September 2011
8 posts
Discovering Delicious
I was a heavy Delicious user and proponent at first, but quickly fed into its over-watered, over-polluted system of links that I couldn’t think to re-mine through solely because even my own link list had become a dump- my definition of information overload.
Normal search, a-la-Google has taught a generation of users that it’s okay not to horde the internet, but to instead rely on...
Timeline
Emotionally curated content culled from any source to share with anyone regardless of reciprocity.
That seems to be the goal of Facebook’s announcement today. A lofty one, but clearly feasible. Facebook is continuing on its quest of becoming the everything system.
The few problems I’ve had and continue to have are the lack of actual curated friendships on Facebook. There’s a...
BankSimple
With the first announcement of BankSimple curiosity has had the best of me. And while I consider myself an early adopter if only to understand what emerging technology is sticky, notions like BankSimple tend to permeate well beyond simple tech enthusiasts.
It’s interesting when a necessary idea meets a strong need. And what I realize more often is how willing people are to adopt change, if...
Mentality verse Sanity
Metro is a change, but it’s a new layer atop an old one. And for companies like Apple, willingness to adapt and not adopt has become a guiding principle.
Reverse scrolling is a simple but precise example of this. In terms of usability it makes sense, but to a number of users it’s disconcerting having to rethink something that’s been engrained in muscle memory for decades.
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'Drive'
Spoiler: This analysis of the film ‘Drive’ discusses specific plot details and is dependent on you having already seen the film.
Some heroes are real. (Byline from the film poster.)
‘Drive’ is a look into the very soul or nature of what we commonly consider archetype heroes and throws it back in our face. If you want to be as confident as 007, or as cool as James...
Leading by Example
Where is Microsoft’s presence in Metro? If they’re banking so heavily on this being the future of computing, where are their apps?
I see no Microsoft Office Metro edition, no Visual Studio Metro edition. Hell, even a Task Manager Metro edition might be fun. Instead we’re left with a suite of intern developed applications to tweet and share photos. Certainly beautiful...
Mirror Effect
Having watched the day one Keynote from Microsoft, and Jensen Harris’s overview of the leading 8 principles in Win 8, I now have more questions than actual answers. Namely, can we ever expect Microsoft to separate rather than encapsulate the legacy PC desktop from the Metro one?
My comprehension quickly gets foggy as soon as I envision the vast spectrum of current Windows customers...
Base Station → iCloud Hub
From the original UFO base station, Apple released the AirPort Extreme, giving way to today’s Time Capsule, an easy to use backup solution for your Mac. With the introduction of iCloud however, we’re seeing less and the less the need for local media storage. If our files can retain themselves in the cloud, and in sync across all our devices, then what’s the purpose of needing...