The Sandpit from Sam O’Hare on Vimeo.
Archives for April 2010
Non-Apple’s Mistake
Stanislav Datskovskiy:
I argue that Apple now has not one but two monopolies:
I) A nearly-total monopoly on computer (and pocket computer) systems designed with good taste.
II) A total monopoly on the Microsoft-free, hassle-free personal computer. [1]Mr. Jobs is indeed starting to behave like that other convicted monopolist we know and love. Yet unlike the latter, Jobs did not engage in underhanded business practices to create his monopolies. They were handed to him on a silver platter by the rest of the market, which insists on peddling either outright crap or cheap imitations of Apple’s aesthetic.
Full article here
Via Daring Fireball
Despre “revolutie”
Ion Iliescu:
Au rămas oamenii cu mintea întârziată, care sunt marcaţi într-o manieră veche, depăşită de abordare, care repetă, de fapt, prejudecăţile lui Ceauşescu şi afirmaţiile lui în legătură cu Revoluţia română, cum că n-ar fi fost revoluţie, că nu a fost autentică, că nu populaţia, că KGB-ul a stimulat şi aşa mai departe. Că noi am fi cerut să vină ruşii să ocupe România. Sunt nebuni, pur şi simplu, oamenii aceştia. Sunt minţi rătăcite şi bolnave la noi, care întreţin aceste fabulaţii şi asemenea teme.
Cu tot respectul, nebunul sinteti dvs. Tovarase Iliescu.
Demotion commotion: First Pluto, now fruit flies?
The organization that handles species designations is considering a reorganization of some insects that might ultimately expel everyone’s favorite fruit fly from the genus Drosophila.
Via Ars Technica
iPhone OS 4.0 Multitasking
Steve Jobs about multitasking:
Q: How do you close applications when multitasking?
A: (Scott Forstall) You don’t have to. The user just uses things and doesn’t ever have to worry about it.
A: (Steve Jobs) It’s like we said on the iPad, if you see a stylus, they blew it. In multitasking, if you see a task manager… they blew it. Users shouldn’t ever have to think about it.
The iPad is here
Thanks to DHL my iPad arrived today in Romania. This thing is addictive.
Give a Damn
Get Informed. Get Involved. Give a Damn!
http://www.wegiveadamn.org
SMS-uri de Pasti
Logic, adevărata semnificaţie a Învierii se află doar în SMS-uri. Practic, aşa a fost şi transmisă vestea Învierii: apostolul Petru a dat un mesaj în grupul lui de prieteni: “Ba, intratzi rpd pe FB k n-o sa credetzi cn e aici cu mine!!!”.
The Ambitious Dilettante’s Guide To WordPress Site Design
I’ve been though the same steps when I decided to shut down the old ColdFusion web site and switch to a blogging platform. This was a 2 years process for me. – http://lnkd.ca/2a