Apple used to set the standard for quality and one thing that the App Store has undoubtedly done is drop Apple back several notches in the quality department. I don’t think there’s anyone out there who’s been a fan of what Apple produces who looks at the App Store as a model of anything resembling quality overall. To put it bluntly, the App Store has been one big wart on Apple’s once fairly pristine ass. The good thing is there’s nowhere to go but up.

Source: How Camera+’s John Casasanta made millions off a $1 app (http://venturebeat.com/2012/02/03/how-cameras-john-casasanta-made-millions-off-a-1-app/)

Instead of waiting around for someone to tell you that you matter, take your career into your own hands. In other words, don’t wait for someone else to pick you and pick yourself! If you have a book, you don’t need a publisher to approve you, you can publish it yourself. It’s no longer about waiting for some big corporation to choose you. We’ve arrived at an age where you choose yourself.

If I’m a pirate, it’s not to have some cheap music. It is because the time has come for you to fuck off. In your arrogance, you are hurting the fundamental value of freedom only to save your little petty interests.

Well said, I have got nothing to add. Read this.

Source: Why I'm a Pirate! (http://ploum.net/post/im-a-pirate)

It speaks to the pathology of silicon valley that we use a special word, ‘bootstrapping’, for what people in other fields call ‘business’.

At 2:02 am, the captain leaves the flight deck to take a nap. Within 15 minutes, everyone aboard the plane will be dead.

Fascinating and frightening read.

Source: What Really Happened Aboard Air France 447 (http://www.popularmechanics.com/print-this/what-really-happened-aboard-air-france-447-6611877)

Thank you Noah Stokes for this great find.

Touch and pull down slightly on the banner, then flick it up and away. (You’re really activating Notification Center for a moment, but it has such a terrific, tactile feeling to it.)

This is so cool. I disabled banner notifications because I find them rather annoying but now that I know this trick, I will probably put them back.

Thank you Shawn Blanc for the tip.

Source: How To Dismiss Banner Notifications In iOS 5 (http://www.iphonehacks.com/2011/11/how-to-dismiss-banner-notifications-in-ios-5.html)

Let me be as clear as I can be: the iOS multitasking bar does not contain “a list of all running apps”. It contains “a list of recently used apps”. The user never has to manage background tasks on iOS.

Interesting. I guess I was wrong all this time.

Source: Misconceptions About iOS Multitasking (http://speirs.org/blog/2012/1/2/misconceptions-about-ios-multitasking.html)

The Internet needs more people like Maciej.

Source: What I Did in 2011 (http://blog.pinboard.in/2011/12/what_i_did_in/)