December 2011
1 post
They'll be Home for Christmas →
This ostensibly puerile schtick is Colbert at his finest.
(html5)
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November 2011
2 posts
Protect The Internet →
October 2011
1 post
Back from the Future →
Chuck! Chuck! It’s Marvin! Your cousin, Marvin Berry! You know that new sound you’re looking for? Well, listen to this!
In this video from 1988 Steve explains how networking is the future, predicts how object-oriented programming with NeXT will accelerate software innovation, and explicitly calls on developers to invent the World Wide Web.
“We know it has...
September 2010
2 posts
Where for art thou PDF?
Condé Nast’s iPad magazines are really fat. And for the same reason why Apple doesn’t like Flash: their apps don’t efficiently use the iPad’s native implementations. Here, the issue is text and image rendering. With Flash, the main issue is H.264.
each Wired issue is actually a bunch of XML files that lay out a bunch of images. And by “a bunch of images” I mean 4,109...
Finally, Some Competition!
RIM just announced the PlayBook, and it looks like the first iOS competitor that’s playing to win.
The Real Comparison
Apple made some compromises with the iPad (i.e. only h.264 video) because, in exchange, they got ≥10 hours of I-can’t-believe-it’s-still-not-plugged-in usage, at a sub-$500 price point.
Each of RIM’s marketing bullet-points for the PlayBook is a...
April 2010
5 posts
Windows Phone 7 Looks Unusable
Engadget: Windows Phone 7 videos
we get a quick look at the Word editor — and as you might
expect, it’s squeaky-clean and nearly UI-free, just like pretty
much everything else in the platform.
It’s all black-and-white, and there’s no cursor or control highlighting.
“UI-free” might look cool, but where do you tap?
Watch @ 1:08 in the second...
Apple Sued Think Secret's Editor for Trade Secret...
I found some gems in these old CNET articles:
Apple suit foreshadows coming products (1/5/05):
Apple said in a statement to CNET News.com that the company’s “DNA is innovation, and the protection of our trade secrets is crucial to our success.”
Apple says the article “disclosed numerous confidential details regarding the technical capabilities of Apple’s...
Trade Secrets, Generally →
Found this via Google. Looks like a good overview of the fundamentals, just ignore the “food industry” stuff (California would obviously have its quirks).
Gizmodo's Trade Secret Liability
A number of sources have turned to Ian Betteridge’s thoughtful analysis of the Gizmodo saga. I believe that, because he failed to address California law, Ian was too quick to dismiss the possibility of trade secret claims by Apple. As Ian points out, Federal law requires “reasonable measures” to protect a trade secret, and he readily concluded (based mostly on analogy) that allowing the...
How Nick Denton "Found" the Next iPhone
The story behind the story. From Mr. Denton’s Perspective.
Denton I just bought pre-release iPhone from some guy, and I think it’s the real deal! We’re fine, right? I mean, Apple can’t sue us for writing about it as long as we give it back once they ask for it?
Lawyer Uh, not exactly… You really have to be careful with stuff like this… First off, how do you even...