It looks like the NBC is pulling shows from iTunes. Apparently they are willing to lose both the revenue and the controls that Apple provided. People have now gotten a taste of The Office and Heros on their iPods, their only option will be torrents, where NBC gets no revenue and loses any and all content controls. Smart move guys, stellar. I had perviously given NBC a lot of credit for making the move to the iTunes Store, but this retreat shows that not only do record labels not get-it, all content providers are out-of-touch.
Vista & Office 2007, the tragic tale of shitty design from top to bottom, they even managed to screw up the box. I just installed iWork ‘08 and am looking to uninstall Mac Office once and for-all, needless to say I haven’t personally seen this packaging. Maybe Microsoft would benefit from some outside help, the design group seems so extraordinarily talented, yet the only successes of late seem to be input devices.
From the looks of things there a fair amount of development going on (C4, etc.) using jailbreak and the other hacking libraries, but how many users are going taking the leap? I don’t know about the rest of you, but I can’t really bare the thought of hacking my phone and being left with a shiny brick…just doesn’t seem like the pay-off is worth it. Frankly I’m a little self-centered in my view of the world, I’d prefer people stick with web-based apps for the device rather than continuing down the path of native apps. It’s better for me A) because it’s something I can and have been developing for seeing as how I’m not a cocoa developer and B) it’s a win-win to develop web-based apps - if it’s a compelling idea, done well it can serve an audience larger than the iPhone, why not appeal to a broader audience.
There are a host of improvements I’d love to see on the device, but I’m content to wait out Apple and see what they deliver, rather than hack and drop in native apps.
shown below is a very cool iPhone trick to basically view any Google video file using the ‘download to iPod’ link, great for viewing videos that may not be in the YouTube h264 queue yet. via tuaw
You may remember way back when, I posted a bunch of vintage postage stamp desktop wallpapers, well I picked through the best of those and created iPhone-friendly versions. The vintage, rough scans make for a nice contrast with modern sleek lines of the iPhone. Grab them in the downloads section.
Here’s why…yes that’s Karl Rove, and yes he’s screwing around with his iPhone clad in a Twins cap while the president inspects (while tossing out more blame) the Minneapolis bridge collapse. Maybe this device has already jumped the shark - so to speak.
Well today is a day of transition, after nearly a year working with the crew at Big in Japan I’ll be stepping away. It’s been a great experience working with Alex and his various teams over the past 11 months. I’ve been working extra hard of late to get some final deliverables out the door. Later today we’ll be wrapped up. Moving forward there will be an entirely new identity and site here at crawlspce|media…actually that name may be going away as part of a new business arrangement and approach. In the meantime I am looking and reviewing freelance opportunities, it’s often serendipitous how one things leads to another and some things have already stumbled my way. If you or anyone you know can make use of my services hit me up at: info @ crawlspacemedia.com.
Unclutterer attempts to demystify Steve Jobs’ uniformed wardrobe. I’d venture a guess that they are not far off in their analysis, particularly when doing a little digging and see quite a few iconic figures took the same approach to daily dress, although Jobs’ dedicated and calculated attire seems to go beyond Einstein’s simply not caring model.
Vista & Office 2007, the tragic tale of shitty design from top to bottom, they even managed to 
From the looks of things there a fair amount of development going on (C4, etc.) using jailbreak and the other hacking libraries, but how many users are going taking the leap? I don’t know about the rest of you, but I can’t really bare the thought of hacking my phone and being left with a shiny brick…just doesn’t seem like the pay-off is worth it. Frankly I’m a little self-centered in my view of the world, I’d prefer people stick with web-based apps for the device rather than continuing down the path of native apps. It’s better for me A) because it’s something I can and have been developing for seeing as how I’m not a cocoa developer and B) it’s a win-win to develop web-based apps - if it’s a compelling idea, done well it can serve an audience larger than the iPhone, why not appeal to a broader audience.
