Apple
Boo Apple. (Guess I shouldn’t be surprised, but still: Boo.)
Just accidentally discovered a handy trick for the iPhone camera…
To switch from camera mode to “camera roll” (to view shots you’ve taken), just swipe right. It’s much quicker than tapping the little thumbnail in the corner.
Stuff like this is why Apple is awesome.
Couldn’t find the little Apple remote so I thought “Hmm, I wonder if I could set up my phone to use as the remote for the Apple TV…” Turns out all I had to do was launch the built-in Remote app and, there it is – it recognizes the device without me having to set anything up, and lets me control both the AppleTV and iTunes on the computer.
Design decisions at Apple vs Google – The Auteur vs. the Committee
One person is the Decider for final design choices. Not focus groups. Not data crunchers. Not committee consensus-builders. The decisions reflect the sensibility of just one person: Steven P. Jobs, the C.E.O.
By contrast, Google has followed the conventional approach, with lots of people playing a role. That group prefers to rely on experimental data, not designers, to guide its decisions.
The contest is not even close. The company that has a single arbiter of taste has been producing superior products, showing that you don’t need multiple teams and dozens or hundreds or thousands of voices.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/technology/what-apple-has-that-google-doesnt-an-auteur.html
