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(Vámonos!) Save me from this prison Lord help me get away Cause only you can save me now From this misery I’ve been lost in my own place And I’m gettin’ weary How far is heaven And I know that I need to change My ways of livin’ How far is heaven, Lord can you …

Creating a new ecosystem is way harder than creating a new TV interface.  An ecosystem will require more than a single thing: 1. A killer product that will own a category and enable rapid wide adoption (iPod in Apple’s case). 2. Integrated on at least 3 levels with device (TV, Phone iPod), cloud / backend …

Apple gave developers access to 10.7 for months, and good developers big and small have been testing their software to have 10.7 optimized versions ready for release along with Apple’s OS release. Most have had information regarding compatibility, issues and time line for updates at or before launch.  Adobe who is notorious for very slow …

I bought an Xbox for my daughter and opened it up to set it up for her, and the process makes it clear that Microsoft doesn’t get consumer electronics. The stark differences in user experience from using an iPhone or Apple TV makes it clear that this is something I could never give to my …

Due to the fact that you can only really compare two different UI’s after you are familiar with them the best way to compare iOS with Android is to watch a pair of people used to operating their phones do common tasks. Having done this in the past few weeks with friends with Android phones …

Dell has always been a commodity product sold on price. Their brief life as a Data Center partner is over as it was tied to MSFT’s dominance. Once you build your biz on non differentiated product sold on price you find their is always someone willing to sell it for less. HP has gotten their …

Directional subwoofer arrays are becoming common on tours and in higher end installations and increasingly speaker manufactures are bringing products out that provide directional or cardioid subwoofers from out of the box products. Here are some good reference material for techniques and products including background info, creating and using directional subwoofer arrays. Products Meyer Sound …

10 Ways to Keep Your Blog Full of Content Read the whole thing at: http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/6023/10-Simple-Strategies-for-Business-Blog-Content.aspx 1. Answer Customer Questions – 2. Aggregate Industry Information 3. Think Beyond Text 4. Seek Out Guest Authors 5. Make Lists 6. Make Charts 7. Think Like an OpEd Writer 9. Review Industry Books 10. Break News

Media coverage of the “War between Apple and Adobe” is good for lots of page views on news and blog sites, but most of the coverage is about who is going to “win”. It seams the combination of the media’s attention to everything Apple along with Adobe attempts to wage a publicity war is producing …

Just read a bunch of the stories on the web about “20 zero-day security holes in Mac OS X to be revealed”. It amazes me that no one questions this junk! The security industry only makes money if people are scared! They have good reason to fear the wider adoption of OSX, it is more …