Day and Age

The Big Red Word vs. The Little Green Man

alex — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:00:53 +0000

Again proving my point that Americans are utilitarian (we simply don’t care), and the rest of the world might still be concerned about aesthetics. (An U.S. exception might be Hollywood.)

Steve Jobs at 2010 Oscars

alex — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:32:22 +0000

He’s still thin, but he looks good in a tux.

New Tron Legacy Trailer

alex — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:22:48 +0000

Disney better not screw the pooch on this one.

The Panic Status Board

alex — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:40:52 +0000

I want to work for Panic when I grow up.

Iron Man 2 Trailer

alex — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:34:53 +0000

I haven’t even seen the first one.

DF: iPhone Apps on the iPad

alex — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:40:11 +0000

John Gruber:

I’ll go so far as to predict that by the time Monday April 5 rolls around, it’ll already be an established meme that non-iPad-optimized iPhone apps are to the iPad what Classic apps were to Mac OS X — something you’ll make do with “for now” but can’t wait to abandon for the real thing.

I’m not saying it’s a mistake that Apple is allowing the iPad to run iPhone apps. I’m just saying that the iPad is not a big iPhone.

Bingo. Current iPhone apps running on the iPad will be “good enough” until developers can write iPad native apps.

RDM: Microsoft Courier – The Third Weak Link in a Miserable Mobile Strategy

alex — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:05:18 +0000

Daniel Eran Dilger gives us an insightful look into Microsoft’s piecemeal mobile strategy.

It’s not looking good.

Confirmed: Valve’s Steam coming to the Mac in April

alex — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:07:51 +0000

As if there was any doubt, Valve (the maker of some of my favorite games)has confirmed that they are bringing their Steam game delivery system and their Source game engine to the Mac.

Games are coming to the Mac in a very big way.

Fork and Spoon iPhone Stand

alex — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:53:03 +0000

Whatever you’re currently using as a stand for your iPhone simply doesn’t have as much character as this stand.

Tech: Hot & Cool

alex — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:49:18 +0000

Tech: Hot & Cool is a video series from Daniel Eran Dilger and Khara Cara.

In their first episode they review the WiEx Zboost, an appliance that boosts cell signals in your house.