I can understand why graphic designers would hate eBooks. After having spent years honing PageMaker, Quark or InDesing skills, you now have to re-shape that set into a Kindle or iBook format, or grow new skill limbs for even developing your own eBook reader apps…However, IMHO, a talented designer is a talented designer, and that sensibility is hard to come by…I would rather have design sensibility than Flash skills and I would cite, Jim Coudal/Coudal Partners, and they might disagree, as one of the best examples of a team that has evolved from that neighborhood of near straight-up graphic design, into something more.
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iPhone OS 4.0 Event Today – Take the Hit Now or Keep the Momentum Going?
With the iPhone OS 4.0 event today…I’m betting on some nice new features. Odds are low on the Verizon or iPhone HD announcements, although that would be nice…And I expect Steve to intro Scott Forestall who will do most of the talking…but you never know…one last thing may show up…
Bouv’s Apple Tablet Round Up – Why the Splashy Color Invite?
[Apple's invite image for 1.27.10 ] In just over a week, on January 27th at 1PM EST at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco to be exact, Apple may end literally years of speculation surrounding their creation of a tablet-style consumer device. Will it be a full-fledged computer? An e-Book reader? A giant iPhone with video conference capabilities? I have some thoughts…
Microsloth Leading the Sheep to the Slaughter – “Look, we have stores too!”
Microsloth, in yet another un-original move, has opened their own retail presence.
Congratulations, that’s 1000 stolen business plans! Most people who inhabit the spaces that will contain the stores may become confused when they purchase their computer from a Microsoft store, and then accidentally wander into an Apple store looking for support…oh well…
Apple + iTunes + The Beatles – Finally!
9 to 5 Mac is reporting that Apple will finally offer The Beatles catalog through the iTunes music store.
Eric of Tim & Eric – Major Lazer “Pon De Floor” – Wow.
Ok, so I’m not a big Tim & Eric fan, but clearly someone is thinking about their material…and w/this video, we get a huge hint as to which of these guys is “the mind”…
iPhone: The Palm Pre is here. *Yawn* – for how long?
Ok, I’ve been reading every damn post, article, tweet, and blog post re: PALMs new Pre smartphone. And have come to the conclusion that the Pre will not be an iPhone killer out of the gate. Here are my reasons:
Double Standard: Duncan Hines Cup Cakes
So my son put me on the hook for the creation of cup cakes a couple of weekends ago…we’re in the store…after making my way to the aisle w/the baking goods…I find the box…Although Oskar, my son, is.
