June 2011
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All Things Chicken Shit →
John Gruber with the call-out FTW.
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Of Course HP Will Make Windows 8 Tablets →
Well, that’s one way to kill your fledgling tablet. Hint that you’ll soon be backing a competitor as well. Brilliant.
HP is really starting to worry me. Somewhere Mark Hurd is smiling. “Somewhere” being in Oracle’s boardroom.
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"Meh"
The reviews are in.
Overall, it’s a resounding “meh”.
That’s pretty disappointing. I’ve always liked webOS. I had high hopes for the TouchPad. But it’s clear now that if HP does something great with webOS, it will not be this device.
I just don’t get why you even bother releasing “meh” at this point? I can only assume HP doesn’t think...
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Get Posting With Gorgeous New Tumblr iPhone App →
LOVE the new Tumblr iPhone app. Just needs Tag view and it will be perfect.
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HP Thinking About Licensing webOS →
But only in a limited way, Jon Rubinstein tells This is my next.
This is interesting in that it would be a step away from what has been a “let’s be more like Apple” strategy. Well, unless you count 1990s Apple.
But that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a bad move. It’s just different.
Apple doesn’t license out for a number of reasons. But one big one I...
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Beware The Buzz About Google →
The author here smartly looks back at some of the initial buzz surrounding Google Buzz to see what it may mean in terms of today’s buzz for Google+.
My initial Buzz post is one of the examples, as I stated the line (which was also my title), “If Google Wave is the future, Google Buzz is the present.”
And while the author gives me credit for a “healthy dose of...
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A Long December (For Google)
So Google formally unveiled Google+ today, their don’t-call-it-a-social-network social network. I only played around with it for a few minutes last week, but it looks good. And I do mean it actually looks good, which is surprising from Google.
And now it’s time for some horn-tooting. In December of last year, we were all over this still-developing story. And it was surprising last...
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“We don’t do Android.”
– Phil McKinney, HP’s president and CTO of personal systems group tells Fast Company
Richard Kerris, HP’s VP of developer relations (and a former Apple executive) goes further:
“I don’t see why we would. Just because McDonald’s sells a billion hamburgers, doesn’t...
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davisome asked: I know you've been carrying a MacBook Air since they were refreshed last year. I'm thinking about replacing my MacBook Pro (13") with a new MacBook Air next month. Would you recommend the 13" MacBook Air over the 11"?
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Microsoft Signs Android Patent Deal With Military... →
Microsoft continues to push forward in their attempt to make money off of Android’s success. It’s two parts sad and one part outrageous. But it is happening.
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Google Nexus Prime →
Jonathan Geller:
Our source indicated that Google could be working with multiple carriers and multiple OEMs on their own “exclusive” Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) halo devices, and that they may all launch around the same time.
“Exclusive” == “Open”?
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vicky-pedia asked: I know you are a Mac guy. I just bought a Macbook Pro. What would you suggest to be must have softwares for a first time Mac user?
Anonymous asked: Please leave TechCrunch.
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Skype’s Worthless Employee Stock Option Plan:... →
Long story short, Skype’s management team sure seem like greedy assholes.
It’s one thing to have the odd options-that-aren’t-really-options clause (which may actually be a good thing in limited cases). It’s another to invoke the clause by firing employees after your liquidity event, right before the deal closes.
After the Skype deal was announced, everyone seemed...
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An Epic Conversation Between Steve Jobs And... →
Great, great stuff.
Three things:
1) Early on, his talk about Apple spreading their great engineers too thin, having the company trying to do too much, sounds a lot like Google today.
2) He essentially spells out iCloud — 14 years ago.
3) “If somebody would just make a little thing where you’re connected to the net at all times and you got a little keyboard like an eMate with a...
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Adobe SEO Sleaze? →
Adobe better hope they’re not in any way involved and this is a rogue company talking and acting out of turn. Sure doesn’t sound like it though…
Very sleazy.
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Dear Yahoo!, Hire Joe Stump As Your Next CEO →
I’d fully support Joe Stump as CEO of Yahoo and all the moves he intends to make — even though I’m not sure Yahoo could afford Twitter or Square in its current weakened state, let alone both.
Meanwhile, John Gruber, in linking to Stump’s post has a couple of questions. First, “How did Instagram eat Flickr’s lunch, for example?”
Here’s how (and why).
Second,...
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Mac OS X 10.6.8 Now Available →
Aka, the last one before OS X Lion.
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Apple Gets Approval for Nortel Bid →
Here we go. This bidding war is sure to be fun. Google bidding for the right to protect themselves defensively. Apple bidding for the right to protect themselves offensively. RIM bidding for the right not to die entirely when that other business of their’s goes belly-up.
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Domains Are Getting Less Important →
100% agree with everything Evan Williams lays out here.
I rarely type full domain names into the URL box anymore. I either Google something, let auto-complete do it, or use a bookmark. And yes, it reminds me of how I never actually type phone numbers or email addresses anymore.
I think that like the phone number keypad on smartphones, the URL box should always exist, but perhaps shouldn’t...
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Mobile Gmail Adds "Pull Down to Refresh" →
Mobile Gmail in iOS has been acting like a piece of shit in recent weeks. Starring not working, failures to load on iPad, etc. This almost makes up for it.
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Don Draper Signs A Contract →
Jon Hamm has finalized a three-year deal with Lionsgate/AMC to ensure he’ll be back for the fifth, six, and seventh seasons of Mad Men.
No word on if his “Honeybaked” nickname was brought up in negotiations.
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Critic Reviews for The Tree of Life →
Reading over them now, a few of the reviews of The Tree of Life are excellent. But if you haven’t yet, go see the film before you read them.
There are films that works of entertainment and films that are works of art. Many try to be a combination of both, and fall short of either. The Tree of Life is a pure work of art.
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Lytro Launches To Transform Photography →
I’m still trying to wrap my head around what the actual Lytro product (the camera) is and how it works without seeing it. But damn this sounds exciting.
A big idea to attempt to transform something that hasn’t been truly transformed since the 1800s.
But someone please tell me this doesn’t require Flash on the web. (The images on the site seem to.) Please.
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Source: Apple to Enter TV Display Business Late... →
While I’m clearly all for this idea (and I do continue to believe that Apple will eventually enter this market), I think a prediction of for this year sounds way too aggressive and optimistic.
And wait, did I read “team up with a major OEM”? Yeah…
From my understanding, Apple has been pleasantly surprised by the revamped, $99 Apple TV’s reception. And I think...
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iPhone 4 Now The Most Popular Camera On Flickr... →
*Caveat being it has been the most popular camera for a long time. Flickr drastically undercounts pictures taken by phones — they estimate they accurately label about 2/3rds of all pictures with cameraphone “under-represented”.
The only thing that will dethrone the iPhone 4? The iPhone 5.
Also, what the hell is up with Android devices? Is it just because no single Android phone is as...
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A Tech Entrepreneur's Plan for Grilled-Cheese... →
At first, The Melt popped up on my radar when it was unveiled and people immediately began calling it yet another sign of “the bubble” (sign 3,576 for those keeping score at home).
This is the first real story I’ve read about it. I dunno, it sounds like one of the least “bubbly” ideas ever. A store which will work in sync with mobile apps and make money from day one?...
Anonymous asked: Why do you bash PR people and just about everything else? You sourpuss armchair "journalists" couldn't do your job without PR. Sorry you have to weed through some nonsense to get your free tech and then pontificate about how tough it is to deal with PR folks. Go find your own stories if you don't like it and quit your incessant whining. In other words, grow a pair.
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"Mimicked" →
The one key thing not said in John Gruber’s lambasting of the idea that competitors will easily be able to copy Apple is that Apple is constantly moving forward with cutting-edge design and manufacturing processes.
It might be true that if Apple stood absolutely still for the next decade, the rivals could potentially catch up in terms of hardware. (In fact, this seems to be at least...
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A Black Aluminum MacBook Air? →
No clue if this is true or not, but it is definitely one thing that would get me to upgrade. I’ve been on the fence since my current Air is more than fast enough for everything I need. But my desire to have the latest and greatest of everything presses on…
As does this scene from Batman Begins.
Update: And no. But almost!
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Anonymous asked: If you had to chose between a 15" MacBook Pro or a 13" MacBook Air (Both fully loaded). Keep in mind this is your "go-to" computer. Which one do you get?
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Facebook Aims To Shape Mobile-App Platforms →
WSJ:
Some app developers and analysts believe Facebook’s underlying motivation is to position itself as an alternative development platform for programmers that now tailor mobile apps specifically for Apple’s iOS operating system or Google Inc.’s Android. Technology blog TechCrunch reported that Facebook is working on a mobile platform dubbed “Project Titan” that...
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Benedict Cumberbatch To Voice Smaug in ‘The... →
This news will make Sherlock Holmes fans (like myself) very, very happy. Watson (Martin Freeman) is Bilbo, Sherlock is Smaug.
Oh and one more thing: Cumberbatch is apparently also providing the voice of the Necromancer — aka, Sauron.
