

You could pretty much do anything. It´s all up to how far you can go without things being to cluttered.

I´ve lost a friend

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Today, I lost a friend.  

It´s hard to put words on something that you thought (or wished) would never happen. I´ve starred on this document, blindly, trying to figure out what to write. But when it comes down to it all: what do you write about when you lost a friend.

Sometimes you don’t need to explain that your sad. Sometimes, silence is the best way.

I´ve lost a friend and I am from the bottom of my heart very, very sad.

56 years is far to young to pass away. But I will remember all the good things that has happened. We have lived through a revolution in technology and we have lived with a genius. A genius that will live with us for all the years to come not only to inspire, but to set the standard on how technology should work.

Today, we lost a friend, but we will never forget. 

I will miss you Steve Jobs.