Pushing iOS

May 30, 2014 in Design, Analysis

Here’s the stronghold and I’m the little bunny who can barely move around a sword going straight for it. If anyone sends me a picture of a bunny me that can’t move around a sword against a giant Apple stronghold castle… I’m putting it right here!

Windows Phone is getting more traction and Android is winning the polls with the most users. Yet, what those numbers don’t tell us is that the iPhone and iOS are both maintained by one single company (although we can say the same about Windows Phone with MSFT/Nokia and kinda Google with the Nexus). Apple is still winning in this, they are alo...

"Pushing iOS" research update

May 23, 2014 in Updates

Feels like it's been awhile I didn't post on my blog. Yup, a month counts as "a while". Good news though is that I haven't been sitting on my ass doing nothing and playing Titanfall for the past month!

Okay, I do play too much of Titanfall, but that's another story.

I have been working on Space Kitten, multiple contracts and of course kolab my company and main project. I am also working on my long due iOS project. I'm completing the written research and analysis and as of now it's a bit over 6,500 words, so it looks like it's going to be a bit bigger than my Windows project. This project is less designs and visual and more analysis.

The long part though is of course all the animations and videos on which I may skip a little if I do not meet my release goal for the last day of May. I really want to finish this before WWDC as it could be a fine comparison about this vision and whatever Apple comes out with.

So by the end of the month it should all be ready to go and online and should also be on The Verge! So check that out in about a week!

In the meantime, make sure you read the first part of the analysis right here.

Thanks everyone!

Jay

Updates & FAQ

January 29, 2014 in Updates

Hello everyone!

How are you today?

So, I’m receiving a lot of tweets, emails and messages with the same questions and I decided to take the time to answer them right here and give you some updates about me, my upcoming projects, my visit with Microsoft and what is happening.

The Mac Pro Extender

November 16, 2013 in Design

Look, I understand that to some I may sound like an Apple hater, but that is far from true. A couple of years ago I was fully equipped with a MacBook Air, iPad and iPhone; it's just that the recent products are lacking behind in my opinion.

The new Mac Pro is still a product I find amazing. I'm not super inspired by the design (I still think it looks like a glossy trash can), but the engineering is simply incredible. I'm sure it looks better in real life though, I'll at least give them that! The idea of getting my monstrous Alienware Aurora R3 off the ground and replacing it with a desktop powerhouse right beside me on my desk with more power just seems impossible.

The Mac Pro is really nice, but really flawed...

November 05, 2013 in Analysis, Point of View

I watched the Apple presentation.

Honestly, I didn't have high expectations. I mean, we all knew what was coming with the leaks and Apple's recent simple-safe-boring updates over the past few years. A lighter&thinner iPad with a better processor to hold a stretched grid of static childish icons that can even run two things at once, smaller MacBook Pros with Retina Displays without any wow factor or special feature and OS X Mavericks, which is, again, an obvious evolution from the previous OS.

What I found interesting though is the new Mac Pro. It looks like a trash can, but the design is not where I'm interested about this product. You see my main computer is an Alienware Aurora R3 and it's freakishly huge. I love that monster computer with the lights and striking design, but the idea of a compact super powerhouse on your desk in also very interesting. Power, lots of power and that is perfect for someone like me with huge power needs when rendering huge scenes in 3DS Max and compositions in After Effects. Of course, I would install Windows 8.1 on it and leave OS X on the side, but the computer itself is amazing.

The only problem is that for a super-powered workstation for professionals it sucks; they completely forgot how professionals actually work. They wrongly oversimplified the product to the point that it will be a pain to use in a lot of use scenarios.

Let me explain!