Kit·Blog Notestag:kitblog.com,2010:/notes//22010-10-18T07:35:07ZMovable Type Pro 5.031The art of lookingtag:kitblog.com,2010:/notes//2.11612010-10-15T07:52:24Z2010-10-18T07:35:07ZIf you take a good look at older photographs made with that almost forgotten technology (silver halide emulsions and chemical processing), you may note a peculiar characteristic. The classical pictures show an involved interest and a careful way of looking,...Kithttp://kitblog.com
bq. If you take a good look at older photographs made with that almost forgotten technology (silver halide emulsions and chemical processing), you may note a peculiar characteristic. The classical pictures show an involved interest and a careful way of looking, that is absent from current digital images. When you have only 36 pictures at your disposal, there is an adrenaline rush that forces you to capture the now-or-never moment, as you have only one chance.
—Erwin Puts, "Frugality and the art of looking":http://www.imx.nl/photo/page152/page152.html#unique-entry-id-32 at Tao of Leica[%(end).%]
Microdobetag:kitblog.com,2010:/notes//2.11592010-10-08T06:00:51Z2010-10-08T06:12:03ZMicrosoft CEO Steve Ballmer and other executives recently held a secret meeting with Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen to discuss how the two companies might work together to take on Apple in the mobile industry, as well as a possible acquisition...Kithttp://kitblog.com
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and other executives recently "held a secret meeting":http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/microsoft-and-adobe-chiefs-meet-to-discuss-partnerships/ with Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen to discuss how the two companies might work together to take on Apple in the mobile industry, as well as a possible acquisition of Adobe by Microsoft.
Oh, bloatware, your handsome gods ("picture":http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/microsoft-and-adobe-chiefs-meet-to-discuss-partnerships/) are having sex again[%(end)!%]
Damien's theory is correcttag:kitblog.com,2010:/notes//2.11562010-09-30T04:08:22Z2010-10-15T07:57:43ZShe knows, now, absolutely, hearing the white noise that is London, that Damien's theory of jet lag is correct: that her mortal soul is leagues behind her, being reeled in on some ghostly umbilical down the vanished wake of the...Kithttp://kitblog.com
bq. She knows, now, absolutely, hearing the white noise that is London, that Damien's theory of jet lag is correct: that her mortal soul is leagues behind her, being reeled in on some ghostly umbilical down the vanished wake of the plane that brought her here, hundreds of thousands of feet above the Atlantic. Souls can't move that quickly, and are left behind, and must be awaited, upon arrival, like lost luggage.
—William Gibson, Pattern Recognition[%(end).%]
Old coats, nothing elsetag:kitblog.com,2010:/notes//2.11522010-09-20T13:07:14Z2010-10-15T07:58:33ZOld men in old coats, with nothing else to do. —William Gibson, Spook Country....Kithttp://kitblog.com
bq. Old men in old coats, with nothing else to do.
—William Gibson, Spook Country[%(end).%]
10 years since Mac OS X Public Betatag:kitblog.com,2010:/notes//2.11492010-09-14T10:02:17Z2010-09-14T10:17:21ZMac OS X Public Beta was released 10 years ago — the word Public signified that the product was for sale to anyone with $29.95. That's right: Apple sold a demo. I bought it in Singapore for S$50....Kithttp://kitblog.com
Mac OS X Public Beta was released 10 years ago — "the word Public signified that the product was for sale to anyone with $29.95.":http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2010/09/macos-x-beta.ars That's right: Apple *sold* a demo.
I bought it in Singapore for S$50[%(end).%]
Star Wars as a silent movietag:kitblog.com,2010:/notes//2.11442010-09-01T06:04:23Z2010-09-01T06:09:07ZJoin me and together we can rule the galaxy as father and son. Via Chishbak....Kithttp://kitblog.com
Join me and together we can rule the galaxy as father and son[%(end).%]
_Via ["Chishbak":http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1014603856]._]]>
Leica and Hermèstag:kitblog.com,2010:/notes//2.11402010-08-24T08:20:03Z2010-08-24T08:45:37Z Patrick Thomas, the head of the French luxury goods group Hermès is on the Board of Directors of Leica Camera. Hermès has a 49% stake in the Japanese subsidiary of Leica. Via LR....Kithttp://kitblog.com
* Patrick Thomas, the head of the French luxury goods group Hermès is on the Board of Directors of Leica Camera.
* Hermès has a 49% stake in the Japanese subsidiary of Leica[%(end).%]
_Via ["LR":http://leicarumors.com/2010/08/20/leica-camera-ag-has-a-new-ceo.aspx/]._
Mac users, open Dictionary app and search "haiku" in Thesaurustag:kitblog.com,2010:/notes//2.11372010-08-15T17:08:41Z2010-08-15T17:10:03ZEnjoy....Kithttp://kitblog.com
Enjoy[%(end).%]
We don’t wear suitstag:kitblog.com,2010:/notes//2.11302010-07-27T17:00:58Z2010-07-27T17:05:52ZKithttp://kitblog.com
bq. We’re Apple. We don’t wear suits. We don’t even _own_ suits.
—One of Jobs’ deputies answer to an AT&T representative suggesting that the Apple CEO wear a suit to meet with AT&T’s board of directors, ["Wired":http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/07/ff_att_fail/all/1][%(end).%]
_Via ["DF":http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/07/19/vogelstein-apple-att]._
New Flickr photo pagetag:kitblog.com,2010:/notes//2.11222010-06-24T05:52:46Z2010-06-24T06:57:24ZWe will be rolling out the fresh features to the entire Flickr audience in the coming weeks, but why wait? The new photo experience is available for signed-in members to preview now. To opt-in, visit any photo page and follow...Kithttp://kitblog.com
bq. We will be rolling out the fresh features to the entire Flickr audience in the coming weeks, but why wait? The new photo experience is available for signed-in members to preview now. To opt-in, visit any photo page and follow the directions on top of the image.
—Josh Nguyen, "A New Photo Experience: Your Photos, Happier":http://blog.flickr.net/en/2010/06/23/a-new-photo-experience-your-photos-happier/ on Flickr Blog.
Took them years to add a 'view on black' option — well, better late than never[%(end).%]
Hosedtag:kitblog.com,2010:/notes//2.11212010-06-22T05:42:45Z2010-06-22T05:44:16ZNokia’s CEO calls his new head of mobile devices, Anssi Vanjoki: 'Anssi, we’re hosed.' A “science fiction” piece from Jean-Louis Gassée. Via DF....Kithttp://kitblog.com
bq. Nokia’s CEO calls his new head of mobile devices, Anssi Vanjoki: 'Anssi, we’re hosed.'
A "“science fiction” piece":http://www.mondaynote.com/2010/06/20/science-fiction-nokia-goes-android/ from Jean-Louis Gassée[%(end).%]
_Via ["DF":http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/06/21/gassee]._
If you ever get close to a humantag:kitblog.com,2010:/notes//2.11192010-06-20T08:22:07Z2010-06-20T08:32:09ZComputers and robots are doing things considered human a while ago. And chimpanzees are doing things considered um, very, very human. To paraphrase Ms. Goodall’s mentor, Louis Leakey, “Now we must redefine wittiness/dance/sex toys, redefine Man, or accept computers, robots...Kithttp://kitblog.com
"Computers":http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/magazine/20Computer-t.html and "robots":http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/18/nao-robots-get-together-to-get-down-video/ are doing things considered human a while ago.
And "chimpanzees":http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/science/04tier.html are doing things considered um, very, very human.
To paraphrase Ms. Goodall’s mentor, Louis Leakey, “Now we must redefine wittiness/dance/sex toys, redefine Man, or accept computers, robots and chimpanzees as human”[%(end).%]
Welcome to Mars, babytag:kitblog.com,2010:/notes//2.11182010-06-17T06:10:02Z2010-06-17T06:16:28ZMars! Yeah, BP, that looks familiar, doesn't it. Via KN....Kithttp://kitblog.com
Mars! Yeah, BP, that looks familiar, doesn't it[%(end).%]
_Via ["KN":http://kitsunenoir.com/2010/06/10/mars/]._]]>
Why everything suckstag:kitblog.com,2010:/notes//2.11142010-06-07T20:25:17Z2010-06-08T08:28:08ZSo that’s why the vast majority of everything on the internet sucks. It’s because most of the people doing it, most of the time, just haven’t put in the hours yet. And most of them never will. So only a...Kithttp://kitblog.com
bq.. So that’s why the vast majority of everything on the internet sucks. It’s because most of the people doing it, most of the time, just haven’t put in the hours yet. And most of them never will. So only a small percentage of all the people online will ever be vaguely good at whatever it is they’re doing.
But here’s the thing: _I think this is beautiful._
p. —Derek Powazek, ["Why Everything Sucks, Why That’s Awesome, and How It’s Changing Us":http://powazek.com/posts/2454][%(end).%]
iPhone 4, specs, soultag:kitblog.com,2010:/notes//2.11122010-06-07T19:21:19Z2010-06-07T19:31:05ZSo this is it: iPhone 4. People comparing lists of specs will say "most of these things have been done before and are not new on the market, why the fuss?" Short answer: Because state of the art design and...Kithttp://kitblog.com
So this is it: "iPhone 4":http://www.apple.com/iphone/design/#design-video.
People comparing lists of specs will say "most of these things have been done before and are not new on the market, why the fuss?"
Short answer: Because state of the art design and unparalleled experience are not specs on a list. They are the very soul at the center of the Apple device. Specs are secondary.
Very short answer: _Welcome to the post-specs world_[%(end).%]