New Theme

Ok, I thought I was done with switching themes, but I kinda like this one.  ;)

Rumor: iTunes Unlimited

Two words:  Thank you.

Rumor: iTunes Unlimited | Mac|Life.

Dell Revamps Its Corporate Laptops – WSJ.com

Dell Revamps Its Corporate Laptops – WSJ.com.

Too little, too late? Do we bother with these (only 2.2 lbs), or do we just get MacBooks and work with both operating systems? Hmmmmm…

For reference, here’s the MacBook Air:

Apple Store (U.S.) – MacBook Air.

While the MacBook Air still needs to make some strides to become the standard, Apple is notorious for releasing new-and-improved versions of all of their computers, gadgets, etc, several times a year.

Reminder:  The holidays are just around the corner…

Side note:  Let’s not forget how cool this looks either:

Inside Apple R&D — Apple Patents Realized | Mac|Life.

Great Blog Post by Fred Wilson (www.avc.com) — “Constraints and Rules”

Constraints and Rules — By, Fred Wilson (www.avc.com)

I believe web services benefit from doing less, not more. I believe that allowing the users to stitch web apps together to get increased functionality is better than a web service trying to do everything for everyone. The Facebook app ecosystem is one proof point of this approach.

Evan Williams and Jack Dorsey, founders of Twitter, have talked often of the “constraints” that are built into the Twitter app. You can only post 140 characters in a single message, for example. And because Twitter didn’t have desktop client when it launched, a number of them were created and they are probably better than anything Twitter would have created. Same with the iPhone apps like Twinkle and Twitterific.

I think developers of web apps need to think hard about the constraints they are going to apply to their service when they create it. And they need to build an api early on so others can take up where they left off.

But what about when the constraints are dictated to you? This happened last week in the Twitter world when the company finally decided to stop paying a huge monthly bill to provide sms following services in countries (like the UK) where they don’t have a direct relationship with mobile carriers that allows them to avoid paying for that delivery. Twitter has now constrained their service in a way they really don’t want to constrain it. WIll some third party come to the aid of the users with a solution that Twitter didn’t think of? That would be great. More likely, Twitter will cut a deal with the UK mobile operators and mobile operators in other parts of the world. I am not sure if these kinds of constraints are good or bad. It’s too early to tell…..

Read the full post on his site:  Constraints and Rules.

Nike SoHo (21 Mercer) Evidently Generates *Some* Interest Online

Evidently, the new Nike SoHo store (located at 21 Mercer Street in New York City) has been generating some interest online.  My office is located directly across the street from the store, so I started blogging about it, and uploaded a few videos (on YouTube, and on this blog) of their block/launch party.  Well, at present, the videos have been viewed 403 times.  Pretty cool.  :)

Even cooler side note:  If you search for “Nike SoHo” on Google, this blog shows up as the third link.  ;)

New Policy: If the widget doesn’t exist…write it yourself!

I’m hosting this blog on WordPress’ dime, and while I’m still getting used to it, I’m noticing that it’s not as user friendly as it could be. Case in point…

This template, for whatever reason, doesn’t allow a user to easily link to the blog via RSS. Well that just wasn’t working for me, so I added it manually. You’ll now notice that the first widget on the right side now contains a few RSS links. I used some basic html and threw together an RSS widget (which lives within an HTML field widget that, thankfully, WordPress provided).

Yes, I’m geeking out.

21

Just finished watching 21. Lots of fun…rather predictable, but hey, way it goes. ;)

IMDB:  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478087/

Amazon:  http://tinyurl.com/5dmeuq