http://kitblog.com/notes/ en Copyright 2010 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:04:23 +0200 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Join me and together we can rule the galaxy as father and son[%(end).%] _Via ["Chishbak":http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1014603856]._]]> http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/09/star_wars_as_a_silent_movie.html http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/09/star_wars_as_a_silent_movie.html Movies black and white humor movies nostalgia Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:04:23 +0200 * 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/]._ http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/08/leica_and_herms.html http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/08/leica_and_herms.html Photography business Leica news photography Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:20:03 +0200 Enjoy[%(end).%] http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/08/mac_users_open_dictionary_app.html http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/08/mac_users_open_dictionary_app.html Macintosh Apple humor Mac OS X Macintosh Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:08:41 +0200 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]._ http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/07/we_dont_wear_suits.html http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/07/we_dont_wear_suits.html Apple Apple branding quotations Steve Jobs Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:00:58 +0200 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).%] http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/06/new_flickr_photo_page.html http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/06/new_flickr_photo_page.html Photography Flickr news Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:52:46 +0200 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]._ http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/06/hosed.html http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/06/hosed.html Miscellanea Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:42:45 +0200 "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).%] http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/06/human.html http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/06/human.html Zeitgeist language zeitgeist Sun, 20 Jun 2010 11:22:07 +0200 Mars! Yeah, BP, that looks familiar, doesn't it[%(end).%] _Via ["KN":http://kitsunenoir.com/2010/06/10/mars/]._]]> http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/06/welcome_to_mars_baby.html http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/06/welcome_to_mars_baby.html Miscellanea animation criticism dystopia video Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:10:02 +0200 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).%] http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/06/why_everything_sucks.html http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/06/why_everything_sucks.html Quotes quotations zeitgeist Mon, 07 Jun 2010 23:25:17 +0200 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).%] http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/06/iphone_4_specs_soul.html http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/06/iphone_4_specs_soul.html Apple Apple branding design iPhone Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:21:19 +0200 Live coverage of Steve Jobs' keynote at the World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2010—Monday, June 7th, 10:00 AM in San Francisco (08:00 PM Bucharest time): * "Apple blog":http://theappleblog.com/live/; * "Ars Technica":http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/06/wwdc-keynote-steve-jobs-liveblog.ars; * "CNET":http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20006866-260.html; * "Crunch Gear":http://www.livestream.com/crunchgear; * "Engadget":http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/07/steve-jobs-live-from-wwdc-2010/; * "Fortune Tech CNN":http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/ * "GDGT":http://live.gdgt.com/2010/06/07/live-wwdc-2010-keynote-coverage/; * -Gizmodo-; * "Live Tech Events":http://livetechevents.com/; * "Mac Life":http://www.maclife.com/article/news/live_blog_wwdc_2010_keynote; * "Mac Observer":http://liveblog.macobserver.com/; * "MacRumors":http://www.macrumorslive.com/; * "Macworld":http://www.macworld.com/article/151730/2010/06/liveupdate.html; * "SlashGear":http://live.slashgear.com/; * "Technologizer":http://technologizer.com/wwdc2010/; * "Techztalk":http://techztalk.blogspot.com/2010/06/steve-jobs-wwdc-keynote-live-coverage.html; * "Twit Live TV":http://live.twit.tv/; * "Wired":http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/04/iphone-os-4-2/. What's your favorite source?—leave a comment[%(end).%] http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/06/wwdc_2010_keynote_live_coverag.html http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/06/wwdc_2010_keynote_live_coverag.html Apple Apple iPhone news Steve Jobs Sun, 06 Jun 2010 14:59:12 +0200 WIRED Reader Application public: "Adobe Unveils Digital Viewer for Magazines":http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/pressroom/pressreleases/201006/060110AdobeDigitalViewer.html. This is kinda rudimentary right now, but ["could evolve into something great":http://laytonduncan.tumblr.com/post/640355763/bundle-diving-in-the-wired-ipad-app][%(end).%]]]> http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/06/adobe_digital_viewer.html http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/06/adobe_digital_viewer.html Software Adobe design iPad news software Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:29:28 +0200 "Well-Placed Pixels":http://wellplacedpixels.com/ — a visual record of beautiful software[%(end).%] _Via ["DF":http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/03/22/well-placed-pixels]._ http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/06/the_art_of_app.html http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/06/the_art_of_app.html Design design software Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:59:44 +0200 bq. They take something small, simple, and painstakingly well considered. They ruthlessly cut features to derive the absolute minimum core product they can start with. They polish those features to a shiny intensity. —John Gruber, ["This is how Apple rolls":http://www.macworld.com/article/151235/2010/05/apple_rolls.html][%(end).%] http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/06/this_is_how_apple_rolls.html http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/06/this_is_how_apple_rolls.html Apple Apple quotations Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:47:55 +0200 bq. Over those past five years, Microsoft’s stock has been largely stagnant: it’s up about 4%. Apple’s stock, meanwhile, is up some 550% over that same time frame. MG Siegler, "Boom, Indeed: Apple Passes Microsoft In Market Cap":http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/26/apple-microsoft-market-cap-2/ at TechCrunch. They'll swap places back and forth for a while, but the trend is solid. Amazing[%(end).%] http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/05/aapl_msft.html http://kitblog.com/notes/2010/05/aapl_msft.html Apple Apple business Microsoft news quotations Thu, 27 May 2010 10:26:08 +0200