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Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:07:01 GMT

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Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:02:29 GMT

What's Wrong With iTunes

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:32:56 GMT

Recently I’ve tweeted a couple of times about wanting to see iTunes killed off, and both times I’ve received replies asking why. It’s not possible to explain what’s wrong with iTunes in 140 characters so I’ve moved it here.

Apple mostly follow the Unix philosophy – write programs that do one thing and do it well. If you look at Mail, Address Book and iCal they all have one primary use case, and they interoperate perfectly. Each is far better than its Outlook counterpart and as a whole they produce an experience that is infinitely preferable to Outlook’s combined approach. In iTunes we have an application that was originally written to do one thing and do it well – manage and play music. Over the years so much has been bolted on to iTunes that has little or nothing to do with playing or managing music that even the name iTunes now seems completely irrelevant to what the application is actually used for. iTunes is now so bloated with unwanted features that it’s not even a good music player any more, it’s a mish-mash of functionality and disparate content types. It makes Microsoft Word look clean and considered.

iTunes now manages and/or plays your TV shows, movies, audiobooks, podcasts, iOS apps and course material. It even has a shop to let you buy all this content. But most baffling of all of iTunes’ functionality is the iOS device syncing.

To manage the content on an iOS device such as an iPhone or iPad, you need to connect it to your computer and open iTunes. To copy music, photos, movies, apps and even documents on to your iPad, you have to use iTunes, even though all but one of these things have nothing to do with “tunes”. Managing any of these things through iTunes is a painful experience, made even worse by the fact that you need to have the device connected before you can access any of the settings.

To return to the ‘one thing well’ philosophy iTunes should be broken down and split into its component parts. Let iSync handle my phone syncing, surely that’s what it’s for? Let the iTunes store run in a browser instead of my music player; it is after all a website built out of normal HTML, CSS and Javascript. Let the Finder be used to manually manage content on my iOS devices, that’s how I manage content on every other device I ever need to connect to. But most of all, let iTunes be just a music player.

Sealed bid delivered.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:55:52 GMT

Sealed bid delivered.

I'm surprised how many people thought cricket was actually a sport.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:53:39 GMT

I'm surprised how many people thought cricket was actually a sport.

Just witnessed the greatest best man speech in history. #bashfordwedding

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:22:05 GMT

Just witnessed the greatest best man speech in history. #bashfordwedding

A married @bashford

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:57:59 GMT

A married @bashford

At the bashfinki wedding.

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:39:33 GMT

At the bashfinki wedding.

Sad to see @thebatataw going back to France.

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:55:12 GMT

Sad to see @thebatataw going back to France.

If you've not already voted, today's the last day for the #sxsw panel picker ...

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:11:52 GMT

If you've not already voted, today's the last day for the #sxsw panel picker voting. Go here please: panelpicker.sxsw.com/...

Two valuations on our flat so far today, 70k apart.

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:44:12 GMT

Two valuations on our flat so far today, 70k apart.

I just switched from Quicksilver to @alfredapp - it's super fast, I like it.

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:54:34 GMT

I just switched from Quicksilver to @alfredapp - it's super fast, I like it.

RT @timspear: In car entertainment spiros style. http://gdzl.la/8vzU5s

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:29:58 GMT

RT @timspear: In car entertainment spiros style. http://gdzl.la/8vzU5s

This is the box Amazon delivered my Russ Meyer boxset in: http://yfrog.com/b...

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:47:27 GMT

This is the box Amazon delivered my Russ Meyer boxset in: http://yfrog.com/bg6gxp

RT @ExperienceSolns: New blog post: Online security questions. Is there an ea...

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:17:43 GMT

RT @ExperienceSolns: New blog post: Online security questions. Is there an easy answer? www.experiencesolutions.co.uk/... #ux #usability

I'm at Microsoft UK in London http://gowal.la/c/2mZfk?137

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:17:17 GMT

I'm at Microsoft UK in London http://gowal.la/c/2mZfk?137

Hey, look! http://hungoverowls.tumblr.com (don't thank me, thank @girlimperfe...

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:25:51 GMT

Hey, look! http://hungoverowls.tumblr.com (don't thank me, thank @girlimperfectly)

Playing with playnice.ly - it's nice.

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:32:53 GMT

Playing with playnice.ly - it's nice.

RT @userfocus: Naming and shaming sites that use black hat, anti-usability de...

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:50:40 GMT

RT @userfocus: Naming and shaming sites that use black hat, anti-usability design patterns. http://darkpatterns.org/

18 Russ Meyer films for 18 quid: http://amzn.to/dgF8tH Sold!

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:27:30 GMT

18 Russ Meyer films for 18 quid: http://amzn.to/dgF8tH Sold!

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG just finished Breaking Bad season 3. Holy fucking shit. OMG.

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:07:40 GMT

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG just finished Breaking Bad season 3. Holy fucking shit. OMG.

I'm at Adams Park http://gowal.la/r/23WRo

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:05:06 GMT

I'm at Adams Park http://gowal.la/r/23WRo

Please take a moment to vote for our (@gringomoses and I) panel: panelpicker....

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:54:41 GMT

Please take a moment to vote for our (@gringomoses and I) panel: panelpicker.sxsw.com/... at #sxsw

The Poohing: www.youtube.com/...

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:37:32 GMT

The Poohing: www.youtube.com/...

The Rochefort Trappiste 10 was a mistake.

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:56:23 GMT

The Rochefort Trappiste 10 was a mistake.

Tonight's beer: Cantillon Lou Pepe. A gueuze / kriek. http://gdzl.la/8tuYH3

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:55:38 GMT

Tonight's beer: Cantillon Lou Pepe. A gueuze / kriek. http://gdzl.la/8tuYH3

Tonight's beer: Cantillon Lou Pepe. A gueuze / kriek.

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:55:32 GMT

Tonight's beer: Cantillon Lou Pepe. A gueuze / kriek.

"Celebrity" Masterchef.

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:23:20 GMT

"Celebrity" Masterchef.

This beer has definitely significantly increased in alcohol content since it ...

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:15:33 GMT

This beer has definitely significantly increased in alcohol content since it was bottled.

Tonight's beer: Canitllon St Lamvinus, lambics blended with merlot grapes. h...

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:49:24 GMT

Tonight's beer: Canitllon St Lamvinus, lambics blended with merlot grapes. http://gdzl.la/8ta1eX

Tonight's beer: Canitllon St Lamvinus, lambics blended with merlot grapes.

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:49:20 GMT

Tonight's beer: Canitllon St Lamvinus, lambics blended with merlot grapes.

RIP @UXMike, sad news.

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:29:50 GMT

RIP @UXMike, sad news.

Just saw a tramp in top hat and tails pissing his K Cider up the side of a ph...

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 06:41:12 GMT

Just saw a tramp in top hat and tails pissing his K Cider up the side of a phone box.

Worst. Dragons' Den pitch. Ever.

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:20:31 GMT

Worst. Dragons' Den pitch. Ever.

Thinking of getting your booty enhanced? cgi.ebay.com/... (via @gringomoses)

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:28:39 GMT

Thinking of getting your booty enhanced? cgi.ebay.com/... (via @gringomoses)

Apparently yes.

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:37:10 GMT

Apparently yes.

About to find out if a 2 year old will sit through Toy Story 3 at the cinema.

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:26:00 GMT

About to find out if a 2 year old will sit through Toy Story 3 at the cinema.

Joe Cole. Joke lol.

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:48:24 GMT

Joe Cole. Joke lol.

Top 5 artists this week

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:00:00 GMT

Hey @maracuja, http://veetle.com/index.php/channel/view#4c62e12bac97a

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 11:48:03 GMT

Hey @maracuja, http://veetle.com/index.php/channel/view#4c62e12bac97a