Getting a Verizon Mobile Phone to Work with a Mac

Thu 8 Jul 200408:15 PM

I’m still patiently waiting for a Verizon Bluetooth phone.

Face the Press

Thu 8 Jul 200405:25 PM

Someone over at the Gray Lady just discovered typography, if David Dunlap’s piece on the 9/11 memorial cornerstone is any indication. Unexpectedly, the article devotes 1,000 words to discussing the use of Gotham — a beautiful typeface designed by Tobias Frere-Jones and distributed by The Hoefler Type Foundry — as the principle face for the cornerstone. The photo caption is unintentionally hilarious: “Gotham… is distinguished by the uniformity in the width of its strokes and the absence of embellishments like serifs.” Really!

A Look at Apple’s Upcoming Mail 2.0

Thu 8 Jul 200405:04 PM

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NewTen: Newton Connectivity for Mac OS X

Thu 8 Jul 200405:02 PM

This platform will never die, apparently.

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iRaq

Thu 8 Jul 200404:58 PM

Someone thinks they’re funny. I do too, actually.

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Hoefler Type Foundry’s Gotham Used on 9/11 Memorial Cornerstone

Thu 8 Jul 200410:17 AM

We need to see more articles on typography in the general news media.

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Two’s Company

Wed 7 Jul 200410:41 PM

It made no sense to me at all that Representative Dick Gephardt’s name continually appeared in the scuttlebutt leading up to John Kerry’s selection of a vice presidential running mate, but apparently he was a mainstay on the short list right up until the last moment. Gephardt’s old school, protectionist rhetoric always struck me as a sure way to write a ticket to another damaging Democratic loss in November, so you can imagine the complete relief that I experienced upon hearing yesterday that Senator John Edwards got the official nod. Once in a while, to see something happen in politics with which you whole-heartedly agree, and to find that most pundits agree with you too — in my view, Edwards’s charisma and highly-regarded elocution are huge pluses on a ticket headed by an ashen-faced father figure, and against opponents marked by dim cronyism and pure, unmitigated mendacity.