Don’t worry about being killed by some religious extremist unless that is you follow the same religion but practice it slightly differently.
It seems there’s nothing more an extremist likes to kill than someone of their own religion.
Roman Abramovich
Just proves the point that just because you have lots of money it doesn’t mean you’re not a complete and utter twat
A Personal Desktop
Project and Tasks
The main focus of the user desktop are projects and tasks.
Currently the focus of desktops is applications and documents. I don’t know about you but in the rest of my interactions with the world I have a set of projects I’m working on and tasks I need to perform.
User Menu
User menu located in top left hand corner
Baron @ home
Organize/Tracker
Personal Info/Preferences
Personal Details
Information Cards
Locations
Accounts
Tasks
Today
This Week
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Task Name
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New
Manage/Schedule
Calendar
Home
Open
Today
This Week
Work
Open
Today
This Week
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New
Appointment
Anniversary
Reminder
All Day Event
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Calendar
Manage
Contacts
Open
Send Message
Phone
VOIP Phone
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Friends
Family
Colleagues
Group
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New
Person
Group (could be a mailing list)
Manage
Projects
Recent
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New
Photography
Web Site
Manage
Documents
Recent
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New
Empty
Words
Spreadsheet
Image
Manage
Libraries
Music
Movies
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New
Music
Movie
Manage
Connections
iCloud
SSH
Current (Show connected icon)
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Available
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New
Manage
Log-off
The menu un-expanded menu shows the name of the currently logged in user and the location.
The location is determined based in the available location information provided by the OS, with a UI to select what information is used; GPS, IP database, DHCP server and network information.
For work based locations you could default to a different default email server, calendar, theme etc.
Perspectives
Next is a drop down menu à la eclipse which selects a ‘perspective’ which is a specific layout of windows which can be
saved and restored.
Command Bar
Located in top center of screen where the user can type or dictate queries for documents, URLs etc. e.g.
find all documents from Dad - Searches all documents from a specific user find documents from Dad - Searches for documents below the currently selected folder. find all documents from Dad on Google Docs find all pictures containing Dad send message to dad - uses default contact method to send data send message to dad by email call dad
System Menu
Located in the top right of the screen
System Messages Search Configure Update About ------------ Restart Power Down
Tablet Bezels
Why aren’t tablet bezels used more for global interaction?
They could use a swipe starting from within the bezel to switch between apps. Not just from the side of the screen but from within the actual bezel.
Swipe up and down the bezel on the opposite side to where you’re holding the tablet to change volume, zoom in and out etc.
Tap in the top right to bring up a context menu to access a message center for example.
Eating Out
So, I want to go out to eat, a week Monday, at around 8pm. Nothing unusual about that, I do sometimes go out you know.
However this time I want to go to a restaurant that’s the other side of the world.
The internet should be able to easily find me a restaurant near Sydney Opera House that’s open on a Monday at around the right time, that serves seafood (I like good seafood), that has a table free (that’s not right by the toilet), that has a good rating (at least one rating preferably.)
A small part of me has died.
Is it only me that is saddened by this remark?
I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple’s $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong.
I hope it’s not true.
Dieing angry seems like such a sad way to end your life.
And I would like to remember Steve Jobs for all the other beautifully designed things he brought into the world and not the hatred this quote portrays.
The world needs more people who think of producing the very best that they can do with no compromise. There are too many people involved with computer hardware and software these days whose mantra appears to be ‘Good enough’
Worried about John Gruber
This is a selfish observation.
I used to enjoy John Gruber’s blog, but now I’ve become a little jaded by it and
I’m worried about John Gruber.
I hope in his life he has something outside of
Apple Good, Google Bad.
to fall back on.
I may be remembering incorrectly but I’m sure his blog used to have some
very interesting things outside of the very narrow field he seems to have
placed himself in.
Whether it is because Apple are paying him as some have postulated matters not
to me. What I miss are the posts that made me think about something new.
Something outside of the ordinary.
They are conspicuous by their absence and I’m not sure it’s a healthy.
Now when John writes a post I know ninety nine times out of a hundred that he’ll be bashing Android or praising Apple and now my response is to yawn. It’s become predictable.
And when I say I’m worried about John I really mean that I’m worried that the
sort of post I’m interested in will not happen again.
For purely selfish reasons you understand.
Could the water on earth and the moon have come from Mars?
Whole Phone Gestures
There’s a gesture that some phones use whereby when you shake the phone and it randomizes a list of items.
Here’s another possible gesture.
1. The phone rings.
2. You look at the screen to see who’s calling
3. You want to answer so you put the phone to your ear
Call answered and no pressing of buttons needed.
What to do with Motorola?
What if Google were to go down the Arm route and use Motorola as a company to produce reference designs for mobile phones and tablets and license them to manufacturers?
They would have the patents, the expertise and could introduce new hardware along with the software to drive it as a complete package to manufacturers.
All thrown in with a bit of patent indemnification.