http://www.jcbouvier.com The Rants & Pomp of an American Mutt Fri, 09 Jul 2010 03:19:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_684" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Caples says I jinxed cloud music service, Lala..."][/caption] Well, maybe I did...In my original post, from almost exactly one year ago, and which is basically a visceral reaction to a phone conversation I had w/Caples' and his stubborn arrogance about the service's superiority, I make the following ... http://www.jcbouvier.com/2010/07/lala-closes-in-posting-their-shortcomings-vs-itunes-i-jinxed-them/ 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 ... http://www.jcbouvier.com/2010/05/graphic-designers-hate-ebooks-and-the-kindle/ I've been quietly responding to questions from friends,  for about 3 years time now, that Blu-Ray was dead on arrival. The victim of at least a 2 year delay to market resulting from a Beta vs. VHS like industry dispute. This historic lesson having been apparently unlearned by the major ... http://www.jcbouvier.com/2010/05/optical-is-dead-im-talking-to-you-blu-ray/ 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 it would be nice to hear...And I expect Steve to intro Scott Forestall who will do most of the talking...but you never know..."One last thing..." may ... http://www.jcbouvier.com/2010/04/iphone-os-4-0-event-today-take-the-hit-now-or-keep-the-momentum-going/ I was indeed in Haiti for about a week, late January/early February on behalf of my employer the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)- my role was to help document and bring voice to IFAW's efforts for animals in Port-au-Prince. While I had worked in this capacity during our disaster ... http://www.jcbouvier.com/2010/03/i-heard-you-were-in-haiti-what-was-that-like/ 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 ... http://www.jcbouvier.com/2010/01/bouvs-apple-tablet-round-up-why-the-splashy-color-invite/ [caption id="attachment_615" align="alignleft" width="215" caption="Bouv's 2009 Holiday Mix."][/caption] It's been a long year, filled with turbulence and challenge...and, as always, music. I'm very happy to present to all, the 2009 Holiday Mix... You can download the mix here: www.jcbouvier.com/Holiday_2009.zip This is ~ 130MB .ZIP file download. Many thanks to all those who offered some influences ... http://www.jcbouvier.com/2010/01/the-2009-holiday-mix/ Microsloth, in yet another un-original move, has opened their own retail presence. Congratulations, that's 1000 stolen strategic plans! Their customers may become confused when they accidentally wander into an Apple store looking for support for Microsoft products...oh well...Apple will probably still help them out... http://www.jcbouvier.com/2009/10/microsloth-leading-the-sheep-to-the-slaughter-look-we-have-stores-too/ Read Write Web is reporting that Google will send out 100,000 Google Wave invites to an undisclosed qualified subset of the roughly 1,000,000 folks who had signed up for one...I was one of those folks, I'm hoping to be included in that subset...anyway...I also posted about Lars and Jens keynote...and ... http://www.jcbouvier.com/2009/09/google-wave-invites-today-fingers-crossed/ iPhone Central is reporting smartphone maker Palm will stop delivering and developing Windows Mobile for its products. Wait for it. Hey, there's a good idea! Seriously, how long does Palm have? I suppose an indefinite period of time, I wouldn't buy them...but I suspect, by the time Palm actually delivers a revised Pre ... http://www.jcbouvier.com/2009/09/palm-to-drop-windows-mobile-yawn/