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Anyway you look at it, the current Web 2.0 hype is ... well, a hype. It seems 100 new webapps pop up everywhere. No offense to those who care about their solutions, but 99 out of 100 webapps suck. Now you'll have to take this article with a grain of salt, but if Web2.0 hype starts to slow down, companies with real skillz will finally have their last missing piece to get the ball rolling: focus. Talking to a bunch of talented people in so called Web 2.0 space, I hear their frustration associated with the hype and how their companies are forced into the marketing game without having time to develop a solid solution.
I believe webapps, or shall I say the "thin client" concept where you can drive a lot of useful application through a single web browser, has a lot to offer going forward. Right now, this space is over-hyped. Not many companies are built on a solid foundation. Having seen many software development processes, I know that even Web 2.0 applications take a long time to cook and bake, so let's give them that by taking some junk out...
... is bringing my miserable lab life giggles. For instance, this vid (wmv).
For a company embracing Martin Luther King Jr. in a TV ad, it's kinda strange to not observe the Martin Luther King Jr. day. Instead Apple Inc. continues to work on MLK day as is the case every year. ;-)
If you could open a restaurant, any kind you want, what would it look like and what's on the menu?
Submitted by A is for Amy.
I'm more interested in cafe with a relatively large indoor and patio space. There will be open mic sessions every night. The menu will be filled with simple list of coffee and espresso drinks (and tea and soft drinks and all that goodness) as well as finger foods and sandwiches and desserts of sorts. And yes it will come with a free Wi-Fi!
Just came across a couple of articles note worthy:
1. The reality of working at Apple - After Apple - Changing the World
2. How to convert Wii into a media center device - MacCast article
[Update 2] Brian Ball put out a note on macZOT saying that he apologized to Garrett and the apology was accepted. Ok, that's great. But will I purchase from macZOT again? Nah, never...
[Update] there's a bunch of digg posts about this issue as well as tuaw.com article highlighting the drama. The verdict at the moment = it's looking pretty bad for maczot.com . The site must have lost hundreds of potential customers today.
http://www.maczot.com is a site specialized to bring value priced OS X sharewares. I've used the site a few times myself and I must say I was happy with a couple of purchased I made. That's the promise of the site. Here's the troublesome story I just heard.
A business is a business and it's there for a reason. If macZOT can not respect the contract, what does that say about them?
I will stop making any purchases through them from here on out. You say what if they have such a great deal on a piece of software I would like to buy? Heck, all they sell is a reasonably priced shareware anyways if I want it I'll purchase the license from the developer!!
Are you throwing or attending a holiday party this year? Any ideas/tips to share?
If you've got a Mac, definitely do some Photo Booth fun. Upload good picts to Flickr using FlickrBooth (http://www.otierney.net/flickrbooth). And finally you can have a nice slideshow right out of Flickr using PicLens (http://piclens.com/mac/) and a Mac hooked up to a TV.
If you've got a Wii, definitely create a Mii for each person who comes to your party. Play Wii Baseball and Wii Bowling and record the footage with all your friends hanging out in the scene, then you can use some overdub action and create funny movies.
Have you ever Googled your own name? How did you feel about the results?
Submitted by elen.
All my blogs and other pages came back. It's a bit creepy...
One of the things I love about OS X Tiger is its elegant UI. It has all these trademark aqua UI elements and nice animations, but never intrusive. You can't say that about XP or Vista.
Today, I found this clip on YouTube.
One word for you: puke
There is such a thing as too much eye candy. I predict the future is about simplicity and elegance. Designing the UI will become an art of understanding the balance between taking advantage of the graphic power of the latest hardware and how to make tasks easy for you without being intrusive.
After listening to the episode 112 of dl.tv podcast, and hearing about Photographer's Rights, I did a little google search to find this.
...there are not very many legal restrictions on what can be photographed when in public view. Most attempts at restricting photography are done by lower-level security and law enforcement officials acting way beyond their authority.
What does this mean? It means as long as you are in the US, there aren't much you can't photograph in the public places. Of course this does not include obvious illegal practices such as up-skirt shots. ;-P
So all you paparazzi, I suggest you go out and take photographs of unreasonable corporate practices. If an uninformed security guard come after your arse, stick that Photographer's Rights in their faces.
