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August 10 “Cool Stuff Found for the Mac and iPhone You Can’t Live Without”, w/...

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:12:33 -0400

August 10 “Cool Stuff Found for the Mac and iPhone You Can’t Live Without”, w/ Dave Hamilton of the Mac Geek Gab Podcast http://pmug-nj.org/

Stanford Med Students Receive iPads http://j.mp/983IWr

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:12:33 -0400

Stanford Med Students Receive iPads http://j.mp/983IWr

Twitter Starts Offering Personalized Suggestions of Users to Follow:...

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:12:33 -0400

Twitter Starts Offering Personalized Suggestions of Users to Follow: http://mashable.com/2010/07/30/twitter-suggestions-for-you/

Looking Too Good http://j.mp/dgNvCN

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:12:33 -0400

Looking Too Good http://j.mp/dgNvCN

Microsoft to Issue Emergency Patch for Critical Windows Flaw http://bit.ly/cKmuQI

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:58:26 -0400

Microsoft to Issue Emergency Patch for Critical Windows Flaw http://bit.ly/cKmuQI

Fossil Fuels Get Tons More in Subsidies than Renewable Energy http://bit.ly/anvoKy

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:58:26 -0400

Fossil Fuels Get Tons More in Subsidies than Renewable Energy http://bit.ly/anvoKy

Checking out the new iMac. — at Apple Store, Bridgewater http://gowal.la/r/YBp6

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:46:16 -0400

Checking out the new iMac. — at Apple Store, Bridgewater http://gowal.la/r/YBp6

Photo: Lobster Mac-n-Cheese — at McCormick & Schmick’s http://gowal.la/r/YANA

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:46:16 -0400

Photo: Lobster Mac-n-Cheese — at McCormick & Schmick’s http://gowal.la/r/YANA

Photo: Kids are raking swim classes. — at Princeton Community Park Pool http://gowal.la/r/YvA2

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:44:36 -0400

Photo: Kids are raking swim classes. — at Princeton Community Park Pool http://gowal.la/r/YvA2

Organic shade tree coffees. — at Rocky Hill Buy The cup http://gowal.la/r/Ystp

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:44:36 -0400

Organic shade tree coffees. — at Rocky Hill Buy The cup http://gowal.la/r/Ystp

"At OSCON, today’s popular social networking services were compared to the closed systems of..."

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:56:31 -0400

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At OSCON, today’s popular social networking services were compared to the closed systems of the 1990s. In those days, it wasn’t uncommon to, say, need to be on MCI Mail or CompuServe to be able to send another person on one of those services a message. They were closed e-mail systems. People didn’t tolerate that, and the current argument is that they won’t tolerate walled gardens among social networking services either.

The problem is, though, that they are tolerating those walled gardens—in spades. How can anyone argue with 500 million users? The people voted, and there is the result. It’s unlikely at this point that we will see an open source platform turn Facebook into AOL.

”

- The Key To An Open Source Social Network Is Still People

"If you think about the technology of digital-rights management: How is it that the recording..."

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:27:23 -0400

““If you think about the technology of digital-rights management: How is it that the recording industry is able to hang on to the stuff in a way that the military can’t?” says John Pike, director of Global Security.org, the national security think tank. “It’s hard to understand.””

- Technology Review: The Hunt for the Wikileaks Whistle-blower

"Why would a tech site spend their time thoroughly testing other companies’ “death..."

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:42:43 -0400

“Why would a tech site spend their time thoroughly testing other companies’ “death grips” and then publish the results when no one will click the link anyway? Apple gets page-hits, others do not.”

- Tom Reestman ~ Antennagate: The Finale? - The Small Wave.

"The creeping feeling that Android is the new Windows becomes an overwhelming sensation the first..."

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 08:29:34 -0400

“The creeping feeling that Android is the new Windows becomes an overwhelming sensation the first time you boot up Droid X. Seven sprawling desktop screens, littered with widgets, oodles of little programs—the vast majority of which you probably don’t want or need. It’s overwhelming and utterly incomprehensible if you’re not the kind of person who’s seen at least two non-JJ Abrams Star Trek movies. The minutes lost to clearing them to get to a reasonably clean desktop, one press-and-hold-and-swipe gesture at a time, brought me back to the sullen days of removing crapware from whiny relatives’ Sony Vaios. Breathtaking hardware, filled to the brim with crap. Why would Motorola make this the first impression of its phone? Stuttering and confusion?”

- Gizmodo’s Matt Buchanan reviews the Motorola Droid X

"That’s the thing about Apple marketing. They don’t talk about how many gigabytes of..."

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:59:40 -0400

“That’s the thing about Apple marketing. They don’t talk about how many gigabytes of memory or how many CPU cycles or how many apps (much). They aim for your heart, and show you how technology can make your life better during its most important moments.”

- Gina Trapani ~ Lessons from Apple on Advertising and Aesthetics

"“Branding is the task of attaching a set of values to a company, product or service.” Instead of..."

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:54:00 -0400

“

“Branding is the task of attaching a set of values to a company, product or service.”

Instead of only competing on product, price or technology. With branding, companies compete on value.

….

The problem is that no one really cares what brands have to say about their product or service. No one cares about what values they use to describe what they want to sell.

….

Good products communicate by being good products.

”

- Mr. Brand Manager…tear down this wall! – Re-branding Branding via Thomas Petersen

“form for disgruntled photographers” via...

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 09:09:00 -0400

“form for disgruntled photographers” via 365sketches.org by John Lemasney

John Underkoffler points to the future of UI (via...

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:38:13 -0400

John Underkoffler points to the future of UI (via TEDtalksDirector)

"Like most carriers and telcos, Verizon believes it brings, well, everything to the table, and..."

Wed, 26 May 2010 21:59:00 -0400

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Like most carriers and telcos, Verizon believes it brings, well, everything to the table, and subsequently demands all the credit. Apple, meanwhile, is the only Intel partner on the planet that does not have an Intel Inside logo anywhere on or near its products. If any talks between these two have taken place, you don’t need a vivid imagination to guess how they’ve gone.

Apple: Sorry we haven’t talked in a while. Where did we leave off?

Verizon: We were discussing where our logo would fit on the back of your phone.

Apple: [click]

”

- Matt Drance on why a Verizon iPhone is not likely soon.

"What we need to see is how Android 2.2 gets rolled out to existing handsets. I’m already getting..."

Tue, 25 May 2010 06:48:47 -0400

“What we need to see is how Android 2.2 gets rolled out to existing handsets. I’m already getting blasted by owners of various Android phones wanting to know when their handset will get the update. The truth is I don’t know, and I’m not sure anyone does yet. The phone update process hasn’t changed — Google released Froyo to partners, OEMs decide if they want to release it for a given phone and then the carrier has to bless the update and actually roll it out. I suspect that many existing phones will never get Android 2.2, and that will be a pity.”

- James Kendrick on Android and Flash