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Apple's localisation mess in Switzerland

As good as Apple is with its software and hardware design, it fails to address localisation issues in its communications and online services. At least here in Switzerland. I've been grumbling about l10n issues for a long time now,...


iThanks - Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO

We all knew this was going to happen soon or later, but Steve Jobs' resignation as Apple CEO still came as a shock as I read my morning feeds. As always, it did it his own way. So be...


ø Steve Jobs’ response on Section 3.3.1

“Crappy developers will make crappy apps regardless of how many layers there are”


Get your MacBook to sleep smart

Oh mirror, mirror, on the wall

I almost never shutdown my MacBook Pro, I always send it to sleep. Faster wake up time, this behaviour makes sense on a laptop. Only, it can take ages for the MacBook to actually go to sleep. Check how long it takes between the moment you close the lip, and the power led start pulsing. Ages.


Geneva Apple Store is open

The Geneva Apple Store opened yesterday at 17:00 CET. It is Apple's 242nd store worldwide. I wasn't sure to attend, but curiosity got the best of me. Not curiosity of the store itself as I was very much sure...


iPod Touch first impressions

My iPod Touch was delivered yesterday around 3pm, and I've been playing with it since. The iPhone hasn't reached Europe yet, and isn't announced in Switzerland at al for the moment, so it was my first contact with the...


Apple Store web standards savvy

This might be old news to some, but I was pleasantly surprised this morning to discover that the Apple Store had been redesigned to become a big step closer to web standard compliance and has improved its accessibility. Apple's...


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About

Hello, my name is David Roessli. I am a freelance web designer and developer based in Geneva, Switzerland.

This weblog is an nth attempt to solve my multiple online personalities and weblog/rss feeds burnout issues. (more)

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I have been contemplating the idea of upgrading my desktop Mac since this spring. The latest 27" iMac (Quad-Core) seemed the perfect candidate, but the release of Apple's 27" Monitor last September made me stick with the Mac Pro...

Music

I had lunch with Anne (Atelier an) today at La Maison Rouge. It was good to catch up. Among other things she told me about her 20 year old son, Vivien who's a passionate percussionist and talented drummer like...

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