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Founder, Publisher, and Editor-in-Chief Hadley Stern is a designer, writer, and photographer residing in Boston. He has written for WebMonkey, American Photo magazine, and O’Reilly Media, and is the author of the O’Reilly book, ‘iPod and iTunes Hacks.’ Since graduating in graphic design from the Rhode Island School of Design, Hadley has worked as a professional designer at Malcolm Grear Designers, Rykodisc Records, and Razorfish. He has worked on corporate identity projects, CD packages, web sites, Flash banner advertising, and a wide variety of print collateral.

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  • Aug 18, 2008
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  • First off, Chris, great piece...here are my thoughts. I am a diehard Safari user. I rarely, if ever, notice Beachballs, and I use Safari on multiple machines. I also very very rarely come across a site that doesn't work in Safari and when I do Camino is there for me. I haven't checked out FireFox 3 in depth but I've always felt like FireFox isn't a Mac program. When I have to use another browser I typically go to Camino, which at least feels like a Mac application. The main reason I prefer Safari, however, is the main reason I prefer Macs. It is minimal, fast, and, at least for me stable.
    United StatesHadley Stern had this to say on Jul 30, 2008 Posts: 109
    Firefox 3 Kills Safari
  • I still don't regret waiting in line for 15 hours with Gregory Ng. The original iPhone only came around once.
    United StatesHadley Stern had this to say on Jun 10, 2008 Posts: 109
    The iPhone 3G is great, but is it "lineworthy" good?
  • Great thoughts everyone, here is what I think. Make the Apple TV free with a movie subscription contract (kind of like the cellphone market model). So, I can get an Apple TV if I pay 20 bucks a month, which gives me access to, say 5 movie rentals. In addition the AppleTV needs a DVR capability, I have too many boxes already!
    United StatesHadley Stern had this to say on Jun 07, 2008 Posts: 109
    Come on Steve, at WWDC Make the Apple TV Great
  • Great piece, Chris. Personally I'm really really hoping for multi-touch. I'd also like Apple to keep focussed on keeping the operating system as fast as possible. Leopard is a quantum leap ahead of Tiger, but it would be great to see continued improvements.
    United StatesHadley Stern had this to say on Jun 04, 2008 Posts: 109
    We forgot about OS X 10.6!
  • Just a clarification...this piece was originally attributed to Hadley Stern, Aayush Arya was the author. thanks!
    United StatesHadley Stern had this to say on May 19, 2008 Posts: 109
    About Linux and Why Nobody Seems to Care
  • For the record, this is an example of Chris Seibold's wacky sense of humor. I do not live in a 57,000 mansion nor do I have staff!
    United StatesHadley Stern had this to say on Apr 24, 2008 Posts: 109
    Undooming the Apple TV
  • First of all welcome back, Chris! All you readers may not know this but Chris just finished writing a book for O'Reilly, Apple Hacks, which you are hereby ordered to buy now, enjoy and rate appropriately on Amazon, Book here. Now onto the issue. Regardless of the busy savvy of making a move I too would like to see a so-called sub-Mac-Pro. I want a machine that I can open up, add some hard-drives too and tinker with. But I do think Apple is not going to create this type of machine. I think Steve's view is either you are a Pro who needs the fastest hard drive connections, video cards, expandability, etc or you are a just a consumer user who needs something that works. The notion of a prosumer machine is interesting but my guess is Apple doesn't care to understand that market. In the spirit of Mac users who like to Hack it is getting tougher and tougher these days. The Mac Pros are just too expensive and opening up a Mac mini requires a freakin' putty knife!
    United StatesHadley Stern had this to say on Apr 20, 2008 Posts: 109
    The Non Existent Glaring Hole in the Mac Lineup
  • Jan, The problem with that is that Blu-Ray is really picking up steam and Apple needs to match the best quality out there. People are spending a lot of money on their high-def TVs and spending another 300 bucks on an Apple TV which doesn't make the most use of the TV won't be convincing in the marketplace. Robomac, Thanks very much for the details on resolution. If the Apple TV is 1080p capable why not make it available for people like me who have FIOS? Diogenis, thanks for the European perspective. I'm from Canada originally so I know too well the frustrations of having to wait for technology to move beyond the US. Not sure what the solution is there though.
    United StatesHadley Stern had this to say on Apr 07, 2008 Posts: 109
    1080P, AKA Apple TV's Downfall
  • Hah, no April fool joke everyone....thanks for the nice feedback!
    United StatesHadley Stern had this to say on Apr 01, 2008 Posts: 109
    Welcome to the new Apple Matters
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    United StatesHadley Stern had this to say on Mar 29, 2008 Posts: 109
    March 29, 1994: Copland Project Introduced
  • Wolp and others, its fine to disagree but lets keep any site attacks or personal attacks out of it....it gets old real quick. The ironic thing is I just returned on the Red Eye from San Francisco where in between trying to sleep, and watching my first iTunes rental on my iPhone (which worked great btw) I started writing a piece about how great the Air is. That piece will appear soon. I truly believe the Macbook Air has to be seen, and picked up, to be appreciated. As for your points about price, Tanner, it costs more to make a product that is more compact. The technology innovation required to pack that much power into such a light-weight package is not easy, and once you pick up an Air you'll appreciate it more. I do agree that 80GBS is a little slim, and I was surprised to see no option to upgrade to a 160GB drive (maybe it's too thick?). But I think the real reason is that this machine is supposed to be someone's alternate machine, not their dedicated machine. To be used when traveling. That said I could easily survive with an Air as a dedicated machine. 80GBS is fine, the processor rocks (which is where people should be concerned if there was a compromise) and it is super-light and beautiful.
    United StatesHadley Stern had this to say on Jan 18, 2008 Posts: 109
    The MacBook Air Is a Horrible, Horrible Product
  • Krregan, Its not that it isn't an option it is just that is isn't as economically viable. Expression Engine, which Apple Matters, iPhone Matters and Macitt uses works fantastically under OS X, in face, I believe the developers of Expression Engine, by and large, use OS X to develop. What it does come down to is choice, the amount of OS X only dedicated server providers out there is minimal. And when it comes to getting a lot of traffic (say after hitting digg page 1 or slashdot like we did yesterday) having a well-tuned architecture is important. The simple fact is that there are just more software packages and expertise out there with tuning PHP on the Linux platform. As I said, if the numbers worked, and the technology worked, I would host my sites on a Maccentric host. However, hardware is only one component of hosting, there is service, pricing, etc.
    United StatesHadley Stern had this to say on Jan 05, 2008 Posts: 109
    Apple is Killing Linux on the Desktop
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    United StatesHadley Stern had this to say on Jan 05, 2008 Posts: 109
    iPhone Bytes
  • Great article, Chris and some great comments too. I think an interesting observation from a commenter concerns the success of Linux in the webserver space. Indeed Apple Matters has always been hosted on Red Hat Linux. When the site needed a dedicated server a few years ago I really wanted to have it served on a Mac but it just wasn't realistic. I, like many, am getting a little tired and bored with the notion of one operating system over all others. Each have their place, yes, even Windows. For example, if I was building a dental practice, and wanted to have a completely digital practice (digital xrays, monitors in rooms, integrated reservation and finance system, etc), I'd be hard pressed not to go Windows. If I was building a super-duper webhosting company from the ground-up I'd be dumb not to go with Linux. Where does that leave the Mac? If I was starting an ad agency I'd be dumb not to go all Mac, and if I was looking for the best home computer experience I'd be dumb to not go Mac. This is not to say that Mac's don't belong in server farms (they do for research), or in business (they are awesome business machines), it is just to say there is no one answer for anything and this is ok. It doesn't mean that Linux sucks and the Mac doesn't. Or ever that Windows sucks anymore. It means they have their place.
    United StatesHadley Stern had this to say on Jan 05, 2008 Posts: 109
    Apple is Killing Linux on the Desktop
  • Great article, Chris and some great comments too. I think an interesting observation from a commenter concerns the success of Linux in the webserver space. Indeed Apple Matters has always been hosted on Red Hat Linux. When the site needed a dedicated server a few years ago I really wanted to have it served on a Mac but it just wasn't realistic. I, like many, am getting a little tired and bored with the notion of one operating system over all others. Each have their place, yes, even Windows. For example, if I was building a dental practice, and wanted to have a completely digital practice (digital xrays, monitors in rooms, integrated reservation and finance system, etc), I'd be hard pressed not to go Windows. If I was building a super-duper webhosting company from the ground-up I'd be dumb not to go with Linux. Where does that leave the Mac? If I was starting an ad agency I'd be dumb not to go all Mac, and if I was looking for the best home computer experience I'd be dumb to not go Mac. This is not to say that Mac's don't belong in server farms (they do for research), or in business (they are awesome business machines), it is just to say there is no one answer for anything and this is ok. It doesn't mean that Linux sucks and the Mac doesn't. Or ever that Windows sucks anymore. It means they have their place.
    United StatesHadley Stern had this to say on Jan 05, 2008 Posts: 109
    Apple is Killing Linux on the Desktop