January 2010
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“Hulu doesn’t care about what’s good for Adobe. They care about what’s good for...”
– Daring Fireball: Who Can Do Something About Those Blue Boxes?
You can insert any website name for Hulu in the quote above and it will still be true.
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The Flash Blog » The iPad provides the ultimate... →
The only sites listed here that can’t be replicated using JavaScript and HTML 5 are flash game sites. Flash is dying people. Get over it. Oh, it is also a proprietary plug-in that is very inefficient on mobile devices. Just saying.
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iPad at launch vs iPad with iPhone OS 4.0
Apple announced that the iPad would be available in Wifi form in about 60 days. It will be available in Wifi+3G form in 90 days. That puts the launch around the 1st of April for the WiFi only version and the 1st of May for the 3G version. The iPad will launch with iPhone OS 3.2. This is the most important aspect of the iPad. Why? Because most of people’s gripes with the iPad are really...
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iPad - Specs & Gripes
I followed the announcement today on the Gizmodo/Engadget liveblog and came away satisfied by another great Keynote by Steve Jobs. The iPad is pretty much what most rational people were expecting:
9.7” multi-touch screen
iPhone OS 3.2 - This surprised me, I thought it would be 4.0. More on that.
Wifi with optional 3G connectivity (although it is AT&T)
GPS, Compass, etc.
New...
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“Making use of something in it’s entirety has a heartiness to it, and a...”
– Metagames and Containers – Sleepover
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Apple Reports First Quarter Results →
One of the few companies who increased their margins during the “recession”.
“If you announce a good idea a year before you can implement it, you had better...”
– Matt Deatherage
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SNL: Late Night Analogy →
Perfect analogy for the NBC Late Night drama. Marriage. Except you have two wives and you kill the second one.
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Discussing Kevin's Post on the iPhone
Kevin Rose posted a video about the top five changes he thinks Apple needs to keep the iPhone as the top mobile phone. Here is what he said (abbreviated):
Create an expedited app review process
Allow apps to be hosted and sold on a website
Allow apps that compete with the default apps
Multi-tasking (limited)
Move to Verizon
Everything centers around apps on the phone (software) except for...
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“Microsoft’s CES keynote has been marked by disaster: first the power went...”
– Microsoft CES keynote PR — Engadget
Ha! Reminds me of other keynotes by Microsoft. Seriously, Microsoft hasn’t created anything I’ve wanted to buy in the last decade. Sad, actually.
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Why it is (almost) impossible to leave feedback...
This morning I was reading a post about progressive CSS design and a couple of the comments inspired me to try to give some feedback to the IE development team. I wanted to voice my opinion about some of the issues I have with IE (along with every web designer in the world). I figured it would take one minute tops. Right? Wrong. Here are the steps of my journey to leave feedback about IE.
Googled...
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Antacid tablet →
Great article on why Apple will release a “boring” tablet and succeed.
Why December 31 2009 was not a true blue moon… →
A long explanation that a true blue moon is really “the third of four full moons in a season”.
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Project 365: Exercise
At the end of each year I naturally tend to look for ways to improve myself in the upcoming year. In 2010 I will turn 30 and since my lifestyle and work are sedentary I really need some motivation to start any type of regular exercise. However, motivation isn’t enough. That’s really all I’ve had the past few years and my previous exercise goals only lasted a week or two at most. ...