January 2010
31 posts
“If you want to be influential, lead by doing, not by talking, and certainly not...”
– Mike Davidson
Why are you so terribly disappointing? →
This is great, and he’s right. We get outraged when things don’t go 100% our way 100% of the time.
Future Shock →
The iPad is a computer for everyone. You know, not just a computer that geeks have to teach laypersons to use. It just works — it’s instinctual.
10 things you need to stop tweeting about →
iPad →
Everyone has probably seen it by now. Bad name, interesting device.
I think this will be really appealing to a specific demographic - but won’t have the mass appeal of an iPod or iPhone.
How to Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You →
According to the quiz, there’s an 85% chance my cat is trying to kill me.
After 3 Months, Only 35 Paying Customers For... →
Rupert Murdoch: Take note.
Steve Jobs drops the big bomb [COMIC] →
Apple Canvas →
Love the name! Good idea.
Awkward Stock Photos →
This is hilarious.
Vimeo HTML5 Support →
Right on the heals of YouTube’s announcement, Vimeo has announced a beta HTML5 plugin. Like YouTube’s, it streams H.264 and therefore Firefox is not supported. Makes me wonder if the market will dictate the future and Firefox will have no choice but to support H.264 in the <video> element.
WhiteHouse.gov: Anywhere →
Very cool. The White House launched an iPhone app. It features live video streaming (including next week’s State of the Union address).
“The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing...”
– Jessica Hische (via) (via vasta)
Infographic: The Decade Ahead In Jobs →
The Saddest IMDb Profiles Ever →
Conan O’Brien Says He Won’t Do ‘Tonight Show’... →
Conan quits. NBC fail!
Here's to the crazy ones: a decade of Mac OS X... →
Great piece, as always, by John Siracusa.
Netflix Agrees To Delay Warner Bros. New DVDs For... →
Terrible news. Yet another industry that keeps demonstrating they are dinosaurs. They call this a “win-win”, but it’s really the consumers that lose, isn’t it?
The movie studios make piracy more-and-more attractive every day.
How Apple Does Controlled Leaks →
Cut This Story!
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Great piece by Michael Kinsey in The Atlantic urging newspapers to make their stories shorter and get to the point!
AppZapper 2.0 →
I thought AppZapper was abandonware, but a 2.0 release popped out of nowhere today. For me, this remains an indispensable piece of OS X software.
The CoreAnimation stuff in the new version is very elegant.
Avatar Plot Summary →
Disney’s Pocahontas.
James Cameron’s Avatar.
An Open Letter to James Cameron From Papyrus →
