August 2009
34 posts
“If Microsoft makes WinMo toilets, I will overeat everytime just so I can enjoy...”
– Twitter / Aalaap Ghag
Fusion Ads Gets A Fresh Coat of Paint →
The new @Fusion is just all kinds of awesome. Great site, fantastic ads, amazing publisher network and a great team behind it all.
This is the same internet that everyone bitches about on twitter, isn’t it? Or did I just phase into something else?
“It seems pretty arrogant to name a pageant “Miss Universe” when it...”
– A Comment on Digg
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Marco Arment on Jason Calacanis' Case Against...
marco:
This is where I stopped reading the article during my first pass, but enough people kept linking to it that I figured I’d give it another shot. It didn’t get better.
We over-paid for your phone—which you render obsolete every 13 months, like clockwork
Over-paid? Value judgments aside, whose fault is it if you paid a price you considered too high for something that you didn’t need?
...
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WatchBootlegged Iron Man 2 Footage from Comin Con
OS X Developer
Over the course of the next few months, I’m going to try and transition myself from a random guy from India to a random guy from India who knows iPhone and Mac Development.
Of course, that’s not what I’m choosing as a career, since I’m aspiring to become a VFX Specialist. However, coming from a very technical and IT background and being a Mac and iPhone user for the last...
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Trailer: Inglourious Basterds →
Now THIS is how you create a trailer. Keep your eye on the page as well. And watch the entire thing.
Tech heroes of the past: Where are they now? →
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Backup! Yes, you. Backup your DATA. →
Marco stresses how important it is to backup your data, how cheap and easy is today and more importantly, how ridiculously easy it is on the Mac.
And there’s a note for Windows users too:
If you’re on Windows, search MSN Bob Live Bing or whatever it’s called this month and figure out how to back stuff up. It will probably involve a lot of dialogs, information balloons, wizards, and...
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About the Creepy Palm Pre Ads
A comment from here:
Relevance is what matters in any ad. Relevance is what connects the product to the consumer. An ad that’s relevant to the consumer but not the product is an ad we love but can’t remember what it’s advertising. An ad that’s relevant to the product but not the consumer is an ad we ignore. These ads are releavnt to neither. And as for “buzz,”...
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Reincarnation
Anil came home from the pub late one Friday evening stinking drunk, as he often did, and crept into bed beside his wife who was already asleep. He gave a peck on the cheek and fell asleep. When he awoke he found a strange man standing at the end of his bed wearing a long flowing white robe. ‘Who the hell are you?’ Demanded Anil, ‘and what are you doing in my bedroom?’. The...
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“Overheard: “When Bill Clinton wants to bring home two women not even North...”
– Twitter / Brian Shaler
Why Did Google's CEO Really Quit The Apple Board... →
Some answers from the list:
Too busy now that gmail is out of beta
Nervous about the Apple board’s new zero-tolerance meth policy
Couldn’t afford the gas for the Google-to-Apple monthly commutes
Just about to crush Apple with gTunes. Oops, did we just leak that?
Preparing to run for governor of Alaska
Office Memo
Dear associate, We recently received credible intelligence that there have been seven terrorists working in our office. Six of the seven have been apprehended. Bin Sleepin, Bin Loafin, Bin Goofin, Bin Lunchin, Bin Drinkin and Bin Butt-Kissin have all been taken into custody. At this time, no one fitting the description of the seventh cell member, Bin Workin, has been found. We are confident that...
Still Hurts
Two women are playing golf on a sunny afternoon when one of them slices her shot into a foursome of men. To her horror, one of the men collapses in agony with both hands in his crotch. She runs to him apologizing profusely, explaining that she is a physical therapist and can help ease his pain. “No thanks… just give me a few minutes… I’ll be fine…” he replies...
“DOS Computers manufactured by companies such as IBM, Compaq, Tandy, and millions...”
– New York Times, November 26, 1991 (via an email to Smoking Apples)
Announcements and News - iPhone Developer Program →
nikf:
After logging into ADC this morning, I too noticed this all-new Announcements and News page for developers, listing the average wait time for approvals and also the direct email address for cases where you need a bug fix or need to contact the Approvals Team. It’s a step in the right direction from Cupertino. (via Jim Dovey)
July 2009
10 posts
The Conquest That Wasn’t →
If Microsoft were a healthy, functional, competitive company willing and able to honestly assess its own shortcomings — like the Microsoft of the ’90s that conquered the entire industry — their goal would have been to make something not just better than Vista, but better than anything else on the market, including Mac OS X.
It stood out to me because I actually quite disagree with the emphasized...
Feds Want Apple and AT&T to Explain Google Voice... →
Federal regulators want to know if AT&T and Apple worked to together to reject mobile apps for Google’s innovative Voice service, sending letters to the companies asking them to explain this incident and the policies behind the secretive and lucrative iPhone App store.