Month: August 2011
NYTimes.com – Lucasfilm Confirms Change to Blu-ray Release of ‘Return of the Jedi’
Lucas have you not done enough already?
The Ad Contrarian – Advertising And The Future Of Apple
Not a bad negative outlook of Apple post Steve Jobs, it starts with a pretty good premise but the conclusion doesn’t jibe.
Shawn Blanc – The Amazon Tablet
Best summation of what the Amazon tablet if it’s going to make a splash needs to be.
Universal Hub – Court says state law used to ban recording of police officers in public is unconstitutional
I could not be happier with this ruling.
GitHub – madrobby/keymaster
Easy, small and useful, what more could you want?
Tantek – How many ways can you slice a URL and name the pieces?
Or standards are so awesome everyone keeps making a new one.
QuirksBlog – Twelve steps for saving webOS
Pretty good plan to take a webOS into a top tier platform for developers, though not much to get in the hands of consumers which would beat every other factor and practically guarantee bringing developers.
NYTimes.com – Its Gene Patents Upheld, Myriad Genetics Moves to Protect Its Secrets
Regardless of whether or not you agree with the idea of patents on genes, the fact that these patents are forcing patients to undergo a more expensive and less effective procedure should give anyone concern.
Apple – Letter from Steve Jobs
It’s a day everyone knew was coming but that doesn’t make it any less shocking or a little sad.