One of my favorite Mac apps(a video converter) has gone from dead to Open Source in the blink of an eye. Taking a new name and a much needed interface lift VisulHub(TechSpansion closed two weeks ago) will now be called FilmRedux. I’ve downloaded, compiled and tested the new app and couldn’t get it to add [...]
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Ryan Kuder on Bootstrapping your Startup
As a guest writer in the ZDNet blogs:
Don’t quit[your dream]. You may have to delay things for a while, but keep reminding yourself why you started your company in the first place.
Startups must go back to basic old school business. Build a product, get money from you customers, start process again. No more getting huge [...]
John Gruber Speaks Out Before The Keynote
Rumors have been flying around for the past two weeks surrounding the new MacBooks and MacBook Pros. John Gruber spills it all, a couple of hours before the keynote. Hopefully there is still “One more thing…” he doesn’t know about.
BTW, prepare to see Apple stock stumble during/after the keynote to last week’s low nineties as [...]
Apple Extends Non-Disclosure to App Store Rejection Letters
Surprising Apple insists on secrecy when real open competition shows up:
Aparently, Apple has now started labeling their rejection letters with Non-Disclosure (NDA) warnings:
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MESSAGE IS UNDER NON-DISCLOSURE
Two words for Apple: NOT COOL!
(Via MacRumors.)
Why Flash is Doomed!
With so much work being put into JavaScript Engines and competition building up between the big three(TraceMonkey, V8, and SquirrelFish) running a full blown Cappuccino, SproutCore, or any AJAX intensive app will be very light on memory usage and efficient on your resources. This JS engine competition will mostly affect the closed source Adobe’s [...]
Input We Can Believe In
I am a defender of the iPhone keyboard. It would great, but this one looks mouth-watering:
(Via TUAW.)
The App Store’s Exclusionary Policies
Apple needs to open up and streamline their approval process. What has happened to this developer should scare everyone that has invested time or money in developing an iPhone app. This practice is unspeakable and very Microsftian. This is one of those moments where I don’t feel proud of being part of the Mac community. [...]
War on Paper
A startup working on a true paper killer. This is substantially different from the Kindle. Can’t wait to get my hands on it. Here’s a video demo from DEMO:
How Google’s Chrome May Change The Way We Look At Tabs
Today’s announcement of Google’s Chrome and it’s use of tabs, is a clear indication of the next evolution of web apps and browsers. In order to better explain I am going to define two commonly confused terms: Web Page and Web Application.
Web Page:
A web page or webpage is a resource of information that is suitable [...]
Kindle to be the next iPod/iTunes or Windows* style success?
I like where the Kindle (Amazon is a great technology company), and designing a business model around it is going to be tought. Michael Arrington on his latest Kindle rumor articlesays:
Kindle is currently tracking the iPhone/iTunes model - Amazon sells the Kindle for a profit and then makes more revenue on content purchases from the [...]