Apple created the iBookstore and the new iBook Author tool. As creator of said platform/application, they can put stuff in their EULA that says "you must never use this tool without wearing pants" if they want. It's their IP, they…
Month: January 2012
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Twitter Updates for 2012-01-20
Working at Apple Is Brutally Insane and Awful http://t.co/DbX8f6eo # Who says I never tweet anything useful? Case in point, here's instructions on how to build your very own Tom Servo. http://t.co/35owwxeK # My first sushi since returning to Sydney:…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-01-19
In protest of #SOPA I intending on drinking so much I black out. # New at Josephdickerson.com, Lessons in Service Design: How to avoid "Showrooming" http://t.co/jjO4vKiN #ux # Google has launched their #SOPA page: https://t.co/49VGI40N # Here's the complete Battlestar…
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Lessons in Service Design: How to Avoid “Showrooming”
Retailers have noticed a disturbing trend of the past few months. Many of the people visiting their stores are browsing but not spending any money… At least, not at your store. They’re still spending their money… just online. These customers…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-01-18
On this day in 1929 Popeye first appeared. Well, blow me down. # Still waiting…. impatiently… for Apple to approve my two books for thier iBooks storefront. It's been three weeks now… # Still waiting – impatiently – for Apple…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-01-17
House kills #SOPA http://t.co/at5MPWLl # 'Immense Pressure' Leads to Cancellation of Steve Jobs Figurine http://t.co/9vK9jtx9 # Sherlock series 3 already confirmed http://t.co/BO7MyBnR # Get ready for these new User Interface innovations http://t.co/Tlqhh6m8 #ux # Watched the Jerry Weintraub biography His…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-01-16
Just spent two hours talking to a work colleague – he just came from Sydney, I'm on my way… # Ah, Sydney. I missed you. # G'day! http://t.co/K7iVDpla # #SOPA shelved until "consensus" can be found. http://t.co/sQXoiVbv # Well Green…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-01-15
Los Angeles, I AM IN YOU. # Hollywood and Vine is absolutely dead at 9AM on a Saturday – besides all the Japanese touring groups. # Lawmakers beginning to backpedal – hard – over supporting #SOPA http://t.co/000pGRDv # A TV-series…
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Videos from Kennedy Space Center
Here’s a couple of videos I shot – the first is a look inside the Assembly Building:
The second is the recreation of how the launch of Apollo 8 went:
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Twitter Updates for 2012-01-14
Scrambling to pack and wrap things up before my travel back to Sydney… # Added some more scans of 1990s articles about #twinpeaks to flickr: http://t.co/9dHrqrsF # Video of the James Bond Directors panel from CES http://t.co/MSQYXRiG # Powered by…
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Apollo Flight Control, Kennedy Space Center
A recreation of the launch of Apollo 8 at the Saturn V building at Kennedy Space Center.
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Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, Kennedy Space Center
NASA goodness.
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Twitter Updates for 2012-01-13
Link: How to Have the Best Year of Your Life (without Setting a Single Goal) http://t.co/VhUqqDou # 'Chinatown' Blu-ray will feature commentary by Robert Towne and David Fincher http://t.co/0jhk38rO ME: YES. # Just finished giving a 2 hour presentation on…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-01-12
Back to work today. # Paying Attention: The Most Valuable Skill in UX Research http://t.co/j6BF0Snr # Star Trek Electronic Door Chime http://t.co/jkVEDoSh # Only 222 new emails in my work inbox… # Someone needs to ask the GOP candidates the…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-01-11
The #bcs bowl system is screwed up, but I'm quite happy about how this championship game went. #rolltide 😉 # So, who's going to pull the masks off the LSU players, Scooby-style, to reveal that #Bama in reality only beat…
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Photos: Kennedy Space Center
I’ve always wanted to visit Kennedy Space Center and I finally got around to crossing that particular item off my “bucket list” this past weekend. Even better, I was able to tour the Vehicle Assembly Building, where all the Saturn…