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Yesterday, Nik Fletcher highlighted the subtle changes Apple introduced in iOS4 and followed it up today with a second post that documented even more subtle changes in the UI.  I loved both posts, as they really showcase Apple’s extreme focus on attention to detail.

Another great change that I noticed today, but hasn’t yet made it to Nik’s list, is that iOS4 Mail now displays the count of total messages in an email thread just beneath the time the message was received.  If you click on the count, Mail then filters your inbox to show all messages from that thread.

Side note: if you like this type of stuff, check out Finer Things in Mac,

OK.  So I purchased the MacHeist nano-Bundle this week and just realized that you can download a file of all the license keys in one fell swoop into 1Password.  Awesome.

In the near term at least, I’m going to spend most of my “blogging time” on a new site I just launched called The Long Form.  Over the last year, I’ve become more interested in the intersection of books and technology, and that’s the discussion that will happen on that site.

I expect I will continue to have the occasional Mac comment or other journaling of my tech experiences here, but I am going to have less frequent updates to this blog.

So what are you waiting for?   Time to get engaged with The Long Form.  Check out the first post or subscribe to the RSS feed!

I downloaded Acorn today for a test run.   I was a little lazy and launched the app from my Downloads folder and right after was pleasantly surprised to see this dialog box pop up on my screen.

It’s a small thing, but such a simple way to make the end user’s life easier.  I can’t recall ever seeing this in another app.  A very nice touch and a great first impression.

I was recently listening to an older episode (TKC 64) of Len Edgerly’s excellent podcast, The Kindle Chronicles, which included an interview with Ian Freed, Vice President of Amazon Kindle for Amazon.com.  Freed was discussing the release of the international edition of the Kindle, and commented that with the new release, the Amazon Kindle vision statement would have to be revised to state, “Every book ever printed in every language all available in 60 seconds from anywhere on the planet.”  (The new language is in italics).

That was the first time I had heard the vision statement for the Kindle, and I have to say it is one of the best I have ever heard.  It is simple, bold, and easy to understand.  Whether I’m an Amazon employee, customer, or competitor I get it.  Kudos to Amazon for nailing it.

I read the press coverage of the Barnes and Noble Nook announcement last week, but it wasn’t until recently that I finally checked out the Nook product page on barnesandnoble.com.

My first thought after watching the introductory video was they should have just named the Nook the Kindle 3.  It’s as if they reverse-engineered a Kindle, added the ten most requested features, and then slapped a different name on it.

Actually, come to think of it… that is probably exactly what they did.