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Twitter for 2010-03-07

Harold — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 02:39:00 +0000

@wilw that's me name don't wear it out. #GoCanadaGo in reply to wilw #
@respinder it is awesome that a site too old to be found at archive.org is still remembered. Thanks! #17 in reply to respinder #
@respinder a Wikipedia entry for #s17 would be so awesome. I think that it's very very cool that you got so much out of it. in reply to respinder #
I finally finished a month long mission to watch all 60 episodes of The #Wire I'll really miss hanging out in B'more. 5/5. Ain't no thing. #
Hometown GFW, NL has found its way into Google's Street View gaze. I just drove around like it was 1997. http://bit.ly/awgEOX #

Google Buzz

Harold — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:54:02 +0000

It’s not evil. They should have anticipated people not wanting in all cases to expose their email address. That was not smart. But that has been fixed.

Twitter is fading to eventually be one of many ways to send out messages, share, comment, Facebook is the AOL silo of our time and Google Buzz is an open source platform with a billion dollar backing.

I like it.

In the end we will win as users regardless of our choice in preferred tool. They and hundreds of other companies are innovating communication and internet use cases at a frenetic pace because we demand it.

The rate of change and inovation is continuing to pick up momentum. We can already tie networks together through open protocols in order to share as much or as little as we choose. Using diverse company logins to connect to one application or site is becoming the norm not the exception. And we are using it all in greater numbers each day.

And still companies big and small in software and hardware are racing to make our total information awareness possible, easier and more powerful. Google Buzz is another large step along the path to an interconnected communications web operating in real time.

Twitter for 2010-02-14

Harold — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:39:00 +0000

@ktcosmos I need a google voice invite! hxf148 @ gmail in reply to ktcosmos #

iPad. As good as it looks?

Harold — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:51:37 +0000

The quick answer is yes.

The price is amazing right up to the top end, which could be more here in Canada by as much as $100. It will be interesting to see what Rogers, Bell, Telus offer for 3G packages but the $499 Wifi only version is going to sell wildly. They all will.

The size and construction are perfect. It is light but durable, strong and svelte. As laptops have taken over from fixed personal computers; today will be the day we saw post laptop computing. This is what comes next. Tablets exist today, there are several small specialty markets and devices available. In a single day, following decades of internal research at Apple, more of the future has arrived.

Dozens of companies are making or will make a tablet device this year many more will make a dedicated e-reader. Several of those companies have been waiting for today, to see Apple’s move before beginning to market their own devices show as CES earlier in the month. Still even with Android and Chrome OS leading the charge every other maker has instantly slammed into a unibody aluminum hardcover powered by iPhone OS and iTunes along side a custom Apple designed processor. The introduction of the 1GHz Apple A4 is in the long term the most important announcement to be noted.

As the laptop’s eventual heir the tablet form factor fits in with how modern personal computers are actually used. It will indeed take some time before it’s prevalent but this is a watershed moment for the clamshell computer. A matching keyboard+dock and reports that Apple’s own Bluetooth keyboard is supported addresses the concern of serious typing while proving it’s position as a personal computer evolved.

Developers are going to be instantly making their current applications support multiple screen resolutions. By the end of March most experienced developers would be ready and waiting. At 9.7 inches diagonal many released applications for the iPhone will begin to look very impressive when compared to those installed in OSX.

Apple is basically repeating history for the third time since 2000. First iPods. Then iPhones. The beginning of wednesdays presentation stated that as a business enterprise they are in a league of their own. In today’s smart/phone market though to consumer devices they dominate sales. If there was a lesson it was that everything was pretty obvious in hindsight. iPod, iPhone, iPad.

Now a 60 day wait.

Disappointments for 1.0:

- voice control not mentioned
- no camera. very sad. Helps on price but a concession to carriers and version 2
- a dongle connector (separate) for usb and SD cards and cameras
- huge bezel
- resolution

Thanks for the question Colin.

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Green Glass

Harold — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 07:10:02 +0000

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Rue. Sparks St.

Harold — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:42:36 +0000

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Twitter for 2009-12-20

Harold — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:39:00 +0000

My wife's new photography site http://ambphoto.com is up! Help her out and become a fan! http://www.facebook.com/pages/AMBphoto/206117049181 #
@ambermac no it appears to be a wide spread BIS outage in reply to ambermac #
@tinahmorris you can push all your FB activity over to Twitter as you see fit. http://facebook.com/twitter for options on integration. #

MSN Maps Beta is Impressive

Harold — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:12:11 +0000

Make sure to check out the Birdseye view. It looks like Sim City but is like street view from airplanes.

http://www.bing.com/maps/#JndoZXJlMT0yOTArcG93ZWxsK2F2ZSUyYytvdHRhd2ErT04mYmI9NjAuMTIzOTYzMzQzNjA3OSU3ZS0zNS4wMTY2Mzk3MDklN2UyNS41ODk5NTExNjU5NTM5JTdlLTExNi40MDMzNTg0NTk=

Req. Silverlight

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Twitter for 2009-11-22

Harold — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:39:00 +0000

Via @beefyclam Try this on your FB profile page. up,up,down,down,left,right,left,right,b,a then press Enter scroll up and down, fun. #

Twitter for 2009-11-15

Harold — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:39:00 +0000

@RogersHelps, @RogersKeith what version of Android is the LG Eve shipped with? Is the phone upgradeable to 2.0? #
@MillaJovovich I think your doing a great thing with your onset updates. Fan since early days before 5th and couldn't imagine RE without. in reply to MillaJovovich #