Tag Archives: microsoft

Don’t Organize Email / It Isn’t Their Fault

Over the Christmas season my father told me he wanted to take some time to organize his email. I replied, “Don’t. I think you’re wasting your time.” I know we all went through the INBOX ZEROOOOEEEEE phase and we’re past … Continue reading

Entertainment Ecosystems

My brother’s girlfriend bought him an Apple TV for Christmas. He brought it over yesterday so I could try it. It was wonderful. Over the years he purchased a lot of TV Shows through iTunes, including The Wire and It’s … Continue reading

The Lazy Tax

Good points on Games on Demand on Xbox Live. Games served on demand always cost more than the physical disc, and installing them requires hard drives that you can’t just buy OEM—all just so you don’t have to move your … Continue reading

“The Future of TV Begins Now on Xbox 360″

Out of all the new channels/apps coming out the only one I’m interested in is Youtube. The Future of TV Begins Now on Xbox 360

7 Years of Xbox 360

Major Nelson announcing Xbox sales success during Black Friday weekend: Entering the seventh year of its lifecycle, Xbox 360 just closed the biggest sales week in the history of Xbox, selling more than 960,000 consoles in the U.S. during the … Continue reading

Meeting the Original Xbox Controller

Albert Penello talks about working at Microsoft on the Xbox project, from Major Nelson Show 420 – Xbox turns 10. The he here is an unnamed project director at Microsoft. I go and I look at the controller and I … Continue reading

Skryim buggy on the PS3

And David Houghton blames the players for excusing Bethesda and letting it slide: They’ve been getting away with it for years, and that’s why as much as I’m loving Skyrim (on my 360), I can never truly support Beth as … Continue reading

“The Making of the Xbox” by Dean Takahashi

When Peter Moore, former president of Sega of America, arrived as a top Xbox executive, he sat in a meeting with CEO Steve Ballmer, who went into one of his classic shouting routines. Noting that Xbox Live was Microsoft’s ace, … Continue reading

Apple Products not in the Gates House

Gates was asked whether she owns one of Apple’s iPods. Her response was as short as it was telling: “No, I have a Zune.” Solomon continues. “What if one of your children says, ‘Mom, I have to have an iPod?’” … Continue reading

Someday your 360 will die

It’s seemingly inevitable that if you have an Xbox 360 it will die. Soon. Hardware failures have happened to almost all my friends Xboxes. It even happened to my original Xbox years ago. And on Monday my Xbox 360 started … Continue reading