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