Jobs’ open letter, Thoughts on Music, published this morning, has brought the DRM-free music meme to the forefront in a way and scale that only Jobs can achieve. As Fred…
February 7, 2007
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May 30, 2008
Silicone Gadget
I post about cool gadgets frequently on this blog, but it occurred to me that I should also start a transistor-free gadget series, since there are plenty of clever and…
October 28, 2008
Sonos Controller on the iPhone
…radio, and the ability to consume services like Last.fm, Rhapsody and Pandora (now FREE on Sonos, BTW) without the use of ANY computer give the Sonos a distinct edge. It…
February 2, 2011
Words, Links, Likes and Shares: The Evolution of Relevance
…developers and brought a rich ecosystem of applications and new functionality to Facebook. After reaching well over half a billion users, Facebook unleashed a new powerful feature that may ultimately…
May 25, 2006
Chargers and AC Adapters are Evil
…requirements. Since I haven’t seen any such devices come to the market, I can only assume these companies failed to get funded or that they failed to drive adoption of…
May 30, 2006
Functionality and Flexibility Trump Quality
…in Portola Valley where I have no cellphone coverage. There are other examples of trading quality (which might have an obsolete definition in a new technological context) for functionality in…
August 24, 2006
Rose Hill Drive
…after we brought him to the Steely Dan show a few weeks ago. I’d never even heard of the band before (they are homegrown in Boulder, and their name comes…
May 21, 2007
Pro Audio Esoterica. Help Needed!
…good enough audio engineer). Aviom has a card, the 16/o-Y1 A-Net Card, that plugs into Yamaha digital mixers, allowing Yamaha mixers to route audio into the Aviom personal monitor system….
May 31, 2006
SlingPlayer Mobile on Moto Q on YouTube
Several of the gadget blogs I read yesterday pointed to this cool video than an early-adopter user posted of his brand new Motorola Q running the new SlingPlayer Mobile client….
March 16, 2006
The Ides of March (a day late)
…As a former junior high school heavy metal fanatic, I just had to share. Listen to it here, or you can download it on iTunes or pick up the CD…