On: The Way I Work: Jason Fried of 37Signals

[yan]

It's just a show of a lack of professionalism. I view exposing low-level errors as akin to spelling mistakes, typos, poor photo work, and other symptoms that show the content producers just didn't take the extra step to differentiate from amateurs.

I hate to beat the cliche, but just one of the reasons I feel happy when using most of Apple's products: they just scream that even the details were very much thought about.

[wensing → yan]

Except the time my iPhone went into Chinese-language panic mode and started warning me that something completely arcane was happening and would only shut down after I took out the SIM.

PS: No, the phone has never been jailbroken.

[TrevorJ → wensing]

I wasn't aware that you could even take out the SIM without some serious physical hackery to get the case open.

[philwelch → TrevorJ]

There's a removable SIM caddy at the top that can be popped open with a paperclip or a key included in the iPhone 3G packaging. It's the battery that can't be easily removed.

[TrevorJ → philwelch]

Oh, interesting, I did not know that. Thanks.

[throw_away → TrevorJ]

that's what the mystery key is inside the packaging. you put that through the hole on the top by the headphone jack and out pops the sim card.

[groby_b → throw_away]

Or just drop the iPhone from 4+ feet. Works every time for me ;)

(Not that I want to do it..)