Riccardo Mori | Translator. Writer. Mac consultant. Humanist.

Ten days ago, Paul Miller of The Verge started his experiment to disconnect from the Internet for a year. Here are some personal observations about it.

Federico Viticci shares his complex Dropbox-based writing workflow, and while admiring his organisation and meticulousness, I think that when it comes to writing, things should be kept as simple as possible.

Sometimes the problem is not the change in itself, but those responsible for the change.

An interface design isn’t necessarily good and efficient because it’s minimal, and isn’t necessarily bad and gratuitous because it’s skeuomorphic.

This camera app for the iPhone has quickly conquered my home screen, and after a couple of months of use, I can safely say it’s my favourite camera app — period.

When Readability announced their iOS app, I was thrilled; but I have a couple of things to say about its implementation.

Perhaps not many people have had two Apple IDs tied to two different App Stores. iOS used to handle app updates from different Stores in a very counter-intuitive way, but finally things have improved.

Today, a new literary project of mine goes live. Here’s a brief introduction.

Some thoughts about the changes in our music listening habits.

Some observations on the subject of rest.

Remembering friends I have lost.

Some scans from 1950s miniature train catalogues I inherited from my grandfather.

The long-awaited update to one of my favourite screensavers has finally arrived.

Cameron Kaiser has posted an excellent write-up on the current security situation for PowerPC Macs.

Another reason why I’ve chosen to focus on longer articles and analyses since I started writing online.

At last a reasonable article covering this ever-present issue and how to cope with it.

Una decina di giorni fa, Paul Miller di The Verge ha dato il via al suo esperimento di scollegarsi da Internet per un anno. Ecco qualche osservazione a proposito.

Per molti l’aggiornamento a Lion è stato forse il più controverso nella storia di Mac OS X, e io stesso ero restio ad abbandonare la stabilità di Snow Leopard, ma molti dei miei timori si sono rivelati infondati

Qualche giorno fa celebravo la rinascita della rivista Macworld Italia con una punta di amarezza per non aver visto menzionati i nomi dei collaboratori, tra cui il sottoscritto. Situazione chiarita: si è trattato solo di un banale inconveniente tecnico.