Robert Scoble on Google Glass

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I've been telling people that this reminds me of the Apple II, which I unboxed with my dad back in 1977. It was expensive. It didn't do much. But I knew my life had changed in a big way and would just get better and better. ...This is the most interesting new product since the iPhone and I don't say that lightly.

via My two-week review of Google Glass: it all depends on price.

I can't wait to get my pair but swallowing the initial $1500 is really hard for me. I'm elated that I won the #ifihadglass contest via my tweet in haiku form but I'm going to need a sponsorship of some sorts!

https://twitter.com/eejay/status/304216899355557888

Shift in Computing

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Bob O'Donnell, IDC Program Vice President, on the IDC Quarterly report.

"At this point, unfortunately, it seems clear that the Windows 8 launch not only failed to provide a positive boost to the PC market, but appears to have slowed the market..."

It's a bad time to be a vendor of PCs or Windows 8 for that matter.

IDC PC Shipments Steepest Decline

Blinking to Become Number 1

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An awesome and concise, no bullshit, no frills FAQ, by Rob Issac as to the reasons for Google to fork a well done piece of web technology. Essentially another doctrine to Google's new "Be Evil" ways. I think it's been pretty awesome how the web has come together but unfortunately and coincidently, on the heels of Safari becoming the most dominant and widely used browser on mobile phone, we have Google's fork.

In the longer term, we aim to have sufficient control over the installed base of web browsers to dictate whatever conditions we consider most appropriate to our business goals at the time.

Blink FAQ

SNL Entertains

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Over the weekend, Justin Timberlake entertained us as host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live.  This marked his entrance into the Five-Timers Club joining the ranks of other famous celebrities such as Tom Hanks, Alec Baldwin, and Steve Martin.  

As of late, I'll admit SNL has had more misses than hits.  Usually the first thirty minutes of the show includes all the best skits and I stop watching, but with Justin at the helm, it proved much more entertaining.  Vegan Ville, was an easy favorite of mine but the rest of the skits worked out better than most.  Maybe it's my lower expectations but I liked it.  

Without surprise, he performed his "Suit & Tie" hit single with Jay-Z stepping up on stage and he also slyly changed some lyrics throwing it back at Kanye for his earlier snub at the song.  Finishing up, he performed his another single "Mirrors" and I'll admit, it was a great show to watch.  

Pickup Justin's new album, The 20/20 Experience, on Amazon for only $7.00!  

  

Did you happen to catch him wearing the famous red-soled shoes by Christian Louboutin during his musical performances?  

Hario V60 Day 1

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After acquiring the essential tools over the past week, I was able to produce a great cup of coffee; first for my mother-in-law and then myself. What a difference this method makes! I'll post pictures of my setup in later this week.

I couldn't' have made a better video than these guys but I will try in the future. For now, check these guys out!

Hario V60 from doubleshot - pražírna kávy on Vimeo.

Hang in there Apple

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The Galaxy S III shipped 18 million units worldwide in that three-month span from July to September, compared with 16.2 million for the iPhone 4S, according to research by Strategy Analytics. With the release of the iPhone 5, Apple retook the lead in the final months of 2012, selling an estimated 27 million. But the S III hung in there with another 15 million units sold.

So wait, while Samsung narrowly beat the already one year old iPhone 4S by 1.8 million phones sold, the S3 hangs in there falling 12 million phones behind?

It's not much competition really. Come March 14, I definitely think it'll be a different ball game but these Apple doom and gloom journalists have to stop baiting!

They also forgot to mention that the iPhone 4 was selling pretty well too. What ever happened to the Samsung Galaxy S2?

via CNN: Samsung Galaxy S IV coming March 14

Norah Jones Sings "Everybody Needs Best Friend"

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A beautiful performance by Norah Jones. This song, "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" features music by Walter Murphy and lyrics by Seth MacFarlane from the movie TED. It was easily one of my favorite movies of 2012 and if you haven't seen it, it's out on DVD & Blu-Ray.

Unfortunately, NBC still chooses to use Adobe Flash for their video offerings, so if you're using Safari, just open up Chrome and use the built in player.

You're Outta Here!

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I'm excited to see Jony Ive, the new head of Human Interface, execute his vision. On the other hand, I thought Scott Forstall was an awesome presenter and was surprised when his iPhone presentation was too similar to what we saw at WWDC. Progress was indeed stalled and when that happens, change must occur. And that "other" guy, Browett, he should have ever even tried to replace the out going master after the crap job he did in England. Apple should fire the headhunter that found him and recommended him in the first place.

“This was better than the Giants winning the World Series,” he said. “People are really excited.”

Apparently, peace is on the horizon.

via Bits NYTimes

Playing Offense and Defense

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Farhad Manjoo on the iPad mini.

Launching the iPad mini may be purely a reactive, defensive move for Apple. But when you’re as big as Apple is now, you can play offense and defense at the same time.

I whole heartedly believed that the 7" market was going to fail but with the Google Nexus 7 and Amazon Kindle Fire's selling at $199, those devices captured an audience. Heck, I even bought the Nexus 7 but I'll admit, it'll be up for sale when my iPad mini comes in. Is the $129 premium worth the ecosystem of apps to you?