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Monthly archives for September, 2010
Yahoo 3 year plan is more a make up than a breakthrough
Dan Nosowitz at Fast company reports that “[...] Yahoo Chief Product Officer Blake Irving today announced an ambitious three-year plan to update pretty much every service Yahoo offers–plus some new ones. [...] Yahoo Mail. There’s a new interface, which looks suspiciously similar to Gmail, [...]. Yahoo Mail does let you update Twitter and Facebook from within the web app, which is new, and Yahoo claims its spam filtering system is second to none. Yahoo search is also seeing an update, [...] Yahoo TV, a widget-like connected TV platform that gives access to BlockBuster, CBS, Pandora, and a few others, will be expanding. [...] ” (full article at http://www.fastcompany.com/1689525/yahoos-three-year-plan-to-bring-cool-back). Same does Mike Halsey at ghacks.net (http://www.ghacks.net/author/mike/), (full article at http://www.ghacks.net/2010/09/18/yahoo-bids-to-get-its-cool-back/).
Ok is a starting point but 3 years in this fast paced context is an ethernity and brings a lot of unpredictability in a 3 years plan. On the other side I think that only a real innovation or technological breakthrough can enable Yahoo in getting more market shares.
This post as a comment also at http://www.fastcompany.com/1689525/yahoos-three-year-plan-to-bring-cool-back and at http://www.ghacks.net/2010/09/18/yahoo-bids-to-get-its-cool-back/comment-page-1/#comment-1189523
IE9 a wind of change
Austin Carr at Fast Company (http://www.fastcompany.com/user/219225) reports some of the characteristics of IE 9. Among them, one of the most interesting is “[...] Thanks to the power of HTML5, many of these partners from Amazon to CNN are taking advantage of IE9’s optimized platform to create immersive app-like experiences. Rather than opening IE9 and punching in an address, users may soon be pinning these “apps” to their taskbar. Redbull, for instance, will offer an interactive social media page complete with music and video. IMDB’s app will show off high-def trailers, only now possible in HTML5 with IE9. And Amazon has created a page that feels like a virtual bookstore, with access to daily deals and other features through Windows 7’s jump-lists. [...] ” (full article at http://www.fastcompany.com/1689097/microsoft-brings-apps-to-windows-7-with-internet-explorer-9).
Zimmerman’s law of complaints
Nobody notices when things go right.
Zimmerman
Builders and programmers
If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.
Gerald Weinberg
Thoreau’s Law
If you see a man approaching you with the obvious intent of doing you good, you should run for your life.
Thoreau
God capabilities
I think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.
Oscar Wilde
Copying output text from command line to clipboard
How to geek hint (http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/28473/how-to-copy-output-text-from-the-command-line-to-the-windows-clipboard/) for copying text from command line to clipboard:
Simply use this syntax: <command> | clip
Good copying.
Survey show we are not ready (or intersted) for 3d tv
Jack Loftus at Gizmodo (http://gizmodo.com/people/J%20B%20Cougar/posts/) reports a Nielsen study presented also by USA today and engadget where users are less interested in 3d after giving a try on their own (full article at http://gizmodo.com/5635518/study-consumers-less-interested-in-3d-tv-after-experiencing-it-firsthand, original articles at http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/consumer/u-s-consumers-show-high-interest-in-3dtv-but-cite-some-concerns/, at http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2010/09/study-glasses-for-3d-tv-are-no-fun/, at http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/11/nielsen-survey-shows-high-interest-in-3dtv-low-interest-in-payi/).
I think the limit is in the hardware we are using. Glasses don’t help in being familiar with 3d TV and use is limited. Once solved (if any solution is find), the user experience will boost and so will sales.
This post as a comment also at http://gizmodo.com/5635518/study-consumers-less-interested-in-3d-tv-after-experiencing-it-firsthand, at http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/consumer/u-s-consumers-show-high-interest-in-3dtv-but-cite-some-concerns/ and at http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/11/nielsen-survey-shows-high-interest-in-3dtv-low-interest-in-payi/
Redwood
If you’ve seen one redwood, you’ve seen them all.
Ronald Reagan
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