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iheartapple2: Apple - iPhone 5 - TV Ad - Music Every Day

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:13:33 -0700

Apple - iPhone 5 - TV Ad - Music Every Day

theatlantic: The Rise and Fall of Charm in American Men Only...

Fri, 24 May 2013 11:04:35 -0700

The Rise and Fall of Charm in American Men

Only the self-aware can have charm: It’s bound up with a sensibility that at best approaches wisdom, or at least worldliness, and at worst goes well beyond cynicism.

Read more. [Image: Thomas Allen]

This charming man. (Good read.)

"Some guys use a car. Some guys have a cute dog. I’m a rock star. That’s who I am, what I do. What’s..."

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:33:40 -0700

“Some guys use a car. Some guys have a cute dog. I’m a rock star. That’s who I am, what I do. What’s wrong with that?”

- Billy Joel, in the same NYT Q&A, when asked how he was able to date so many beautiful women.

"I love having written, but I hate writing."

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:27:42 -0700

“I love having written, but I hate writing.”

- Billy Joel, in a long, interesting Q&A with NYT.

Writing As a Competitive Advantage

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:21:44 -0700

Writing As a Competitive Advantage:

brycedotvc on the Steve Jobs negotiation emails:

Writing can be intimidating, even challenging. But I believe it will be an increasingly important medium for getting work done and convincing others of our ideas. Steve was a master of the medium and I’m glad we’ve gotten a small peek into how he used it.

Photo

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:29:46 -0700

favati: 1960s IBM 13.5” Standard Issue Clock Old school tech.

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:26:23 -0700

favati:

1960s IBM 13.5” Standard Issue Clock

Old school tech.

clintus: Looks like Blockbuster is still hanging in...

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:16:44 -0700

clintus:

Looks like Blockbuster is still hanging in there.

It’s strange to think that I can’t even remember the last time I was in a Blockbuster. And stranger to think that I’ll undoubtedly never be in one again.

Who needs an Xbox One? Nvidia Card Is Already Faster

Thu, 23 May 2013 15:22:00 -0700

Who needs an Xbox One? Nvidia Card Is Already Faster:

Dean Takahashi:

It’s worth noting that game consoles always lag behind the PC in performance. That’s because console makers have to lock in on a design a couple of years ahead of the launch and then give that specification to game developers so they make launch titles. The custom chip takes a while to design, and it can be engineered better than a general-purpose PC to run games.

But PC makers have the advantage of just taking the fastest off-the-shelf graphics chip and marrying it with other state-of-the-art components. They can build a more modern machine that isn’t based on last year’s technology. So it’s no surprise that a new Nvidia graphics chip with expensive PC trappings will be able to run circles around game consoles that haven’t launched yet.

This highlights what I view as a fundamental problem with the console business going forward. While smartphones and tablets are eating into gaming from the low-end, Microsoft and the other console makers are aiming for the high end. But that high end already won’t really be the high end by the time the console launches because you’ll be able to get PCs that are more powerful.

Sure, such PCs may not be specifically tailored for gaming, but that gives the consoles maybe a few months — a year at best — as the pinnacle of high end gaming. Meanwhile, the smartphones and tablets will continue to evolve at a much more rapid pace.

Said another way: the last console upgrade cycle was 7 years. In 7 years, we’ll have seen 7 new iterations of the iPad. Does anyone think the 2020 iPad won’t stack up well against the Xbox One when it comes to specs? If so, you’re crazy. The 2015 iPad will probably stack up pretty well.

That means Microsoft will have to release another new Xbox much sooner than they did in the last cycle. But as Takahashi notes, the reason the hardware is already dated by the time it comes out is that it takes a lot of time to make these systems. And a lot of money. So…

Mailbox for iPad

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:59:35 -0700

Mailbox for iPad:

mailboxapp:

You asked, we listened. Mailbox is now available for iPad, so you can swipe your way to inbox zero on all your iOS devices.

Download Mailbox Today

Yessss.

mmassie: putthison: The wristwatches of The Fantastic Mr....

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:56:44 -0700

mmassie:

putthison:

The wristwatches of The Fantastic Mr. Fox.

Via iso50

Awesome! Also, looks like the inspiration origins of Daft Punk helmets

iWatch?

stevekovach: nevver: Microsoft Fuckface heh. Winner.

Thu, 23 May 2013 14:47:12 -0700

stevekovach:

nevver:

Microsoft Fuckface

heh.

Winner.

My DJ Face.

Thu, 23 May 2013 13:33:31 -0700

My DJ Face.

Why Does Hollywood Hate The Future?

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:42:58 -0700

Why Does Hollywood Hate The Future?

brycedotvc: This is what the long game looks like. via...

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:27:00 -0700

brycedotvc:

This is what the long game looks like.

via ventureswell

Negotiating 101: Steve Jobs Style

Wed, 22 May 2013 17:45:00 -0700

Negotiating 101: Steve Jobs Style:

Talk about “no compromise”.

Speaking of Man of Steel, the new trailer is decidedly darker.

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:32:05 -0700

Speaking of Man of Steel, the new trailer is decidedly darker.

"Sergey is Bruce Wayne, and I’m Lucius Fox."

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:22:23 -0700

“Sergey is Bruce Wayne, and I’m Lucius Fox.”

- Astro Teller, speaking to Brad Stone for his in-depth look into Google [x].

Amazon to pay royalties for fan fiction

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:19:58 -0700

Amazon to pay royalties for fan fiction:

Todd Bishop on the new “Kindle Worlds”:

The company says it will license rights to popular books, games, movies and other content to let independent authors write their own stories based on those worlds, and receive royalties from sales of their fan fiction through the company’s Kindle Store.

Seems like a smart idea. Though I have to imagine the most popular worlds, like Star Wars, would never agree to this.

The Virginal Man of Steel

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:16:00 -0700

The Virginal Man of Steel :

Dave Itzkoff talks with director Zack Snyder about his upcoming Superman film:

What drew Mr. Snyder in as he first read the “Man of Steel” script (while Mr. Nolan and his wife and producing partner, Emma Thomas, waited in his driveway) was a vision of the character that felt both classical and contemporary. On the one hand, Mr. Snyder suggested that for Clark Kent to be fully fleshed out, not every moment in his maturation needed to be depicted.

“We assume that Clark is not a virgin — I do,” he said. ” You don’t see that, but that’s the assumption.”

I love the notion of Snyder telling Christopher Nolan and his producer (also Nolan’s wife) to “wait in the car” while he goes to read a script.

[via @anthonyha]