04/12/2008
Atlona USB to HDMI Converter (Pre-Order)
Even though it´s too clunky a solution for me, I just wonder if this would bypass the HDCP media protection Apple recently imposed on the new macbooks.
Photo posted at 19:48 
15/10/2008
Jakob Nielsen
Quote posted at 09:48 under Marketing
14/10/2008
I admit I was a little bit disappointed after the Apple event today, having already seen all the leaked pictures of the new Macbooks and MB Pros. “One more thing..” wasn´t exciting at all when everybody knew the event was missing the Macbooks up to then. Anyhow, these new displays are pretty cool since I can leave my power adapter in my notebook case and have less clutter on/around my desk. Even with the new entry level Macbooks. And they are LED based. These will be killer when the 30” is released.
Photo posted at 22:31 under Mac
13/10/2008
Productivity 2.0: How the New Rules of Work Are Changing the Game | Zen Habits
Leo Babauta has a fantastic ability to put into words the “obvious” things that are so hard to see in everyday western world life.
Quote posted at 22:08
AppleInsider | Apple HDTV rumors resurface
I can´t either see why Apple would go into that low margin overcrowded business of HDTVs when the AppleTV is so plug and play already.
Then again, people probably said that about mobile phones as well when the iPhone rumours started popping up, and they turned the whole mobile phone business upside down in the shortest time.
Quote posted at 22:03 under Apple
» Google's Chrome Declining In Popularity
I don´t think this is surprising. I tested it and… ok… Webkit: awesome… but what else ? Didn´t like the GUI, don´t need anymore webkit based browsers, and I work enough already to keep advertisers, spam and spyware out of my browsing experience to actually invite them in. I think this is just a spin-off from the Android development and not really a focus (I hope).
Link posted at 22:00
TUAW Predicts! The October 14th notebook event - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Quote posted at 21:54 under Apple
Automatic Adjustable Wrench: Power Tool meets Hand Tool » Coolest Gadgets
Now, this is real development ! Glad somebody works on this everyday stuff as well, because those are real annoyances which need addressing. Of course, the fact that my wrench needs a battery adds a little to the annoyances though.
Photo posted at 21:53
07/10/2008
Pods (even iPods) will last
Woz, or Steve Wozniak, the cofounder of Apple, is a smart guy. That´s why I think the quick gossip-like headlines all over the internet the last days (“Apple co-founder believes iPod has about run its course”) is very simplified.
It depends on how you define “iPod”. The iPod Touch is also an iPod, and I can very well see a future iPod Touch with WiFi and perhaps Wimax capabilities, which is not a phone (thus not the moniker “iPhone”), but could be the prefered communication (and media) device from Apple. People are switching to VOIP at home so why wouldn’t they want to get away from the cellular network provider’s long reigning hands when on the go as well ?
“Even” major Norwegian newspaper VG eats this article raw and reruns it on their website. If the downfall of the iPod has already started why would this even be a good headline ? Because the premise is vague and the headline surprising. It´s not surprising that pure mp3 music players are dead (unless in an even more miniature form perhaps), but an iPod is so much more today. There´s a huge difference between the firste gen iPods and what we have today. So in that sense the iPod died out years ago.
All products have a limited lifespan, if not technology allows them to converge with another product, and brand and marketing makes the transition seamless. I have never owned an iPod, but years ago I had a PDA. I always felt uneasy about carrying both it and my mobile phone. But is the PDA dead ? My iPhone does exactly the same only better (partly because the PDA ran Windows CE), besides being a good web browser (browser tablets anyone?), a phone, and a music player.
As much as I think Sony-Ericsson is on the wrong track with their mobile phones, I think they eventually will get their 7 megapixels slapped-on Carl Zeiss lenses right. When the image sensor technology is good enough to make noiseless small sensors (which probably also record HD video without problems) those lenses will come to use. Even though I am above average interested in photography and prefer a dedicated digital SLR camera (today..), it will most probably make most sense to people in the future that their iPod, as well as being a communications device, also takes pretty damn good pictures and video. When it also has those capabilities, will it be dead again ?
Text posted at 22:57 under iPhone
» MySpace And HP Team Up To Help You Print Out Those Drunken Photos
How sad. Announcing a new sitewide advertiser. When the CEO doesn’t have anymore exciting news than this I begin to think that a part of Myspace is dying and turning in to just a music store.
Link posted at 22:44
