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Chronicle Of Awesome: Speculation The Grand Theory Of Lost

    14:48 on February 1, 2010 , , , ,

Beware of spoilers!

It seems like just a few weeks ago; I watched the season 5 finale of Lost. It was only after the final LOST logo came on to the screen that the reality of a 9 month wait started to sink in. So, impatient as I was, I decided to speculate my way to a series [...]

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Why The iPad Doesn’t Have Multi-Tasking

    12:39 on January 30, 2010 , , , , , ,

One of the things discussed about the new Apple tablet, other than its lack of Flash, is its apparent lack of multi-tasking. Multi-tasking, of course, being the ability to listen to music or radio while playing Flight Control. I’d like to talk about that, because I’m pretty sure I know why there’s no multi-tasking, and [...]

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Where's Google Webdrive?

    11:26 on December 1, 2009 , , , , ,

During Googles special Chrome OS presentation a few thursdays ago, I noticed an incongruity between the core ideology that you’ll have no files stored locally and the complete lack of a Google Webdrive announcement. I’ve embedded the above video to start at about 4:20 where the presenter is talking about data in the cloud: I [...]

Conjecture: What To Expect From Google Chrome OS [Update: In The Ballpark]

    16:33 on November 19, 2009 , , , ,

Google is showing off their Chrome OS at an event later today. Because I find it infinitely fascinating to see what kinds of rabbits the folks at the Googleplex pull out of their hats, I’m going to convert my anticipation into wild speculation: The grand idea is to make Chrome OS to PCs what Android [...]

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Bit.ly Is The New Digg (And The New Delicious)

    08:59 on April 14, 2009 , ,

After having seen more and more URLs shortened using the service, just a few days ago I joined Bit.ly myself. Now I see why the service was able to raise 2M in funding and how they have the potential to outperform both Digg and Delicious. Bit.ly is, at its core, a URL shortening service. You [...]

Conjecture: What To Expect From Indy IV [Update]

    09:56 on May 16, 2008 , ,

The one series I’d wished Lucas had made six of instead of Star Wars is finally premiering its new installment this sunday. Because it’s a formula movie, here’s conjecture as to what we can expect. Hopefully that means spoilers. Sunday we’ll know. Well, I won’t until later on. But some will.

Flash And Quicktime: Not Sitting In A Tree

    12:17 on February 13, 2008 , , , ,

In a recent piece, News Flash: No Flash, John Gruber writes that he finds it unlikely for Flash to appear on the iPhone any time soon. He’s right, as usual, but he’s got a few details wrong.

bq. The single most popular thing people use Flash for is to watch YouTube videos, which you can already watch a subset of using the native Mobile OS X YouTube app. In short, is the lack of Flash keeping people from buying iPhones and iPod Touches?

Right, but wrong. Video is great, but the coming battle won’t be about video. I dare predict that Apple has a dirty secret in their pocket, a secret that’s ready to explode. A secret that’ll bring them head to head (more so) with Adobe, Microsoft and Mozilla. Possibly even Sony and Nintendo.

The Web-Browser Interface Redesigned

    15:29 on July 2, 2006 , , , , , , ,

Earlier this month, Opera released their new browser. While testing Opera 9, I noticed the main browsing interface was radically different from that of Firefox. Namely, the browsing tabs were above the address-bar and primary navigation buttons (Back, Forward, Stop). This got me thinking; If one could completely redesign the current browsing interface, ground-up, what [...]