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Default: Living within Apple's gilded cage

January 05, 2014 by David Johnson

A lot of people, perhaps most, never venture beyond the default settings and applications found on their devices at the time of purchase. Others make it a point of personalizing the settings, and loading up their favorite alternatives to the default apps, dumping the defaults in a folder, and onto the back page, out of sight and out of mind. I see no evidence that one group is happier than the other. However, it does appear that the more adventurous of the two end up having more issues with their devices. I happen to be both. In some things, I am Captain Default. In others, I am David, Lord of the Unbeaten Path. This weekend, we will be exploring the benefits of accepting the default position, and living happily within Apple's tightly controlled ecosystem.

 

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January 05, 2014 /David Johnson
out of the box experience, Windows, Mac, iDevice, iPad, iPhone, iOS, Android, gilded cage, iMessage, Hangouts
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This picture is not a photograph, but a finger-painting done entirely on the iPad

December 03, 2013 by David Johnson

Painted by Kyle Lambert www.kylelambert.co.uk The world's most realistic finger painting. Using only a finger, an iPad Air and the app Procreate, artist Kyle Lambert has painted a photorealistic portrait of actor Morgan Freeman. Music by Richard Woolgar

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December 03, 2013 /David Johnson
Kyle Lambert, finger-painting, Procreate, App Store, Windows, Android, Morgan Freeman, Richard Woolgar
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Microsoft teams up with the Pawn Stars for a new Scroogled ad, unable to get out of its own way

November 27, 2013 by David Johnson

Microsoft is no stranger to paid endorsements. They will happily hand over truckloads of money to any celebrity who will take it, and pretend to like their products. This time, it's the Pawn Stars. In a slight twist, the ad is not promoting any particular Microsoft product, but slams the Google Chromebook, and Google in general.

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November 27, 2013 /David Johnson
Microsoft, Pawn Stars, Google, Chromebook, Chrome, ticket to Hollywood, PowerPoint, Windows, Office
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