I’ve not been shy about pointing out issues that I have with Microsoft, and where I perceive them to be vulnerable in the marketplace. But looking too hard at particular aspects of their business can make you loose perspective on the big picture.
There is a great post over at TechIQ that looks at Microsoft’s [...]
Archive for April, 2007
My son sent this to me…
He wanted to know if I was like this when I was growing up:
I sure hope not!
This is the video for the song “White and Nerdy” from “Weird Al” Yankovic’s new album “Straight Outta Lynwood“. Wierd Al is always good for a laugh, and he has such a great [...]
Not all new technology is based on electronics…
I came across an interesting update to a product whose origins date back millennia, and that has remained substantially unchanged for the past 150 years.
The lowly umbrella…
A company called Senz Umbrellas has designed an asymetrically shapped umbrella that lets people carrying it both see better and stay drier. [...]
Microsoft continues to refine the interface to the XBOX 360…
While clearly not a true ‘consumer’ interface, the XBox 360 dashboard is still (IMO) the best gaming system interface out there. This new update is focused on adding and refining features that enhance the social aspects of gameplay through XBox Live. Live is one of [...]
There has been a lot of buzz lately about the pending death of DRM…
The arguments for removing DRM are all sound and sensible. It’s an interoperability train wreck for consumers. It limits choice and ultimately surpresses sales of digital media. And more than anything else, it just doesn’t work well.
With all of the [...]
I am planning to add downloadable versions of episodes of the ‘Practical RSS’ show to the site. Beyond the requests I’ve received for an iPod/iTunes versions (which will also be available via the iTunes Music Store), what other formats would people like to have?
MPEG/MP4? WMV? Quicktime? DiVX? Apple TV?, HiRes/HD Versions?
Let [...]
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