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Poop Cooper
11/21/09

In reply to Wired for the Apple Tablet
What's interesting is how, if Apple successfully launches a tablet that creates a new standard in manner similar to the iPhone, the paradigm will shift dramatically in the journalism landscape. Infotainment will reign supreme, and "pics or it didn't happen" will be more than a meme - it will be mantra.

This isn't necessarily a bad thing. I'd rather have a hard news headline punched up with an interactive graphic to garner more readers than seeing the hard news diluted with countless human interest stories like we do now.

And as a designer, I can't help but be excited by the prospect of seeing what new and innovative ways a story can be told through an interactive medium such as this.

Will this save brick and mortar journalism? Too soon to tell. But the proof of concept now exists. If it's not Apple, it will be someone else.
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frigg
11/21/09

In reply to Wired for the Apple Tablet
The author of the article is confused.

From what I've heard, the Apple Tablet will be a mechanical device, a kind of nostalgic appliance stuffed with pistons, rotors, and gears.

The sound you hear is not a musical soundtrack. It's the sound of the Tablet working.
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tamoko
11/21/09

In reply to Wired for the Apple Tablet
Love the crappy techno... Seriously, I'll probably buy the Jesus Tablet, or some other incarnation of it that appears. It seems like there's going to be a glut of these coming out next year (real or imagined), there will be plenty of competition and options.
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bornonbord
11/21/09

In reply to Wired for the Apple Tablet
I've gotta say, at this point in time I really hope that Apple decides not to release a tablet. There has been such an incredible amount of hype it's going to be near impossible to live up to any sort of expectations.

Apple has experimented with something that could have failed with the iPhone. They came through with a big win. That arguably helped launch them into another level of brand identity.

If, after all of this hype, they come out with something as failure-ridden as the Cube, or first generational as the first iPod, or as un-focused as the AppleTV, they could walk away with egg on their face that they can't clean off.

I guess really this whole game is about rolling the dice, so if they do go for it, I hope they do it right. But... I wouldn't mind seeing them put this on the back burner for another couple of years.
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dagamer34
11/21/09

In reply to Wired for the Apple Tablet
I hope these publishing companies realize that while Apple may save them from their doom, it also means that the company has them by the balls. If anything, they really do need to get a competitor out there to make sure that Apple doesn't abuse this relationship (plus, I'm sure monopoly bells will be ringing soon enough.)
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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
11/21/09

In reply to Wired for the Apple Tablet
"According to the source, Condé Nast doesn't want to take any chances"

It would have been nice if they didn't take a chance with that music..
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anexanhume
11/11/09

In reply to The First Real Mac Google Chrome Beta Coming in December
Been running the developer build. Almost no issues to speak of, and no crashes. Very pleased. #google
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Nathan Obbards
11/11/09

In reply to The First Real Mac Google Chrome Beta Coming in December
If it's as good in OS X as it is in Windows, I'd download it posthaste. I've all but stopped using Firefox since I downloaded Chrome. Much much faster, smaller memory footprint, and much more stable. Though I do miss AdBlockPlus, XMarks, citation resource plug-ins and small things like that. Overall, Chrome handles things better than FF.

When I get my hackintosh up and running, you can bet I'll be installing this. #google
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anticon
11/01/09

In reply to The iPhone Now Officially Runs Doom
Funny this is news...Android was running doom and associated expansions years ago...Iphone gets too much praise. #apple
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Geisrud
11/02/09

@anticon: I didn't know Android was running anything years ago... #apple
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anticon
11/02/09

@Geisrud: Just a figure of speech
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junglemindstate
10/31/09

In reply to The iPhone Now Officially Runs Doom
hey, how's that Pre working out for you guys?
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PotteryBarnClearanceSale
10/31/09

@junglemindstate: Poor Pre. Seemed like the little guy that could and now it just seems like a flash in the pan. Palm face-palm enters the lexicon of the English language. #apple
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cardboredbox
10/31/09

In reply to The iPhone Now Officially Runs Doom
but can it officially run Crysis? #apple
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Duckspwn
10/31/09

@cardboredbox: Ahh, watch, that's ban bait. Not that funny and it mentioned Crysis. Pray for forgiveness, for you have angered the Giz gods with your blasphemy. #apple
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Jesustron
10/31/09

@Duckspwn: Loves Approving Reds: I'd say it's okay, since it's related. #apple
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Duckspwn
10/31/09

@Jesustron: Agreed. It still is ban bait though. #apple
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bagellord
10/31/09

In reply to The iPhone Now Officially Runs Doom
I love Doom. But not the movie. Ugh. I wonder if I could get it to run on Windows 7? That and Dark Forces. That would be fun. #apple
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Thee Sea
10/31/09

@bagellord: You can run doom on windows 7, and vista, and XP. just use dosbox. #apple
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AlexSea
10/16/09

In reply to This Week's 10 Best iPhone Apps
can anyone vouch for how well the iphone alarm apps work? i have nightstand but have been scared to use it as my primary alarm. although while i write this i realized that i could set the built in iphone alarm as a failsafe. #iphonealarm #theweekiniphoneapps
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chauncy that billups
10/16/09

@AlexSea: the iPhone is a great failsafe, especially after you've offended the wake up guy and kramer has blown out all the fuses warming up his 50,000 btu hottub.
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madog
10/17/09

@AlexSea: The downside to the iPhone alarm is that it is ringer-volume dependent. The vibrate switch does not affect it, however, if you tend to keep your volume low otherwise it can ruin the alarm.

I'm sure the third party alarm apps are similar.

#iphonealarm
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AmbroseP
10/16/09

In reply to This Week's 10 Best iPhone Apps
Re: Proactive Sleep // "bon-a-fide sleep researcher" -- John Herrman, stop making shit up.

P.S. Don't waste your money on that app. It will do very little in terms of "sleep coaching" or retraining your circadian rhythm, which, is far more important in terms of sleeping in peace.

Yes, I've tried it out. #theweekiniphoneapps
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puhsitch
10/17/09

@AmbroseP: Yeah, it looks like the author of the program simply got the idea from an undergraduate class that he took: [www.engr.wisc.edu]

To his credit, though, he won a pretty neat prize for it... #theweekiniphoneapps
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jsankovitch
10/16/09

In reply to New Canon iPhone App Prints Wirelessly to Your PIXMA
Why not do a story comparing Canon, HP, and Lexmark's iPhone apps?
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