Jeremy Pinnix's Blog

Delicious and Twitter

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:16:06 -0600

For the longest time I’ve used this Tumblr site as a lifestream, consolidating my Delicious bookmarks, Twitter posts, Flickr photos, and the occasional blog post. However, as a temporary trial I am switching to just using this space for posting my blog posts. If you want to see my other kinds of postings, you can visit them here:

http://twitter.com/jpinnix

http://delicious.com/jpinnix

http://flickr.com/photos/pinnix (also, my family photos are private. If you are friend just request and I’ll give you access)

Amazon's War Against Publishers

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:08:00 -0600

Amazon has already taken over the wholesale and bookstore roles, and is attempting to cut into the publishing part of the book selling spectrum. And wouldn’t you know it? The “underwhelming” Apple iPad and iBook Store stand to upend another industry in a way that is beneficial to publishers, authors, and consumers.

Charles Stross, a Macmillan author, describes the battle in Amazon, Macmillan: an outsider’s guide to the fight:

“…to customers, Amazon would like to be a monopoly (i.e. the only store in town). To suppliers, Amazon would like to be a monopsony (i.e. the only customer in town)”

“The agency model Apple proposed — and that publishers like Macmillan enthusiastically endorse — collapses the supply chain in a different direction, so it looks like: author -> publisher -> fixed-price distributor -> reader. In this model Amazon is shoved back into the box labelled ‘fixed-price distributor’ and get to take the retail cut only. Meanwhile: fewer supply chain links mean lower overheads and, ultimately, cheaper books without cutting into the authors or publishers profits.”

HTML5 Video (sans flash)

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:13:00 -0600

Youtube and Vimeo have rolled out HTML5 video players that require no flash. I’ve been using them for over a week and they are awesome. No maxing out the cpu, no crashing the browser, no plugins… it’s great. HTML5 is of course a open standard that all of the modern browsers are supporting. Between this and all of the new javascript animation frameworks, I am very excited for the (open!) future of the internet.

Youtube: http://youtube.com/html5

Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/8657453

Just above the Advertisement on bottom right should be a Switch to HTML5 Player link. Click that to participate in the HTML5 beta…

Explanation: http://www.vimeo.com/blog:268

Apple iPad "Must Read" Posts

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:30:00 -0600

Fraser Speirs (FlickrUpload/Changes/Viewfinder): Future Shock - “What you’re seeing in the industry’s reaction to the iPad is nothing less than future shock.”
StevenF (Panic/Transmit): I need to talk to you about computers - “The iPad as a particular device is not necessarily the future of computing. But as an ideology, I think it just might be.”
Joe Hewitt (Facebook.app dev): iPad - “The bottom line is, many apps which were cute toys on iPhone can become full-featured power tools on the iPad, making you forget about their desktop/laptop predecessors. We just have to invent them.”
Cruft: A Message to the Internets regarding the iPad
Stephen Fry: iPad About
Apple’s New Thing (iPod) - This is just pure gold, a thread of initial reactions to the iPod. Replace iPod with iPad and it sounds almost the same as the commentary the last 24 hours.
Mashable: What We Learned About Apple Yesterday
Daring Fireball: The iPad Big Picture
Daring Fireball: Various and Assorted Thoughts and Observations Regarding the Just-Announced iPad
Daring Fireball: Apple, Adobe, and Flash
Rinich: This is why it’s worth learning about advertising
Pentagram: Five Ways the iPad Will Change Magazine Design
Tech Gear News: Let’s stop the iPad whining: It’s not about the hardware
Erik Kastner: iPad app ideas
Mike Rundle: The iPad Is For Everyone But Us
Business Insider: We Have Seen The Amazing Future Of Apple’s iPad And This Is It

iPad Now: http://j.mp/doDy3P /ht @daringfireball