Of course it is about the content – Apple TV
As the year comes to a close, many tech sites are speculating on what 2012 will bring. Of course, Apple is always a big subject of debate, what with Steve Jobs having passed on. There was one piece in particular that I read (this one from Ryan Lawler at GigaOM) that made the case that...
Vimeo is a steaming pile of shit
Civil enough Vimeo? For the second time, I have had my account summarily deleted from Vimeo’s web site – each for stupid reasons. Keep in mind, I was also a paying customer at the time. Also, keep in mind that paying for video hosting when YouTube is readily available, has a much MUCH larger community,...
What Apple doesn’t do well – iBooks
Despite being a huge Apple fanboy, even I have to admit that there are certain things that Apple doesn’t do well at. I’ve got serious questions about the quality of several products that Apple has launched, anything from the Apple TV to Mobile Me. Even have a few gripes about little things like the Apple...
Really bad blogger makes lots of money
Today was a historic day for fat blowhards. That’s right, Michael Arrington sold his blog Techcrunch to AOL. My immediate (and present) reaction to this news was that I really hope AOL spent less than a million to buy the site, because Techcrunch is (and always has been) a pretty mediocre site for news. My...
Playbook: iPad might finally have competition
Not so much competition for my dollars, personally, but competition among tablet computers for non-Apple fanboys. Blackberry’s Playbook looks like a pretty snazzy new entry into the tablet market. It is still aways off from being released, but it is sufficiently different that i think it could make a splash with the kinds of folks...
On phones, tablets and app stores
Here is a trend I’ve noticed. Company A (lets just call them Apple computer) designs a totally cool device or service (lets call it a phone, or an app store or a tablet computer). They have success with all of these products, and they all seem to play together nicely within an ecosystem of devices...
Online ordering but no online order status?
IKEA doesn’t believe in that for some reason. Only retailer I have run across that had an extensive online catalog and ecommerce site which does not allow you to see the status of your order online. For that matter, they don’t appear to send you receipts of transactions to email either. I hit up their...
The need for “good” alternatives to Google
My disillusion with Google has been years in the making. I know I’ve written about it before on my blog so i won’t go into a deep dive on those thoughts. Maybe, just maybe my related posts plugin will find it so i don’t have to go searching through hundreds of posts. But, the latest...
Thoughts on iPhone 4
My thoughts on the keynote this morning and the new iPhone, all rapid fire like. There are a lot of people out there saying that the announcement of the new phone isn’t enough. I suspect that because a certain blog bought a stolen prototype and splayed it on their site for the world to see...
The iPad
So i finally have my iPad and am actually using it to write this blog post. I have a lot of thoughts and theories about it, some of which i have not really seen written about before. Of course, i also have the obligatory “omfg this thing is awesome” commentary too but i I’ll refrain...
Don’t Be Evil huh?
I actually lost respect for Google a long time ago. Back when I worked at TCCWCBN (The Career College Which Can’t Be Named) we spent about 300k a month on Google Adwords. Back then, that was more than almost every online retailer was spending with Google. We’re talking like, 8 years ago, when Google Adwords...
