August 2010
3 posts
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“I see SoundPrism as knowledge poured into a dynamic interface that enables users...”
– Sebastian Dittmann, CEO of Audanika
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How to play scales and change keys in the...
SoundPrism was released for the iPad a few days ago, and of course I bought it right away. The app presents a novel new interface to music creation that will both be a great learning aid for budding musicians, a fun tinkering device for hobbyists, and quite possibly a useful musical instrument for experienced musicians.
Sebastian Dittmann, one of the creators of SoundPrism, notes in the...
How to create an App Store wishlist
There is a fundamental difference between Amazon and Apple’s online stores. Even though they both employ one-click-to-buy functionality to entice impulse shoppers, Amazon knows that they are dealing with a wide variety of products and price points and therefore allow users to bookmark products on a wishlist for later purchasing.
Apple’s iTunes and App Stores have no such...
September 2008
1 post
“When I was a teenager, I visited the original Motown records studios, in a...”
– Positive Ape Index
January 2008
1 post
“Separating the corn from the chaff is where the rubber meets the road.”
– Javalobby
November 2007
2 posts
Kindle the bonfire on which we'll torch DRM
So Gruber lists the reasons why he thinks Amazon’s Kindle is going to flop, mostly having to do with its lame-ass last-century DRM restrictions (for those in a hurry, he posted an executive summary on Twitter).
Let me add a few non-DRM points to that:
Man, that’s a big and fugly baby!
I know you can’t say that to someone who has actually had a real baby, regardless of its...
Top 3 installs on a new Mac
A friend of mine just bought his first Mac today, a MacBook Pro.
I just sent him a short list of what I would suggest installing on it first (after taking the time to play around with Leopard, naturally). So why don’t we start with that here as well:
Quicksilver
TextMate
Google Notifier + Growl + Gmail+Growl
