October 27, 2007 – 9:05 am
While everyone is going nuts over Gmail’s new IMAP support, I think it’s implementation is too little, too late.
IMAP would’ve been a great addition to GMAIL years ago, but many of its benefits have been displaced or improved on by modern mail clients, including webmail. And because of that, the way we manage email (or [...]
October 26, 2007 – 9:52 pm
I’ve been thinking about buying a new car and have been doing some research.
It seems that Toyota has been marketing the Yaris to young people pretty heavily. I’ve seen the ads on the Xbox 360 Dashboard, the downloadable games, and the spreads in magazines like Rolling Stone.
The Yaris is pretty much an entry level car. [...]
October 24, 2007 – 5:19 pm
I requested IMAP access to Gmail and was very excited to learn that Google has enabled it, but I think I spoke too soon.
There are a number of issues with trying to use Gmail with Mail.app with either POP or IMAP.
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p>For one, integration isn’t so great, or simple. Because I prefer to use a desktop [...]
October 24, 2007 – 6:50 am
Sick of not having your GMail account in perfect sync with your desktop client? Worry no more. They are launching IMAP support.
Via: About Gmail
October 17, 2007 – 6:54 am
iPods get smaller.
No DRM is good, but it’s always something.
80 GB iPod = 20,000 10,000 songs
160 GB ipod = 40,000 20,000 songs
4 GB iPod Nano = 1,000 500 songs
1 GB iPod Shuffle = 240 120 songs
Just when you thought [...]
October 16, 2007 – 10:05 pm
I don’t mean to sound sexist, but here goes anyway.
It’s obvious that beautiful women on album art helps sell music. Even pictures of unattractive women who look like they might sleep with you (guys) help sell music. This is something that every industry has exploited in their marketing at some point.
But in recorded classical music? [...]
October 16, 2007 – 5:09 pm
It’s confirmed – 99¢ for iTunes Plus tracks.
Apple Reduces Prices on iTunes Songs Without Anti-Copying Software – WSJ.com
Via: Ars Technica – Jobs Confirms iTunes Plus Price Drop Across The Board
October 15, 2007 – 5:38 pm
With Amazon seeing success with their MP3 store, Apple better step things up with iTunes Plus.
And I suspect they’ll do that tomorrow for 2 reasons:
Some indie releases are now available as iTunes Plus
These same releases only charge $0.99 a track, not $1.29
Need an example? How about the [...]
October 13, 2007 – 7:23 am
New Music Strategies posts about how threatening legal action against filesharers has not resulted in reduced filesharing among students, but has increased political activism.
What’s going on with the music industry is similar to what’s going on with software. Particularly, things like authentication.
I had a hardware failure on a Mac and need to sort out authentication [...]
October 10, 2007 – 7:20 am
From the same people who brought you the video of the new Halo 3 sound effects.
I was, jus’…bloggin’.
Good luck to The Radioheads.