In line at JB Hi-Fi. Guess why? # Only about 70 people in line to buy an iPad 2 here. I may be able to buy one… # Reminder to self: buy more Apple stock. # Slowly marching towards the…
Month: March 2011
Links of Note
How to Use To-Do Lists to Kill Your Productivity [To Do]
An article I found particularly useful: How to Use To-Do Lists to Kill Your Productivity [To Do]
Apple
iPad2 released in Australia – a first-hand report
As many of you know I’m an expat living in Sydney and I got an iPad 2 (finally!) tonight. Here’s some first hand reporting from Australia around the frenzy that greeted iPad 2… Went by the main Apple store in…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-03-25
Telstra blocked my SIM on my work blackberry because I entered my PUK code wrong. I now have to go to a store and get a new one. Wonderful. # MAde the mistake of installing Flash on my Macbook Air…
Geek, My Quora answers
Why hasn’t Pixar made more than 11 feature films?
Disclaimer: don’t work for Pixar, am simply amazed at the creative quality and output of the studio. One reason you can cite is that animation – whether it’s cel or computer, it takes time. Lots of time. With cel animation…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-03-24
Improved antenna, 4-inch screen, NFC e-wallet rumored for Apple's iPhone 5 http://is.gd/Yoayp7 # Firefox 4 Is Certainly Zippy, But Is That Enough To Switch Back From Chrome? http://is.gd/3Xr90B # Experience Is What We Make It http://is.gd/z6axlW #mobile # @televixen Re:…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-03-23
Celebrating International Talk Like Shatner Day (his birthday) AND my son's 9th birthday. Don't get me started on the planning THAT took… # @MartinPlace @oliverw Thanks, we're doing some great work together (except that @oliverw is just insufferable after winning…
Geek, My Quora answers
Who is River Song? UPDATED WITH ANSWER!
Disclaimer: I’m not anyone associated with the show, I merely obsessively follow it. The way I see it, there are three possibilities: River Song is either a character we have never seen before her debut on the series, a character…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-03-22
Raining cats and dogs in downtown Sydney. Not literally, of course… # Why the Twitter Quick Bar ("d#%^bar") is still so offensive http://www.marco.org/3991237704 # Patent reform could stymie American innovation http://t.co/hdIk89W # My answer on Quora to: What did Dieter…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-03-21
The Mac App Store is bankrupting me. It's like Amazon's one-click shopping for software. # The last thing you expect when you light up your grill is a field mouse jumping out of it running away from the flames. Guess…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-03-20
Are Touchscreen Tablets Effective Design Tools? http://is.gd/uc1RCr # User-Led Does Not Equal User-Centered http://is.gd/HgHuF5 # @TrekMovie You may not just get an entry, I plan on spending the whole day talking… And tweeting… like The Shat. #risk ..ismybusiness in reply…
Links of Note
Why User Experience Cannot Be Designed
An article I found particularly useful: Why User Experience Cannot Be Designed
Apple, My Quora answers
Why did Apple acquire Siri?
Historically, Apple has acquired company for two reasons – the people and the ideas the people have executed. They are interested in one thing: intellectual property that can be used to add value to thier existing products and services. Siri…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-03-19
Long delays on the train ride home. Should get there by Tuesday. # North Shore line "moderately delayed" – 25 minutes+ ain't moderate to me. #SYD http://t.co/4mXLfWu # Now it's "major delays expected" on the North Shore Line. Lovely. #SYD…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-03-18
Great dinner and conversation with a friend who was in #SYD today… And today only. Hope you have a good flight home Monica! # Saw some bars here in #SYD are celebrating St. Paddy's Day… Hope there's not TOO much…
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Twitter Updates for 2011-03-17
Just had the worst rubbish frozen pizza for dinner. My reward, for a hard day's work. Should have eaten the box. # Watching James Cameron on Inside the Actors Studio. He looks like Bea Arthur. #notthattheresanythingwrongwiththat # I still think…