I woke up this morning to news that an iPhone developer had begun voluntarily releasing their sales data. This set off a small flurry of discussion and retoric around the iPhone / macintosh part of the blogosphere. Why aren’t developers (especially small developers) more transparent? In his post, John Casasanta theorizes the reason is that …
Monthly Archive: August 2008
Aug
06
Aug
06
A $12 OLPC – Go MIT!
On Tuesday, Slashdot carried news of an project at MIT to create a super-cheap computer, similar to the OLPC project spun out of the Media Lab. Having played with an OLPC, as well as having met several of the designers and visionaries involved, I am convinced: OLPC really could change the world. It disrupts a …
Aug
05
Great photos from low-end cameras
Do you need a great camera to take great pictures? My main shooting rig is a Canon 1Ds mark III digital camera, and indeed, with this terrific (albeit quite expensive) camera I have taken a number of well-regarded photographs, some of which have even sold for multiple hundreds of dollars. However, one of my very …
Aug
04
Cute
“If necessary, we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. We cannot respond to every one of the request we receive, but it doesn’t mean we’re not thinking about you.” — the TUAW reader submission page
Aug
04
Upskirt Photos are a national issue for Japan?
Can one of my Japanese friends please help explain this article on illicit upskirt photos in Japan? Seen below is a warning poster from a subway in Japan. …The loud shutter sound is supposed to deter voyeurs from taking sneaky pictures up women’s’ skirts — or down their tops. In Japan, upskirt and downblouse shots …
Aug
04
How to save on your data plan using MobileMe
Frustrated by the bizzare rules that seem to govorn your iPhone data use? Maybe you turned off push synchronization to save on battery life, but your left wondering if and when your data will sync. This article may help. I am planning a trip to Africa where data access is expensive, so I needed better …
Aug
02
Grassroots iPod feature enhancement list!
Hey iPhone lovers, contribute your ideas here! If we can demonstrate enough users want this feature, I can try to get this in front of an Apple product manager. http://www.springamp.com/ipodapp-enhancement-wishlist/
Aug
02
A Great Limerick
Best appreciated if read out-loud: There once was a [person] from [place] Whose [body part] was [special case]. When [event] would occur, It would cause [him or her] To violate [law of time/space]. Courtesy of Cynthia, courtesy of Devon.
Aug
02
Hope for the digital flowers
I found this plaque on my favorite bridge — the John W. Weeks bridge over the Charles River. What strikes me is that this plaque is seen daily by HBS students on their way to the Square. If only my alma mater would put one in the E51 skybridge. Maybe our this would be a …
Aug
01
A Cup of Broken Wifi: Shamebucks
Below is a list of Starbucks that don’t provide the promised “two free hours of Wifi“, at least as measured by me and other customers I’ve approached in the last 2 months. Harvard Square (Garage) Andover street in Peabody, MA Memorial Drive, Cambridge Church Street, Harvard Square In these locations, connecting to the “attwifi” SSID …