For the longest time I’ve used this Tumblr site as a lifestream, consolidating my Delicious bookmarks, Twitter posts, Flickr photos, and the occasional blog post. However, as a temporary trial I am switching to just using this space for posting my blog posts. If you want to see my other kinds of postings, you can visit them here:
http://flickr.com/photos/pinnix (also, my family photos are private. If you are friend just request and I’ll give you access)
Amazon has already taken over the wholesale and bookstore roles, and is attempting to cut into the publishing part of the book selling spectrum. And wouldn’t you know it? The “underwhelming” Apple iPad and iBook Store stand to upend another industry in a way that is beneficial to publishers, authors, and consumers.
Charles Stross, a Macmillan author, describes the battle in Amazon, Macmillan: an outsider’s guide to the fight:
“…to customers, Amazon would like to be a monopoly (i.e. the only store in town). To suppliers, Amazon would like to be a monopsony (i.e. the only customer in town)”
“The agency model Apple proposed — and that publishers like Macmillan enthusiastically endorse — collapses the supply chain in a different direction, so it looks like: author -> publisher -> fixed-price distributor -> reader. In this model Amazon is shoved back into the box labelled ‘fixed-price distributor’ and get to take the retail cut only. Meanwhile: fewer supply chain links mean lower overheads and, ultimately, cheaper books without cutting into the authors or publishers profits.”
Youtube and Vimeo have rolled out HTML5 video players that require no flash. I’ve been using them for over a week and they are awesome. No maxing out the cpu, no crashing the browser, no plugins… it’s great. HTML5 is of course a open standard that all of the modern browsers are supporting. Between this and all of the new javascript animation frameworks, I am very excited for the (open!) future of the internet.
Youtube: http://youtube.com/html5
Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/8657453
Just above the Advertisement on bottom right should be a Switch to HTML5 Player link. Click that to participate in the HTML5 beta…
Explanation: http://www.vimeo.com/blog:268
RT @simoncarr: Just found Unhappy Hipsters… Good stuff http://unhappyhipsters.tumblr.com/
iPad Now: http://j.mp/doDy3P /ht @daringfireball
A message to the Internets regarding the iPad: http://j.mp/9p4Shw
The fact is, milk and bread are staple food items for most families. And usually we need to get them weekly.
Honest to goodness, our milk expires today. So don’t judge me if I go to the grocery store :-P
RT @jasonbradford: it is the Muppet Show! Sorry, can’t help myself- Who is that behind Obama?? http://twitpic.com/103etg #sotu
RT @rfelix: iPad doesn’t support Flash! iPad isn’t a hovercraft! Where’s my iPhone 4.0? I need USB ports and a camera! Give me a bre …
RT @stillframe: My iPhone email signature now reads: “Sent from my iPad Mini”.
Wrong predictions I’m happy about: pricing, dock, keyboard. iLife/iWork, web version of iTMS and iPhone OS 4.0 are all coming someday.
29 out of 37 predictions, and I’m happy about several wrong predictions. Probably explains why I’m not underwhelmed like so many others.
