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MS Photosynth, very cool indeed !
Most of my 2 readers know that: I’m a Mac Fan Boy…
We could put it another way: I’m usually not impressed with what comes out of Microsoft.
But once in a while, let’s face it, they have some pretty cool stuff.
Surface is cool, for instance.
But this time it’s more than cool. This time, it’s mega-cool.
This time it’s [...]
Hello World
Writng my first post from WordPress iPhone app.
The internet has evolved once more.
20 years doing something doesn’t make you an expert…
A few days ago, Macworld posted an article about the User Interface Design of a forthcoming third party iPhone App. Mighty Gruber posted it on Flickr, and the comments went wild.
Let’s say it, I think the design is pretty bad. Let’s say something else : some comments on the Flickr thread are plain wrong (a few are [...]
I lost… Fare & Square
This is one of these moments…
A bitter taste and a hard time getting through.
I was just beaten, Fare & Square, on the finish line, building a small web app.
Here is how it started.
Like many I was first confused when I heard about Twitter, a few months ago.
Some kind of broadcasted one-way IM, 140 characters limited.
I didn’t [...]
A FAILing industry
There are many kinds of FAIL. Some might even be quite funny (when you’re not the one failing, of course).
But there is one fail that bothers me right now, a whole industry failing: the Home Entertainment Industry.
I’m fond of US fictions, TV or movies. But I live in France. So from Day 1, I bought [...]
New Wordpress Is Great
The previous post was the first since Wordpress 2.5 upgrade.
It’s really cool. The work on the admin part is huge.
I particularly love the shift-return to make a new <p />, the embedded tag management, and all the DHTML nifty effects.
Cool !
We Want PHP!
Google App Engine will be big.
Lots of people are talking about it. There was this thing about HuddleChat, the rip-off of 37’s CampFire…
But beyond all that, it doesn’t take much foresight to guess it’s gonna be big.
They said it at launch, it will be language independant, but for now it’s Python only.
Here is a petition to make it [...]
Getting apache2 to serve eRuby files on MacOSX 10.5
Like many web developer, I heard of Ruby via Rails.
Rails make wonders. That’s true.
But it fits a really particular type of development. Application-oriented developments.
So Rails is not really for me (yet), but what of Ruby ?
Digging a little, reading about a lot, using prototype (rubyesque JS library), Ruby seems a really good choice for web [...]
Obviously bigger
I like how the new proto theme for Firefox Mac makes the back button much bigger than the Forward one.
Obvioulsy the Back button is used so many times more…
Certainly nothing new here.
But the point is this :
There are so many things we don’t question any more…
Always challenge established concepts !
- Why did you do it [...]
Dot Fruux
One of the creators defines it as social and sync.
You can sync your Mac Adress Book (OK, but what else ?), and it will be able to keep your contacts up to date, provided your contacts aslo use it.
More info on that feature here.
It’s still in Beta (beta like in not ready to ship, not like in google’s beta) so it lacks most of the features, but it surely is promising.
I’m curently beta testing. It does one thing for now : syncing. But it does it well and that’s all I’m asking - for now.
Simple ? Make it simpler.
I love my new microwave oven.
You just can’t make any simpler.
2 rotating knobs. That’s all !
One for power setting, the other for timing.
Nothing else, not even a start button.
And that’s the beauty. Once you set the timer, it goes off by itself, 1 second later.
The same goes for every thnig designed.
Be it a graphic design, [...]
That’s a lot of NO
NO external drive,
NO FireWire,
NO Ethernet,
NO PC Card.
That’s the price of AIR.
(That and $1799…)
That’s a lot of NOs comapred to what we’re used to, compared to what we expect (plenty of yes and more).
BUT (that’s one big but !) as any Apple product : wait to hold one in your hands before you judge,
AND try [...]
No more excuses
What was a tedious concept is now an easy-to-configure device
We said it again and again and again:
BACK UP YOUR DATA !
How can you justify loosing 4 years of photo in a snap ?…
Photos of Xmas, photos of the kid’s bday, photos of the other kid’s graduation…
I, for myself, couldn’t live with that (or should I [...]
The Problem With Social Networks (As If There Was Only One…)
The Problem With Social Networks:
Multiple personalities.
All of us - as human beings - have many aspects. We come in many flavors. That’s what makes human interactions so complex and interesting.
There is a Working-You, a Family-You, a Friendly-You…
More than that, for each one of these You there are different versions.
At work, you don’t behave the same [...]
Why you wanna make great products
The other day I remembered I wanted to buy an album.
I usually use one of two sites : Amazon and Fnac.com (La Fnac is a big french store chain).
“Great” I think to myself, “I have a few minutes, let’s pop Safari up”.
And then came THE CHOICE.
The fragment of second where you decide who you’re gonna [...]
I Lied
A long time ago (a few posts ago), full of energy and courage and faith, I wrote on this very blog that I would make it bi-lingual, writing in both French an English.
Well, guess what (without looking at the title)…
Yes: I Lied !
Reasons :
The reason I lied : At that time, I didn’t knew I [...]
Mr Anybody’s Computer
Let me introduce you to the Anybodys.
Mr and Mrs Anybody are just that : anybody.
They live in a random so-called modern country, have a decent monthly revenue but not more, and they pass through life influenced mostly by media and assimilated.
(And they are not to be confused with my mother).
Of course, Mr. Anybody has a [...]
In the presence of greatness
A few weeks ago, I was posting about the Best Animation Company in the world, and mainly the people who make it what it is.
And last week-end, I went to see Prince performing the last show of 21 Nights in London.
I’ll pass on the already great experience he was offering to European people : 21 [...]
The Best In The World
The other day, I used the term “The best in the world”, but it felt different.
When you think about it, we tend to over exaggerate our words, using superlatives and all : Greatest, Truly Gorgeous, the most Amazing….
How many times did you say “You gotta see this guys work, he’s the best in the world…” [...]
One TLD to rule them all…
(TLD : Top-Domain Level as in .com, .fr or .org)
If you have to buy a domain name in the future, don’t waste any time wondering, you want a .com.
First, when was the last time you typed http:// ?
Yep, that long…
Then, try and get rid of the www..
If you spend just a few minutes a day [...]