Stefan Laketa - laketa.com http://www.laketa.com Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:00:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 I’m back! http://www.laketa.com/2012/04/im-back/ http://www.laketa.com/2012/04/im-back/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:00:34 +0000 Stefan Laketa http://www.laketa.com/?p=896 I’m finally back after six months of paternity leave. This means that you will probably see some new posts coming in the near future. I’m also considering a design update of the site (adding some colours!) and hope to have it ready in a couple of weeks.

Stay tuned!

]]> http://www.laketa.com/2012/04/im-back/feed/ 0 “It’s so simple” http://www.laketa.com/2011/10/its-so-simple/ http://www.laketa.com/2011/10/its-so-simple/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:53:25 +0000 Stefan Laketa http://www.laketa.com/?p=889 Steven Paul Jobs, 1955-2011

I actually didn’t know what to write, or even if I could. This whole day has been really hard. The news of Steve Jobs’s death affected me more than I could imagine. It sounds weird since I never met him or saw him in real life, but his products and visions had a great impact in my professional life.

(I am lucky to have two great kids at home, giving me all their love and share their laughter with me. Death becomes more real when you have kids…)

My first Mac was a 12″ PowerBook (1.33 GHz), bought in 2003. Since then I’ve been amazed numerous times when Steve unveiled a new great product, like the iPhone or the iPad. I was so impressed by the Mac, after being a Windows user for many years, that I actually tried to learn more and more about Macs and Mac OS X. In 2006 I got a job at MacHuset (a local Swedish Apple consultant and reseller) as a Mac system consultant. I had three truly great years there and I would still work there if my wife didn’t want to move back to her childhood village.

Since I’m home on paternity leave, I haven’t had any time to really read and watch all the blogs during the day. But tonight I sat down after my wife and kids went to bed, and spent a couple of hours reading posts from John Gruber, John Siracusa, Stephen Fry, Walt Mossberg, and many more. I also re-watched some parts of the iPhone keynote in 2007 and I noticed two things this time:

  1. You can see how proud he seems to be of the iPhone. In that moment it seemed that it was the peak of his (and Apple’s) accomplishments. He also looked way more healthier than in the latest keynote he did.
  2. He used the phrase “It’s so simple” a lot.

His goal was to take something complicated and make it simple and beautiful. And for that, I will always be grateful. Imagine a world without Steve: no Mac OS X, no Mac computers, no iPhones, no iPads.

Thank you, Steve. You died way too soon.

]]> http://www.laketa.com/2011/10/its-so-simple/feed/ 0 Time to go on paternity leave http://www.laketa.com/2011/09/time-to-go-on-paternity-leave/ http://www.laketa.com/2011/09/time-to-go-on-paternity-leave/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 15:00:48 +0000 Stefan Laketa http://www.laketa.com/?p=883 Starting tomorrow I will be on paternity leave until next Easter. I have no idea how much time I will have to write blog posts or do my weekly lists, but I hope to find time during the kids’s naps to do something here on my site. I do have some ideas to write about, but the problem is to actually find the time to write them down.

A re-design of the site is also something I have been thinking about for some time, but that has a lower priority than actual blog posting.

If this is the last post for the next six months, I hope you’ll be back next Easter.

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But here’s my list for September 12th to September 28th.

The List – September 12th to September 28th

Release Day Economics
The economics of releasing an album, both digital and vinyl.

Why text messages are limited to 160 characters
(via @jack)

iOS Boilerplate
A base template for iOS apps.
(via  @brandontreb)

JSNES: A JavaScript NES Emulator
Works great!
(via @Aashay)

]]> http://www.laketa.com/2011/09/weekly-list-25/feed/ 0 Movies now in the Swedish iTunes Store, is Apple TV coming too? http://www.laketa.com/2011/09/movies-now-in-the-swedish-itunes-store-is-apple-tv-coming-too/ http://www.laketa.com/2011/09/movies-now-in-the-swedish-itunes-store-is-apple-tv-coming-too/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 06:35:41 +0000 Stefan Laketa http://www.laketa.com/?p=872 Last night I saw a tweet from alltommac.se, saying that the Swedish iTunes Store now has movies to rent and buy. Right now, they’re not shown in the menu, but if you browse the store you can find them under the Movies category.

Considering that Apple recently announced that they will be presenting the new iPhone on October 4th, there is a possibility that also the Apple TV is coming to the Swedish Apple Store. iOS 5 and iCloud have some features that makes the Apple TV a perfect match and now would be a perfect time to also start selling the Apple TV in Sweden.

In less than a week, we will have some answers I hope.

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