When the Sony Walkman was launched, 30 years ago this week, it started a revolution in portable music. But how does it compare with its digital successors? The BBC sends roving reporter Scott Campbell, co-editor of Net News Daily on a ragga-trip down memory lane; at least, for some of us!
Archive for June, 2009
Cameras – Beautifully simple Mac application
Do you have multiple cameras?
Do you spend time quitting iPhoto every time you connect your iPhone?
Wish you could have your DSLR open Aperture and have iPhoto launch when you connect your point-and-shoot camera?
If so, Cameras is the solution you’ve been waiting for.
Upside Down Celebrities
Some great re-touching work going-on in this competition. Genius.
Microsoft Outlook – Please fix it, Microsoft
Microsoft Outlook is probably the most widely-used email client within business.
Microsoft have confirmed they plan on using the Word rendering engine to display HTML emails in Outlook 2010.
This means for the next 5 years your email designs will need tables for layout, have no support for CSS like float and position, no background images and lots more.
There are many people who don’t believe in HTML emails, anyway but, personally, I believe that they are an extremely useful marketing tool. Of course, I don’t believe in spamming, but if I have registered and agreed to receive an email from someone, I’d like it to at least look nice.
If you’re of the same opinion, please visit here and lobby Microsoft for action >>
Epidemic – Feed a Fever
Shaun Inman has released his server-based feed reader, Fever.
I have just installed it (quite easily) and imported my feeds from NetNewsWire.
However, I think that it does need a lot of feeds to make the most out of it. What would be good as an ancillary service would be a web site called ‘Epidemic/Pandemic’. You could browse categories that you’re interested in e.g. Apple, Graphic Design, Photography, Environment, CSS etc. and download an opml file of all of the feeds in that category. Web site designers/companies, could submit their feeds to the directory and category of their choice.
Of course, it would need some looking after as there is the potential for some ’spammy goings-on’, but I’m certain it could be possible. Perhaps there’s a good one already. Who knows?
