I’m going to try to keep this short. Top 5 things that have been stuck in my head the last 2 days. 1: Actually, 1 hasn’t been stuck in my head it’s a few interesting news bits from this morning. One being an interesting interview and look at Middle East policy with Obama, the other [...]
A lot has been happening lately and I guess I’ve been too wrapped up in it to write anything down here. I’ve been readmitted to SPSU for the Spring 09 semester, have filed the FAFSA and am currently looking into financial aid options. I’ll have more on that soon but I am planning on going. [...]
So excited right now. So many awesome things happening. I can hardly wait to write the news on the next monday update. Hell with it, I’ll post some things I’ve looked at read or thought about in the last 48 hours. A couple of things. Kristian Hoegsberg is amazing. I’m starting to think that given [...]
Of late there has been a growing awareness and concern over the migration of applications from our desktops onto the Internet and the emergence and rise of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) along with a consequent deluge of predictions about the death (or irrelevance) of the desktop. While these discussions are not without merit I feel they share [...]
I just read this article on Open Source apps vs. Mac apps and was a little surprised with it’s core argument. That core argument, in my estimation, was that OS apps are thought of as functional but free with little thought given to actual polish (esp. with regards to UI\HCI concerns) and that Mac apps [...]
Warning: This article in no way intended to be rigorous or academic. These are unsupported observations of my just-won’t-shutup mind. I just read a Slashdot article which predicts that Vista will be the last Windows of it’s kind. It is referencing a Gartner Group report that states that the growing complexity of Windows will force [...]
Tonight something spectacular has occurred. Out of boredom and that innate computer geek desire to tinker, I decided to reinstall Mac OSX as it has been broken for some weeks and I’ve not cared enough to bother with it. I booted the OSX install disc and ran Disk Utility. I locked the portion of the [...]
I’m starting to love watching Apple. I mean they are fun to watch. It’s almost like they’re accidentally pimping Open Source. First they’ve got spaces, which undeniably takes cues from Linux by basically acting like Compiz with 4 virtual desktops\workspaces. Then you’ve got the improvements to XCode…especially the implementation of the open source tool DTrace! [...]
Wow. I can’t believe I’m hearing this. This is good. This is why we talk. The idea that Apple software is less hackable than Open Source is patently false. See this: http://techsearch.cmp.com/blog/archives/2006/03/yourre_busted.html?loc=security_and_privacy#more or this: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/index.php?p=255 Also, in terms of feature development\innovation you should have a look at Beagle (http://beagle-project.org/Main_Page) which came out before Spotlight. You [...]
At last we arrive at the question of the future. The present holds, as any does, a plethora of trends and fads along with the paradigm shifts and sea changes whose harbingers will ride the next wave of success. Of these, Google seems to be the most oft suggested and they are popularized by the [...]