As with any platform, the iPad creates a new experience for users and opportunities for creative developers to create entirely new and compelling applications. While several apps for the iPad have been extremely popular (like the ABC player app and the terrific Netflix streaming app), in my view the first true “killer app” for the [...]
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First killer app for the iPad?
Posted: 23rd July 2010 by Brant in culture, techTags: Apple, Facebook, Flipboard, fun, iPad, media, Twitter
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Murdoch’s newspaper paywalls
Posted: 17th July 2010 by Brant in biz, cultureTags: media, newspapers
Both the Sunday Time and the Times in the UK, operated by Rupert Murdoch, have moved virtually all their content behind paywalls. Also, stories behind the paywalls are no longer indexed by the search engines. This is a big test of the effect of paywalls, whether they can raise sufficient additional funds for newspapers to [...]
Everything is amazing and no one is happy
Posted: 17th July 2010 by Brant in culture, funTags: comedy, fun, Louis CK, media, TV
Louis CK:
Consumer Reports goes crazy
Posted: 15th July 2010 by Brant in biz, culture, techTags: Apple, Consumer Reports, iPhone, media
Or so says Mike Arrington on TechCrunch. I have to agree. Here is his timeline: The best parts [of their coverage] are the constant updates to all the old articles where they try to justify all of their conflicting justifications simultaneously. July 2: “iPhone 4′s supposed signal woes aren’t unique, and may not be serious” [...]
Consumer Reports backpedals further
Posted: 14th July 2010 by Brant in politicsTags: Apple, Consumer Reports, iPhone, jerks, media
Late today, Consumer Reports continued backpedaling on its claims that iPhone 4 is “not recommended.” Now they say they have run additional tests on the iPhone covered with Apple’s bumper case. They say that it fixes the “problem.” With the Bumper fitted, we repeated the test procedure, placing a finger on the Bumper at the [...]
Or rather, here. (via Andrew Sullivan)
Taibbi on LeBron
Posted: 11th July 2010 by Brant in biz, cultureTags: jerks, LeBron James, media, sports, TV
You have to read Matt Taibbi’s full essay on television announcement of LeBron James’ move to Miami. But here is a taste: By any measure it was a landmark moment in the history of human self-involvement, eclipsing previous peaks in the narcissism Himalayas (Nero’s impromptu fiddle concert as Rome burned, the career of the prophet [...]
Family Guy emmy nomination
Posted: 9th July 2010 by Brant in culture, fun, politicsTags: Emmy Awards, Family Guy, media, Palin, TV
I love Family Guy. And they just got a nomination for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for this little number. Sarah Palin, were she in the Academy, would not vote for this, I assume.
Who is the smartest CEO in tech? (update)
Posted: 9th July 2010 by Brant in biz, techTags: Apple, Jonathan Ive, magazines, media, Steve Jobs
No, its not Michael Dell or Steve Balmer. According to Fortune, it is some guy called Steve Jobs. Update: And they named Jonathan Ive, Apple’s chief product designer, as the smartest designer.
iPhone 4 v. HTC EVO (Updated x2)
Posted: 29th June 2010 by Brant in politicsTags: Android, Apple, fun, HTC EVO, iPhone, media, tech
(Contains crude language) For a rebuttal, see here. Update: Now it seems that Best Buy is trying to fire the guy who created these terrific videos. I have always hated Best Buy anyway, because most of their help is no help at all and their prices are often too high. Update 2: And Paramount is [...]
Check out the drummer in this video. Jump about one minute in. He is crazy good and way, way better than the rest of the band.
I am a sucker for dancing robots….
Disintermediation (updated)
Posted: 27th June 2010 by Brant in biz, culture, techTags: cable TV, Internet, media, movies, music, tech, TV
Disintermediation is the process by which a process middleman in a process is eliminated. Remember what the Internet did to travel agents? Who uses a travel agent these days? And how about bricks-and-mortor book stores? Well, we are (finally) getting closer to disintermediation of the cable TV companies. The Internet is a terrific platform for [...]
OUTLIERS from MONDIAL CREATIVE LABS on Vimeo. (via Colin Peters)
What passes for journalism in most of the mainstream media is nothing more that repeating the statements of interviewees. There is precious little actual “reporting” as to whether these statements are true. The general practice has evolved into nothing more than “he said, she said” recitations. The journalistic failure is that very often where claims [...]