Ken Adams

Get New Apple Silicon MacBook Air for just $426

November 10, 2020
By Ken Adams

Commentary

Get the brand new $999 Apple Silicon based MacBook Air for just $425.83 after a trade-in and Apple Card cash back.

Apple, Apple Silicon, Mac

COVID-19 Apps Detailed Guide: Progress Is Way Too Slow Due To Health Systems/Governments Out To Lunch, Apple Bugs & Android Delays

September 14, 2020
By Ken Adams

Commentary, Design, Reviews

Progress is way too slow on getting COVID-19 contact tracing apps out there. Health systems and governments need to get it together and Apple and Google could do a lot more to speed things up. And Apple needs to fix it's bugs and UX design problems.

Apple, COVID-19, Google, UX Design

Apple & Google Will Finally Ship Automatic System for COVID-19 Contact Tracing

September 1, 2020
By Ken Adams

Commentary

Apple and Google are launching a new software framework to help states deploy their own COVID-19 contact tracing apps, but the states will still need to do some work.

Apple, COVID-19, Google

WordPress Design Aug 2020 Updates

August 25, 2020
By Ken Adams

Design, Engineering, WordPress

I just deployed a major re-design of my blog site utilizing a near pixel perfect design approach and new design tools. See some of the major design improvements before and after, and learn a little bit about how I did it.

UX Design, WordPress, WordPress: Elementor, WordPress: JetPack, WordPress: My Real World Experience

More COVID-19 Tracing Apps, But Where The Hell Is California’s ?

August 14, 2020
By Ken Adams

Commentary

More states and countries release Covid-19 tracing apps, but where the hell is California's app ? Tech center of the known universe, and home to Apple and Google, but Cali's still got nothin' !!!

Apple, COVID-19, Google

Apple Silicon Mac Dev Kit Native Multi-core Faster Than Intel i7

July 24, 2020
By Ken Adams

Commentary

New Geekbench scores show a native multi-core benchmark on Apple Silicon Mac Developer Transition Kit (DTK) faster than a 2020 MacBook Pro with an 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 with 4 cores. While Apple Silicon in a Mac is about more than just performance, that's bananas fast !!!! Remember, it's based on a 2018 Apple processor compared to an Intel in a 2020 MacBook Pro.

Apple, Apple Silicon, Intel, Mac

Apple Silicon Macs Are About More Than Just Better Performance

July 16, 2020
By Ken Adams

Commentary, Design

Apple transitioning Macs from Intel to their own silicon will achieve a great deal more than just better performance. Just look at everything they've packed into the A series SoCs used in iPhones and iPads. I've worked at Apple, so I know this was inevitable.

Apple, Apple Silicon, Mac

Apple Silicon Macs: Getting It Wrong – Wash Post & WSJ

July 2, 2020
By Ken Adams

Commentary

The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal are getting it wrong, regarding Apple's motives of transitioning Macs from Intel processors to their own Apple Silicon. Maybe they need reporters that understand Apple.

Apple, Apple Silicon, Mac

Closed Windows: Microsoft Closing All Retail Stores

June 29, 2020
By Ken Adams

Commentary

More bad news for Microsoft on Friday, they announced they are closing ALL Microsoft Store physical locations.

Microsoft

Broken Windows: pro-Microsoft sites say Stability Going Downhill & Win Mail is Deleting Gmail

June 25, 2020
By Ken Adams

Commentary

Today's Broken Windows stories from pro-Microsoft web sites report more big bugs in Windows 10.

Microsoft, Windows

Broken Windows: Microsoft Keeps Making More Bugs Than Useful Features

June 18, 2020
By Ken Adams

Commentary, Engineering

Update after update, Microsoft just keeps breaking Windows. More proof that it was a good move, when I dumped Win-Blows for Mac. It was 10 years ago when I went Mac and never looked back.

Apple, Azure DevOps/VSTS, Mac, macOS, Microsoft, Windows

On The Wrong Side: Facebook, Trump, Brutal Police, Racists – It’s All Interconnected

June 12, 2020
By Ken Adams

Commentary

They are on the wrong side of history. And of right now. Facebook, Trump, brutal police, racists. They are all interconnected.

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