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OvershareKit→

Justin Williams:

A few weeks ago I was trading war stories with Jared Sinclair of Riposte fame as we were inching towards the finish line for our respective new apps. In Jared’s case, he is working on a new RSS client for iOS 7 called Unread and was mentioning how his biggest hurdle remaining was integrating a variety of sharing services for the posts in a user’s RSS feeds.

Luck would have it that I had been working on a similar feature already for my new app, so we decided to collaborate on something that would hopefully eliminate the need for anyone to write the same sharing code over and over again. The initial release is a pretty substantial rewrite of my initial code-base speerheaded by Jared to account for more than just image-based sharing. It’s a fantastic piece of code that I’m truly proud to be associated with.

It’s 2013 and we still have apps with archaic list-based sharing menus that were created in 2009 and barely updated for iOS 6. Developers, go check out the OvershareKit documentation on GitHub.

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Nintendo Doesn’t Need to Make Games for Mobile→

Kris Naudus of GDGT writes about Nintendo, how it won’t cede control, and backs up Nintendo’s motivations with some history, including a brief deal with Philips of all companies.

Nintendo won’t make the switch to iOS because it means ceding control to a company that doesn’t make gaming its #1 priority. And that’s important to the people there – Nintendo is a culture. And they will go to great lengths to preserve that culture; for example, where most companies flush with cash would go on a spending and acquisition spree, Nintendo doesn’t.

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iPad mini as the Absorber→

I think it becomes apparent, then, why everyone assumes the iPad Air is the creator and the iPad Mini is the absorber. While both now have the same internals, the preconceived notion that the iPad Mini is not meant for creation has overruled analytical and advisory minds. It actually makes sense to associate “smaller” and more “portable” as an absorber.

Joshua Ginter makes some good points in his article on iPad Air vs. mini for content creation. My guess: many will reconsider the mini after they’ll try the Retina display in the smaller form factor.

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Jim Dalrymple on the iPad Air→

This smaller size is great. If you have decent sized hands you can type with two thumbs on the iPad in portrait, something I wasn’t really able to do with the last generation iPad without a lot of stretching. Clearly a full-size iPad is not something you will be thumb typing with all the time, but it does give you an idea of how much smaller the iPad Air is.

Jim’s review addresses a point that I was curious to know about, and he also talks about battery life with the LTE model he reviewed.

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Ben Bajarin’s Review of the iPad Air→

When recommending products to consumers I always encourage them to look at it as an investment. Whether someone is buying a PC, TV, smartphone, or tablet, it is best to get one that is worthy of your money and will last. What makes the iPad Air interesting–from the view of personal computing–is the A7 processor.

Much has been written about the power of the A7. Creativity apps like iMovie and GarageBand run extremely smoothly and fast on the A7. I made a 4-minute high definition movie on the iPad Air and it exported in just under one minute. When I attempted the same on the iPad 4 it took just over three minutes. When it comes to exporting movies or even compressing video or a photo to upload to the web, send in an email, or even using AirDrop the A7 does it all faster.

Ben’s review of the iPad Air is different from the ones that have been published this evening, and he offers some practical advice.

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The Menu Bar Ep. 27: There Is No Show→

I had the pleasure of being on this week’s episode of The Menu Bar with Andrew Clark and Zac Cichy, who are some of the most laid back guys I’ve had the pleasure of speaking to in recent memory. I haven’t been on a podcast in a long time, and I’m glad they put up with my scatterbrain and ramblings. The show is 2 hours long… I’m sorry Andrew (who had to edit it all) and Harry. My fault.

Some of the things we chatted about:

  • All the Mac blogs have grown up, everyone’s cool, and we all found our own niche
  • iPhone 5c recommendation over iPhone 5s, and the A7 processor
  • Everything’s going free and what it means for Apple
  • The iPad lineup and potential pro offerings
  • The Nintendo 2DS, the 3DS ecosystem, and the magic of Nintendo
  • …and more!

I had a good time and needed to get some things off my chest, and I’m glad they gave me the opportunity to talk about some of the topics I’m interested in as of late. I do feel bad for talking over them sometimes: group chats are hard and I’ll get better with experience. I’m looking for feedback regarding things I could work on as far as speaking on a podcast, so shoot me a Twitter message or use our email and it’ll get to the right place. (Subject: Menu Bar if you go the email route.) Be nice tho!

Spoilers: Andrew bought a 2DS.

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