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Thu, 27 May 2010 06:03:44 -0700 WWDC Rumor: Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer Guest at Keynote? http://failedidealist.posterous.com/wwdc-rumor-microsofts-steve-ballmer-guest-at http://failedidealist.posterous.com/wwdc-rumor-microsofts-steve-ballmer-guest-at
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Oh i'd love to see this. i can just imagine Ballmers' reception in an auditorium of Apple Fanboys

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Mon, 19 Apr 2010 08:18:45 -0700 This Is Apple's Next iPhone http://failedidealist.posterous.com/this-is-apples-next-iphone http://failedidealist.posterous.com/this-is-apples-next-iphone

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Thu, 08 Apr 2010 02:10:56 -0700 iPhone OS 4.0 (IN JOBS WE TRUST) http://failedidealist.posterous.com/iphone-os-40-in-jobs-we-trust http://failedidealist.posterous.com/iphone-os-40-in-jobs-we-trust Much as it pains me to probe the mind of God,

I'm thinking:

Multitasking through a scaled version of Expose (3 apps at a time)
iBooks port from the iPad OS
No data cap on mobile iTunes downloads
Customizable Home Screens (i.e. weather, calendar info etc..)
Customizable Backgrounds
Improved energy managment (better battery life)
Global accelerometer OFF switch (so i can use it in bed better :D )
VOIP using 3G implementation

To be honest...can't think of many features that are actually missing
from OS 3.2. that i'd like to see.

But, IN JOBS WE TRUST

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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:06:51 -0800 The Internet By the Numbers: Facebook Pretty Much Owns the Internet http://failedidealist.posterous.com/the-internet-by-the-numbers-facebook-pretty-m-1 http://failedidealist.posterous.com/the-internet-by-the-numbers-facebook-pretty-m-1

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Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:24:23 -0800 Adobe speaks up about Flash on the iPad http://failedidealist.posterous.com/adobe-speaks-up-about-flash-on-the-ipad http://failedidealist.posterous.com/adobe-speaks-up-about-flash-on-the-ipad
starThe Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
29 January 2010 03:45
by Chris Rawson

Adobe speaks up about Flash on the iPad

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The iPhone and iPod touch haven't run Flash natively in the years since their respective debuts, and it's pretty clear based on Steve Jobs's presentation yesterday that the iPad won't run Flash, either. When scrolling through the New York Times's main page, for example, where Flash ads or video might have been there were instead broken LEGO icons, big as life on the screen at the keynote.

Predictably, Adobe isn't happy about this, and is accusing Apple of "continuing to impose restrictions on their devices that limit both content publishers and consumers." They go on to say that without Flash support, "users will not be able to access the full range of web content, including over 70% of games and 75% of video on the web."

Let's work backwards from this. First of all, I'd be very interested to see where Adobe got those percentages. Apparently YouTube now accounts for a mere 25% of video on the internet? As for Hulu and a few of the other specific sites mentioned in Adobe's rant, now that Apple is in the business of selling content, exactly how is it in the company's best interest to provide access to that same content, through another company's platform, for free? And as far as games are concerned, once again Apple has this covered, through the App Store. Far from being limited, content publishers and consumers will merely have to adjust to a new method of publishing and consuming content: one that doesn't involve Adobe in any way.
I know anecdotal data is the worst kind there is, but in nearly a year of using my iPhone to connect to the internet, not only have I not missed Flash, I've been glad it isn't there. Flash's performance on Mac OS X is so abysmal that when YouTube announced an opt-in HTML5 beta to replace Flash, I bounced up and down in my office chair in glee. I can only imagine the bag of hurt that would be introduced if Apple let Flash run on its mobile devices.

If you want to know why Flash doesn't run on the iPhone, the iPod touch, or the iPad, why Flash will never run on those devices, and why that's a really good thing, check out this piece by Daring Fireball's John Gruber. One of the key points of Gruber's argument is that Flash is, by far, the biggest source of application crashes in OS X. Flash crashes so often that Apple's engineers went out of their way to create a new mechanism for running plugins in Snow Leopard; in 10.6, Flash runs as its own process rather than being lumped in with Safari, meaning than when (not if) Flash crashes, it doesn't bring all of Safari down with it. Considering Flash's poor stability and fan-blasting, CPU-hogging performance on the Mac, gee, why wouldn't Apple want it running on their mobile devices?

Want to see something that "imposes restrictions on content publishers and consumers?" Look no farther than Flash itself. According to the company's own (possibly made-up) numbers, 70% of games and 75% of video on the internet is all shuffled through one company's proprietary plugin. I don't know about you, but that sounds awfully restrictive to me. It seems like a really bad idea to let a single company have that much control over the creation and delivery of the internet's content, don't you think?.

With the iPhone and iPod touch we already have tens of millions of mobile devices owned by tens of millions of highly satisfied consumers, and not one of those devices runs Flash. With the advent of the iPad, we can expect millions more mobile devices to hit the market, and none of them will run Flash, either. Thanks to YouTube and vimeo, HTML5's star is on the rise for delivering free video content on the internet, and the App Store has gaming covered. There's no telling what the internet will look like in ten years, but one thing appears certain: if things continue as they have, Adobe will no longer have the stranglehold over video and gaming content that it enjoys today.

[Via Engadget]

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Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:47:42 -0800 Apple iPad First Hands On - apple ipad - Gizmodo http://failedidealist.posterous.com/apple-ipad-first-hands-on-apple-ipad-gizmodo http://failedidealist.posterous.com/apple-ipad-first-hands-on-apple-ipad-gizmodo
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Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:43:26 -0800 iPad http://failedidealist.posterous.com/ipad-84 http://failedidealist.posterous.com/ipad-84
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Not too far off then.

1Ghz processor
10" LED with IPS (In Plane Switching),
Wi-Fi (N band)
10 hour battery (of video playback)
iPhone apps work
GPS and Compass

WANT :D

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Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:21:00 -0800 $499 (£350ish) for the iPad http://failedidealist.posterous.com/499-for-the-ipad http://failedidealist.posterous.com/499-for-the-ipad
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Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:39:00 -0800 The Tablets of Our Dreams - apple tablet - Gizmodo http://failedidealist.posterous.com/the-tablets-of-our-dreams-apple-tablet-gizmod http://failedidealist.posterous.com/the-tablets-of-our-dreams-apple-tablet-gizmod

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Wed, 30 Sep 2009 05:48:15 -0700 Apple 1984 ad, updated for 2009 http://failedidealist.posterous.com/apple-1984-ad-updated-for-2009 http://failedidealist.posterous.com/apple-1984-ad-updated-for-2009

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Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:49:17 -0700 Pigeons are faster than DSL - Boing Boing http://failedidealist.posterous.com/pigeons-are-faster-than-dsl-boing-boing http://failedidealist.posterous.com/pigeons-are-faster-than-dsl-boing-boing
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I have this same feeling all the time :(

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Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:49:40 -0700 The Hierarchy Of Digital Distractions | Information Is Beautiful http://failedidealist.posterous.com/the-hierarchy-of-digital-distractions-informa-22 http://failedidealist.posterous.com/the-hierarchy-of-digital-distractions-informa-22
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Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:40:14 -0700 Physical vs Digital http://failedidealist.posterous.com/physical-vs-digital http://failedidealist.posterous.com/physical-vs-digital
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A very interesting comparison. most notable is how far storage has come since 2001 and the original iPod. Moore's law in action

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Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:15:55 -0700 Idea http://failedidealist.posterous.com/idea-139 http://failedidealist.posterous.com/idea-139 just had an idea. Augemented reality Sat Nav. through a HUD on a car's
windowshield....

 hmmm. overlaying directional information over a real view, with arrows
and highlighting road signs.

 i may have to do something with this

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Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:00:42 -0700 Augmented Reality iPhone Apps http://failedidealist.posterous.com/augmented-reality-iphone-apps http://failedidealist.posterous.com/augmented-reality-iphone-apps

Apple need to approve this, such an amazing technology, with a myriad of applicaions across industries. AR developers could make millions. Wouldnt you pay £5 for AR Wikipedia? point at the object you want to read about? or an AR social media app, camera on the person you're looking at, Facebook, Twitter and Blog all pop up.

Similarly, i imagine the Police forces could use something along those lines, an officer spots some one, grabs his phone and is presented with their criminal record...now its getting scary, but still worth it

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Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:49:00 -0700 Google OS http://failedidealist.posterous.com/google-os-3 http://failedidealist.posterous.com/google-os-3 Google, the benevolent giant of the internets announced they're releasing a desktop OS.
This is an interesting concept. Google's idea is to seamlessly integrate web and desktop applications into the OS. In theory making it lightweight and inherently very usable.

But...why??

Google already has an OS - Android! Developed from Linux and geared towards Smartphone’s, PDAs and a soon to be released Netbook variation.

Why is the internet giant abandoning one fledgling OS for a brand new one?

Not that I’m not excited about the prospect. If it’s made by Google, history would dictate its going to be good.

Google is not successful because it monopolizes, because it tramples on the competition, steals code from competitors, and beats users into submission with the barbaric clubs of EULAs. Google is not Goliath in the typical sense. No end user has a vendetta against the big G. Google is successful (and vastly so) because:

It makes good stuff

Everything it offers to users is free or open source

These are the two principles which account for near 100% share of searches, the phenomenal uptake of Google Mail, Google Reader, Blogger, Google Calendar, Google Maps, Google Earth, Google Desktop... etc etc

Google's revenue comes from targeted and intelligent advertising. Adverts designed not to piss off the end user, but actually be relevant and occasionally useful. Revenue is paid per click from the advertisers.

The end user has no fiscal interaction with Google, but ultimately Google's continuance is dependent on the end user actually visiting its sites and using its software. Google must make good kit to ensure user's actually user it and therefore attract advertisers.

From this premise, I think it’s safe to assume the Google OS could be a good thing.
The world may not really need yet another Linux distro, but I'd welcome the chance to play around with this one. Most of the Linux flavours don't have a multibillion dollar software and web colossus backing them up. Maybe this could be a gateway to usable open source OS, of truly free, simple and clean computing. Maybe this could be Ubuntu that just works without assuming an advanced qualification in IT from its users.

High hopes for it I know, but with Google they tend to surpass expectations.

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