yeah right keller

So you ever wanted to be able to send the user to a particular Settings page?

Neat. I didn’t know you could do that. I wonder if you can link to your own Settings page…

It’s a little cumbersome to watch all the segments, and nothing too groundbreaking, but there are some interesting stories in there. Also, that’s the haircut he wanted to be remembered for in 300 years?

Wil Shipley:

So, my solution (and it’s surprisingly simple): Apple should allow each developers to sign her applications with the certificates Apple provides. Lion should ONLY run applications with Apple-provided certificates, and Lion should have a control panel that says, “Here’s a list of applications you (the user) will allow to be run that don’t have trusted certificates from Apple.”

It’s interesting to take a step back and actually think about what the goal is (or should be) for sandboxing (and greater security in general). What he proposes makes a lot of sense to me. However, it still has the issue that sandboxing keeps a lot of apps out of the Mac AppStore. I’m not sure there’s a way around that, but it’s a bummer for any developer doing something outside of the bounds of sandboxing.

Coincidentally I just listened all the way through The Wall the other day, so this sounds pretty exciting. Also, it looks like the stadium shows (including in SF) are supposed to be even fancier.

This sounded a little silly at first. However, after watching the video it seems pretty clever. (Though, it probably helped that the video was shot 2 blocks from my apartment.) If this works as advertised, and catches on enough so that you don’t feel awkward actually using it, then it definitely feels like a piece of the future.

Matias Duarte, talking about the design philosophy of Android:

Right now, there’s a common trap that can happen when you load up too much power into a piece of software that’s not that intelligent. Like the junior assistant that you hire, who instead of helping you by taking work of your plate, makes more work for you. We wanted that really senior assistant that really knows how to help.

Really? The difference between your two personal assistants? Is that really an analogy that most people can relate to?

“I’m actually a neo-hipster now. It’s basically where you’re a hipster, but since hipsterism has gone so mainstream you dress and act like a regular person, ironically.”