Apps are too cheap

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Dave Addey wrote a great piece about the state of app pricing and what can be done about it. Definitely worth a read.

The future of Adobe Fireworks

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While we are not planning further feature development for Fireworks, we will continue to sell Fireworks CS6 as well as make it available as part of the Creative Cloud. We will provide security updates as necessary and may provide bug fixes. We plan to update Fireworks to support the next major releases of both Mac OS X and Windows.

iOS 7 wish list

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Federico Viticci has a long list of features and improvements that he would like to see in the next version of iOS. Some will never make to the operating system, but there are others that I would never of even thought of, like separate language support for Maps.

The Name Your Own Price Mac Bundle 2.0

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Many thanks to StackSocial for sponsoring The Loop’s RSS feed this week. StackSocial proudly presents the Name Your Own Price Mac Bundle 2.0. Get 10 essential Mac Apps. Donate to charity. Name Your Own Price. Take the top spot on … Continued

Typography for non-professionals

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Seth Godin:

If you use a typeface that reminds me of the script on the menu of a French restaurant, then no, I’m not going to instinctively believe that you’re a good doctor. If you use a thin, elegant wedding invitation font in your Powerpoint presentation, you haven’t been clever, you’ve merely confused me.

So true. I see people do crazy things like this all the time and it just makes me angry.

CleanMyMac 2

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Many thanks to CleanMyMac 2 for sponsoring this week’s RSS feed on The Loop.

CleanMyMac 2 is an ingeniously simple and powerful system maintenance solution to get extra space and keep your Mac clean and well-organized.

Besides cleaning your hard drive of outdated cache files, system logs, language files and other unneeded data, CleanMyMac 2 also reduces the size of iPhoto libraries, helps find and delete large files and folders which haven’t been used for an extended period of time, correctly uninstalls applications, and so much more — reclaiming your Mac’s valuable hard drive space and keeping it running at peak efficiency.

CleanMyMac 2 is the simplest, safest, and most effective way to clean your Mac. Try it today for free.

Some humor

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Harry Marks’ “My Valiant Return to Reading” is hilarious. Clearly making fun of some people that quit the Internet.

What comes after flat design?

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Geri Reid brings up a good question. Skeuomorphic design took the world on quite a ride, but it seems to be out now. While I don’t agree with her that Microsoft “struck a winning blow with the flat interface of Windows 8,” there is no doubt a change is coming.

I would like to see Apple update their interfaces, but not eschew Skeuomorphic elements altogether.

Remember Apple’s previous keynotes. The crowd didn’t roar and applaud for the flat design elements, they cheered when the Passbook app shredded a card with a realistic shredder that popped up on the screen.

Apple needs to refine that design, not replace it.

YouTube says it won the battle with the TV

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YouTube vs. TV? YouTube says the battle — if there ever was one — is over.

In a flashy presentation to advertisers Wednesday night, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt declined to forecast that Internet video will displace television watching. Instead he declared: “That’s already happened.”

I agree that habits are changing and there is a huge shift coming, but I don’t believe YouTube has won.

Backblaze iPhone app

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Shawn Blanc takes a look at Backblaze’s new iPhone app for managing the off-site backup of your desktop computer.

Triage email app for iPhone

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Triage is for people who struggle to stay on top of their inbox. It doesn’t try to replace your desktop mail client, but lets you use your downtime to quickly remove the noise and stress.

I tested Triage and loved it. It was released while I was traveling, so I didn’t get a chance to post about it. It’s a brilliant idea to help you keep on top of your email quickly and easily.

Ev Williams on building Medium

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This article was posted last November, but there are some great lessons to be learned for anyone that is building a product or company.

Apple’s “All-Time Top Apps”

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Federico Viticci has a list of the top apps from the past few years. I found the “interesting facts about the new charts” section to be great.

Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman dead at 49

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Just over two years after contracting a rare skin tissue disease, Slayer guitarist and songwriter Jeff Hanneman died on Thursday from liver failure at a hospital near his home in Southern California’s Inland Empire area.

RIP

The Street.com sure fucked this one up

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There’s a story on The Street today titled, “Lookout Apple, Here Comes Microsoft: Surface Tablets Break Into Top 5.” Sounds impressive, right? […]