[MyAppleMenu] Jun 12, 2011

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**** Reading Feeds <http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2011/06/10/NetNewsWire-Lite>
Tim Bray

NetNewsWire and its author Brent Simmons have been much in the news recently. NNW’s future is a moving target, and that matters because the app matters; it’s one of the better reasons to use a Mac.

**** The Waste Land For iPad Lovers <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jun/12/ts-eliot-waste-land-ipad-app?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+theguardian%2Fbooks%2Frss+%28Books%29>
John Naughton, The Guardian

TS Eliot's famously difficult poem had been closed to me for decades. Now there's an app for it.

**** No iCloud Music For UK Until 2012 <http://technorati.com/technology/article/no-icloud-music-for-uk-until/>
Aman Milwani, Technorati

**** Steve Jobs' First Dream For An Apple Headquarters: Coyote Valley, San Jose <http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_18255200?nclick_check=1>
Julia Prodis Sulek, San Jose Mercury News

The vision for the modernist Apple headquarters that Jobs unveiled in Cupertino last week is remarkably similar to the one he had dreamed about for San Jose. And three men involved in Apple's Coyote Valley project -- McEnery; real estate consultant Bob Feld; and former Apple vice president Al Eisenstat -- are amazed that even after 28 years, Jobs never gave up.

**** iCloud: How Vs. What <http://www.mondaynote.com/2011/06/12/icloud/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+monday-note+%28Monday+Note%29>
Jean-Louis Gassée, Monday Note

The “free” iCloud reminds us of Apple’s real business model. They want to sell lots of devices, everything else supports this goal. It seems iCloud’s easy, executive-proof How will sell a lot nicely interconnected Apple hardware. For competitors, weaving together a Brand X laptop, a Brand Y smartphone and a Brand Z tablet won’t be as easy or inexpensive.

**** The iPhone Feature-checklist Steamroller <http://www.marco.org/2011/06/12/iphone-feature-checklist-steamroller>
Marco Arment

When speculating on what Apple will or won’t do, a change that gets them more iPhone customers is probably worth considering even if you think they’d “never” do it. iPhone customer acquisition is a higher priority than almost everything else.



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**** ‘The Book Of Mormon’: No Offense <http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2011/jun/11/james-fenton-book-of-mormon-review/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nybooks+%28The+New+York+Review+of+Books%29>
James Fenton, New York Review Of Books

But then something mysterious happened, and the show that opened in March at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre drew praise of a glutinous and sickly kind from the greyer eminences of the press—from David Brooks of The New York Times, for instance, who spoke of the “jolt of energy” that surges through the audience during the first number, a “jolt of joy, gratitude and laughter” at the realization that the production was going to live up to its reviews.

**** The Truth Is In There <http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2011/06/12/the_truth_is_in_there/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Ideas+section>
Leon Neyfakh, Boston Globe

And most notably — after 40 long years of writer’s block — Morris has suddenly become a prolific writer, with no fewer than three books under contract with publishers and a series of long investigative essays that appear regularly on the website of The New York Times.



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**** Is 'Sorry' The New PAP Buzzword? <http://feedmetothefish.blogspot.com/2011/06/is-sorry-new-pap-buzzword.html>
Feed Me To The Fish

**** Without Treaty, Singapore Is A ‘Haven For Graft Fugitives’ <http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/06/12/without-treaty-singapore-a-‘haven-graft-fugitives’.html>
The Jakarta Post

**** Unprecedented Presidency <http://theonlinecitizen.com/2011/06/unprecedented-presidency/>
Howard Lee

**** Foreign Workers In Singapore 'Bear The Brunt' <http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gbdTSoph6stAp-l6_-0s4YtbuRPQ?docId=CNG.ceb1ca9177f1aa0846e65139128374a8.181>
Philip Lim, AFP

TWC2 executive director Vincent Wijeysingha, who lost as an opposition candidate in the May election, said the manner in which immigration was discussed during the campaign could hurt foreign workers even more. "In other countries, when a politician says something that could be viewed as xenophobic, a spike in hate crime sometimes results. It may not be entirely different in Singapore."

**** Stemming The Tide Of Workers <http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?col=insightdownsouth&file=/2011/6/11/columnists/insightdownsouth/8879601&sec=Insight%20Down%20South>
Seah Chiang Nee, The Star

The government may have no choice but to cut back, even at the expense of weaker growth. The public emotions appear too strong to overcome.

For Singapore, it could spell an end to its ambition to have a 6.5 million to seven million population for a long time to come.

**** I Don’t Know What The Elected President Does <http://newnation.sg/2011/06/problem-i-dont-know-what-the-elected-president-does/>
Belmont Lay, New Nation

You, as the electorate who is going to choose your next president, know absolutely next to nought about what your president does.