June 2011
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Twitter Founder: The Future Of Identity Belongs To... →
Any people still seriously wonder if Facebook is working on a phone. This is exactly why they must build a phone. And a browser.
If you don’t own the platform, you’re living on borrowed time.
On a sidenote: refreshing to hear the founder of another large company be honest about this. Since distancing himself from Twitter, Williams seems more free to speak his mind. Always a good...
May 2011
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My Morning Jacket On YouTube →
My Morning Jacket live on YouTube at 9 PM ET tonight. Directed by Todd Haynes.
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Apple Wants Films, TV Shows For iCloud →
God I hope so. My 2TB hard drive is now almost stretched to the max due to movies and TV shows alone. The system as it stands is totally untenable. The more popular iTunes video content is, the less space people have for it. Unless the cloud enters the picture…
But article author Greg Sandoval forgets one important thing. He cites Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes as being open to the cloud idea...
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“In the morning he would read the Bible with another coach. Then, in the...”
– A former Tressel colleague on the coach
Tressel has already resigned (which is a disgrace — he should have been fired).
Ohio State AD Gene Smith should be fired.
And star QB Terrelle Pryor, already suspended for the first five games next year, is probably done for good as well.
What a shitshow.
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“For more than a decade, Ohioans have viewed Tressel as a pillar of rectitude,...”
– George Dohrmann with David Epstein take down Ohio State coach Jim Tressel for Sports Illustrated
I’m still hearing Ohioans who are apologizing for him even today after his resignation. It’s unbelievable. Read this entire thing and it will be very clear what a total...
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Anonymous asked: Why did you choose the name of your alter-ego to be parislemon? And not moscowmelon?
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Hobbit Dates And Titles Set →
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey hits December 14, 2012.
The Hobbit: There and Back Again hits December 13, 2013.
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troysphotos asked: I'm looking to buy my first pro-camera. Up until now I shot all my photos with my iPhone. I'm torn between a Canon S95 and a Nikon P300. I want to buy a pro point-and shoot. I know you shoot with an S95, but I was wondering which camera you'd recommend. If you have any other recommendations, I'd take those into consideration as well. Thank you and keep up the great writing.
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10.6.8 Will Get Mac App Store Ready for Lion →
So here’s some pretty definitive proof that 10.6.8 will be the last version before OS X 10.7 (Lion) hits. Again, I’d guess it’s a couple months away rather than at WWDC which is just about a week from now. Instead 10.6.8 may be distributed at that time, alongside a new RC build of Lion.
And yes, it obviously will be distributed through the Mac App Store, just like the developer...
Anonymous asked: Do you own any non-Apple technology like smartphones, etc?
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Anonymous asked: What's the ETA on the TechCrunch redesign? TC is my favorite blog, but its slowness makes the whole experience sour. It's almost unusable.
osakasteve asked: I'm on the fence about rolling my mobile number into Google Voice; I love the idea of one place for call/message records to build up, but I'm somewhat concerned about Google holding my number forever. I also worry that the usage on non-Android devices will be cumbersome.
You've been living with it for a while...you still a believer?
You've been living with it for a while...you still a believer?
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The POS POS →
Nice Claim Chowder recall by Gruber. Not only has Apple replaced the POS (piece of shit) POS (point of sale) solution by Microsoft, with Square, there’s now an opportunity for everyone to.
Also funny that Ed Bott (the person who wrote the original BS) is using Gruber’s linkback to flame him. Fascinating that Bott’s “Microsoft Report” has turned into a Mac security...
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Lion Going Live, So Says Four Sentences →
Don’t really follow this. Apple has been internally testing Lion for months now. If they mean the final version, that’s a pretty fluid thing. GM-candidates have also been around a long time.
From what I’m hearing, there are still some major design changes being fully fleshed out. And while we’ll definitely see Lion at WWDC, July might be a more reasonable timeframe for it...
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Apple's Deals May Transform Digital Music →
BusinessWeek doesn’t actually have that many new details, but as far as I know, this hasn’t been so explicitly stated before:
Users will be able to store their entire music collections in the cloud—even if they obtained some songs illegally.
If that’s true, Apple wins. (At least until the others are forced to agree to exact same terms.)
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PayPal Is Really Fucking Pissed Off At Google Over... →
The PayPal blog post on the matter is short, sweet, and to the point. And they include a link to the PDF with all the details.
I’m not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV, but if Osama Bedier really was interviewing for a job with Google while he was negotiating a PayPal/Google deal (for Android) that’s not good. Reminds me of this.
Writes PayPal:
By 2010, the executive in charge of...
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“One of the first things was that of course, each Steve wanted number 1. I know I...”
– Michael Scott (Apple’s first CEO) talking to Business Insider.
This story is actually also a part of Mike Moritz’s Return to the Little Kingdom. As he tells it, Woz got number 1, and so Jobs asked for number 0.
vicky-pedia asked: Why have you stopped/reduced writing Apple posts on Techcrunch? I miss you posts :(
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Microsoft Retracts Ballmer's Windows 8 In 2012 →
Mouth writing checks that body can’t cash?
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objectivecrizzo asked: Do you jailbreak your iPhone or iPad?
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Apple Signs EMI, Cloud Music Deals Nearly Done →
It sure looks like that by dicking over the music labels and launching their music services without licenses, Amazon and Google just did Apple a huge favor.
Rock and roll.
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Bill Gates Says He Advocated Skype Takeover →
Read: “I still support Steve Ballmer.”
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Microsoft's Baskin-Robbins Approach For Windows... →
So if I’m reading this correctly: one version of Windows for Intel-based PCs, one for ARM-based tablets, and one for Intel-based tablets.
And let me just guess: one “Professional” version for each platform, one “Home” version for each platform, one “Premium” version for each platform. Probably more.
I’m thinking there will be about 26,000 different...
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Bon Iver — "Calgary" →
Free MP3 download of the latest Bon Iver song from their website. New album, Bon Iver, out next month.
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Top 1 Worst List About iPhone 5 Link Bait/Bullshit... →
This entire list and the mere existence of it is pathetic. But the cherry on top is the last item. What’s the 10th feature that would make the iPhone 5 a must-have purchase in 2011?
“A 2011 launch”.
Wow. Just wow.
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Steve Jobs To Nike CEO: "Get Rid Of The Crappy... →
While AppleInsider says that this is a part of a “new report”, a simple Google search would reveal that it’s at least a year old. And then was brought up again last October. And then again today. You’d think this guy was selling something…
Still, great quote.
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All-Hands On The Apple Store Deck →
All of a sudden, there’s a lot of smoke around something happening at Apple retail stores this week/next week. Just prep for WWDC in a few weeks, or something more?
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Twenty →
Cameron Crowe’s upcoming Pearl Jam documentary (for the band’s 20th anniversary) will also have a soundtrack and a book released alongside it this fall.
Excellent.
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dereksmith asked: I'm interested in blogging professionally and I just wondered if you had any advice. Also — if it's not too personal — might I ask how you got to be where you are today? Thanks.
Anonymous asked: How does Tumblr work for you as a host/cms? Is there any functionality you miss from Wordpress? What are the major advantages/disadvantages?
Sorry for all the questions, but I'm just curious. Thinking about making the jump to Tumblr myself.
-Kevin K.
Sorry for all the questions, but I'm just curious. Thinking about making the jump to Tumblr myself.
-Kevin K.
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Honeycomb Has A Fighting Chance Against The iPad →
Jason’s thoughts on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.
I definitely agree that this thing seems much better than the Xoom — but I also agree that this really isn’t saying much.
Overall, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 seems like a decent piece of hardware loaded with mediocre software and essentially no app support. How does that beat the iPad (or the iPad 2 for that matter)?
It doesn’t.
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“Apple isn’t the next Microsoft, you see. Apple is not the next anything because...”
– Robert Cringely discussing why Microsoft bought Skype
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