March 2008
72 posts
WatchKings of Power 4 Billion %, a film by Paul Robertson
“What he found was that just 8 services out of the 35 [FriendFeed.com] now...”
– ReadWriteWeb: Twitter Dominates the Lifestream
A great anecdote about Taipei and GPS →
Poolga. iPhone and iPod Touch wallpapers for the... →
“Well, when we look at the combined usage numbers for BlackBerry and Symbian...”
– Official Google Mobile Blog: Fast is better than slow
“Interestingly, all children disliked the use of clowns in the décor, with even...”
– ESRC Society Today
WatchORANGE (TEAM).
“Hollywood doesn’t want to change. They are resistant to it. Inefficiencies...”
– Jeff Zucker (via Twitter reports)
WatchUSING PHONES FOR PHONECALLS IS “BOOOOORRRRING!”
“All cartoonists, in effect, are webcartoonists now. The work gets put up on the...”
– Fleen .com reports on Webcomics: A Primer
"Peter Parker is a Real Cut-up!" →
WatchDon’t jive me, computer.
WatchCubo.cc — virtual person/mouse tracker/who the hell knows.
Uncanny valley, anyone?
WatchOf all my expired podcasts, the one I miss the most is Yamato Damacy. I wrote a review of their show for Uncabled, so you should read that for more info. The show’s site is offline now, so now the only reliable place to watch seems to be Google Video.
Rahman? Jeshii? We miss you.
Apple's iTunes Store Has Sold 4 Billion... →
It’s kind of funny to see stories like this pop up today, as it’s been a loooong time since brick & mortar music retailers were profitable. In fact, the biggest music retailers today use music as supplemental inventory designed to lure people into buying other items while inside.
Wal-Mart is notorious for using its weight to sell cheap CDs to lure people into stores —...
Hulu →
Have at it, y’all. It’s finally open to the public.
iPhone 2.0 firmware jailbroken before its even out →
I doubt this will send a message to Apple — their system is designed for the everyday non-hacker, and if the App Store leaves them satisfied with available choices, and confident that they won’t screw up their device using it, then they’ll be happy with it.
I applaud the hackers for doing what they want for themselves, but the dogma about what Apple should do should probably...
Let them sing it for you →
WatchVideo Presentation: A Software Platform History of Apple, NeXT, Microsoft, and into the Future. Brought to you by Roughly Drafted.
Jack: You see, when you travel, everything is small, self-contained--
Tyler: The spork. I get it. You're very clever.
Jack: Thank you.
Tyler: How's that working out for you?
Jack: What?
Tyler: Being clever.
Jack: Well, uh... great.
Tyler: Keep it up, then. Keep it right up.
14 Year Olds May Think You're Cool
“At one point Kawasaki says that 14 year olds do not know about the OS wars and the antitrust.”
This is very true. Every time I see someone ripping on minor problems with Netflix and saying that they’re switching to Blockbuster Online, I think “how old are you again?”
Every time a generation flips over, there’s a chance to either lose audience if...
WatchMerlin Mann’s SXSW 08 presenation: “Worst. Website. Ever.”
“Now the Internet is so big you can’t do anything that’s annoying...”
– Brian Morrissey, ADWEEK (via Logic+Emotion)