Special: Twenty
As 2019 draws to a close, I thought it would be worth looking back on a very important milestone that this site has hit this year—in September, SchwarzTech turned twenty. In true navel-gazing fashion, I took this opportunity to run a special header on the site all year, but otherwise treated it as a passing acknowledgement. I think it’s time to finally reflect a bit…
Special: WWDC 2017: Turning It Up to 11
After a lackluster 2016, it was nice to see Apple have a keynote where they could have gone for double the time without having to throw in an awkward music skit or more game demos. While I’ve been tempted to grab all of the betas and load them on my devices, I’m waiting until at least the first public beta, and even that’s going on an iPod touch. Nonetheless, I’m excited for this fall. Let’s recap, with some good commentary, of course…
Special: Thoughts on WWDC 2016 Keynote
Over the years, the tone of Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference keynote has changed from being entirely developer-focused to being something that is a mix of setting the tone for the rest of the conference for developers, getting the general public excited about new technologies that will be available in the fall, and offering a bit of a mid-year peek in at Apple's core values. This year was no exception, as Apple had to kick the App Store changes to a few press conversations last week, and instead showed off refreshed versions of watchOS, tvOS, macOS, and iOS…
Special: Regarding the iPhone SE and iPad Pro 9.7″ Event
It took me a little while to comment on last week's Apple event because it was unlike almost every other Apple event in recent history. Besides the fact that it was done after about an hour, most of the products were variations on products that we had already seen before. After taking about a week to think things over, I think this may be a very notable event for years to come, although many have not realized it yet…
Special: On Apple’s iPad Pro, Apple TV, & iPhone 6S Special Event
Although Apple’s event took place almost a week ago and much of the Internet has spilled plenty of digital ink over the iPad Pro, new Apple TV, and iPhone 6S, I wanted to take my time and mull over the the big and small points of the event. I think some of these will be more apparent once devices start shipping, but the overall trend seemed to be incremental updates to keep Apple competitive…