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Apple CFO hints at possibly big "product transitions" before September {Engadget}
Jul 26th 2007 1:18PM The OS is what Apple does best, meanwhile, Windows seems to be on a downturn. There is a wide open gap and also a human need to get a better OS out there.
I was one of the bloggers sent a free Fararri Acer computer with Vista from Microsoft and while the OS is dizzying, the computer is so nice, it really is a pleasure, moreso than my MacBook Pro (the only option). If I had OSX on an Acer, it would be super. But right now, its needs a different operating system on it.
I cant help but think, on a global level, Apple's OS would become the OS of choice because its better. :D
Apple CFO hints at possibly big "product transitions" before September {Engadget}
Jul 26th 2007 12:32PM My guess is the OS. The OS should become available for PC's.
TiVo just doesn't understand HD {Engadget HD}
Feb 28th 2007 8:30AM We record and edit in 1080i HDV and then compress "to a variety of forms" recently while exprementing with web delivery. Now taking suggestions!
Internet Video and how the Broadcast Nets are Missing the HDTV Opportunity. {Blog Maverick}
Dec 24th 2006 8:13PM Even if the few broadcast networks stick around and fair well, which they prob. will do, they already lost control. They wont be able to keep their place in the long run because content will raise up in the future based on the quality of the content, not PR, $ and gate keeping.
Delivering in HD would be great for them but I don't think it's going to save them.
NBC may sue TiVo for PSP and iPod support {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Dec 2nd 2005 9:12PM Regardless of the legal language in the contract that TiVo has with NBC, NBC is once again shooting themselves in the foot for holding back on supplying demand and creating more demand; if they would allow their content to flow more easily, they would likely attract a larger audience to their show, thus increasing the value of their asset instead of being worried about temporary chump change, perhaps.
Berlin artists use parasitic Mac mini in Subway {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Nov 6th 2005 11:03PM After noticing 1-5 below (as noted: http://www.metadaddy.org/mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=6477 ), I inquired with the artist, Richard, who created this project and he confirmed that the video is just a demonstration of an idea, and that it was edited together. #1 Note that the brief case does not seem to have any suction cups on it before being placed on the car (as pointed out above). The use of stop motion, still frame leaves no evidence that the case moved with the train (quite the contrary) and it may be the reason why there is a still frame aesthetic throughout. #2 The light from the projector, when sometimes seen on the wall, appears to be level with the window, not below the window. Likely then, the projector was held from inside the car. #3 If you do a frame advance through the section around 45-seconds, you can see the reflection of someone in the window who appears to be holding a projector. #4 Sometimes we see the reflection of the car, but there is no light at all. #5 Because it is a student work, the project was likely under a class imposed deadline. Many projects within a university only reach prototype level. At the end of the semester, the work is typically demonstrated and defended. While its always nice to have a finished project, the ability to explain and discuss the work, at whatever state it is in, is often the grade. Instead of giving a dry lecture while trying to explain all of the details this is an extremely effective presentation for communicating the project (A+ I would say). Here is how the script for the presentation could go: (1) Play the video. (2) Ask if anyone has any questions.
Interview with Andrew Baron from Rocketboom {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Nov 4th 2005 2:00PM Hey Kent, thanks for the comments. I think for your hypothesis you have re-editied two different things that I was saying and spliced them together to make a false inference. :) When I suggest that most videobloggers "don't understand the weblog medium very well" my reason for saying that is not at all BECAUSE I think videoblogs need to have "intense, high-level information from experts that parallels the best in field." I suggested that the stereotypical, outspoken videoblogger, tends to entirely reject this second fold of blogging that is thread, or theme oriented. They define videoblogging as being ONLY personal diary-oriented. They can't seem to grasp how Rocketboom could be a videoblog, even though aside from having so much of the similar back-end structure and deliver mech. of a weblog, the content is about other blogs, bloggers and the stuff we find from links around the net. I find that the stereotypical viewpoint of rejecting a theme or a thread is missing half of the picture of weblogs. Here was the exact quote: "I would argue (the personal diary ones) don't understand the weblog medium very well. They assume it's all personal or "down to earth" or something." In otherwords, they only see half the picture. To me this is the opposite extreme of journalists who say bloggers are always in pajamas. Cheers!
Podcasting Part 2 {Blog Maverick}
Jul 17th 2005 3:33PM It's disheartening to see someone so inspiring miss the future impact of where this all going, especially with video. Though hopefully it is mostly because you have not thought about it enough, as revealed by falsely claiming there are no portable video devices [when in fact there are hundreds of them [ http://portablevideo.engadget.com ] or apps to support video enclosures of which there are already dozens, including iTunes. Also, beyond the portability aspect, the power is really to create a user experience that requires high quality file web delivery with no latency as a result of watching audio or video preloaded into RAM. This is happening now, ahead of future net speeds. Podcasters have not yet utilized the full extent of this capability as evidenced by their continuing desire to push overly compressed audio such as mp3s when they could just as well send uncompressed audio (because by the time the listener is present at the computer or player, the file is already downloaded). Also, AOL Live8 videos came as downloadable .wmv files. I downloaded them though enclosures in my feed reader and watched them locally without latency while being able to keep a copy and send them to my friends. The most important thing you can do to start thinking outside of the box on this is to start calling Kleenex what it is, "tissue". "Podcasting" is a corporate-specific term for syndicating media. The implications for the near future, combined with this revolution in personal media recorders and an international audience, is much more profound than your shrugging.
