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Craig Grannell

Apple: Streaming gaming – nope.
Microsoft: But…
Apple: Make a web app!
Microsoft: Well, OK. *puts loads of effort into web app despite not really wanting to*

[years pass]

Apple: Surprise! Steaming gaming is fine now. Oh, and we’re killing web apps in the EU. Bye!
Microsoft: FFS.
Apple: This is all the EU’s fault, you know. The EU is BADNESS.
EU: FFS.

From: @ianbetteridge
writing.exchange/@ianbetteridg

Apple: Streaming gaming – nope.
Microsoft: But…
Apple: Make a web app!
Microsoft: Well, OK. *puts loads of effort into web app despite not really wanting to*

[years pass]

Apple: Surprise! Steaming gaming is fine now. Oh, and we’re killing web apps in the EU. Bye!
Microsoft: FFS.
Apple: This is all the EU’s fault, you know. The EU is BADNESS.
EU: FFS.

27 February at 8:04 | Open on mastodon.social
Optimistic Moron

@craiggrannell @ianbetteridge
Apple: Here, take a ride in our car
Everybody: OK ....

28 February at 19:38 | Open on mastodon.xyz
Craig Grannell

An editor at TechRadar realised that I’m getting on a bit and asked me to write about life before Google – services that helped us survive the early days of the internet. I mostly write it while shaking my fist at clouds, obvs.

techradar.com/computing/intern

28 Sep 2023 at 11:10 | Open on mastodon.social
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skribe 🇺🇦 :verified_mustard:

@craiggrannell did you write it with a quill or relent and use a fountain pen? 😜😂

28 Sep 2023 at 11:22 | Open on aus.social
Edinburgh Man

@craiggrannell I once had a website that was featured in an actual physical book that listed websites. Naturally the URL was my university department and a tilde followed by my initials. Oh the good old days.

28 Sep 2023 at 11:29 | Open on mastodon.scot
Chris P. 🍋

@craiggrannell Used to be you could just telnet into your ISP and do everything from the shell.

28 Sep 2023 at 11:35 | Open on famichiki.jp
Craig Grannell

Let’s (try to) crowdsource the names of the original apps and games!

I’m writing a piece on the App Store turning 15, and I couldn’t find a list of the original ~500 App Store apps and games anywhere, which I thought was strange. @jamesthomson, whose PCalc was there from the start, suggested we might be able to crowdsource this, for posterity and future research.

Here’s the spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d

If you have info to add to it, please do. And please share!

Let’s (try to) crowdsource the names of the original apps and games!

I’m writing a piece on the App Store turning 15, and I couldn’t find a list of the original ~500 App Store apps and games anywhere, which I thought was strange. @jamesthomson, whose PCalc was there from the start, suggested we might be able to crowdsource this, for posterity and future research.

7 Jul 2023 at 12:49 | Open on mastodon.social
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