iPad Envy

Many people have expressed dis-interest in the iPad as we’ve all had such grand hopes and dreams of the miracles this device could afford us to perform.  But, let’s get our heads out of the clouds for a second and think about this rationally…. For a device that starts at $500,  what minimal additions are musts before you’d consider purchasing said device?  For me, there are 2 things lacking that need to be rectified before I’d purchase.

1) Flash support

2) Multitasking

I think a lot of people would agree with me on this one. Yes?  I guess an alternative would be to just open up the platform and let developers go wild… but, again; heads out of the clouds people!

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At The Office: Busiest Week Ever!

While this isn’t a typical week it does encapsulate a lot of the things I’m involved with on an ongoing basis.

1) SAN Upgrades and Expansion (Now with 30+ TB, that’s 30,000GB… like whoa!)
2) Edit Updates, Final Cut Studio 3/Snow Leopard x 3(What a Pain in the arse!)
3) Rhozet Encoding Farm Reconfiguration (This is My Precious)
4) Closed Captioning Extraction Exploratory/Requirements Meeting
5) Begin Configuring Competitive Analysis Lab (Christmas Came Early)
6) Finalizing/Screening End of year sizzle reel. (It looks pretty damn good! Big ups to @cilantrocado. Too bad it’s confidential otherwise I’d post it!)
7) Un-boxing/Inventory of Production Equipment. (Ohhh, did I mention the Canon 7D? Whoot Whoot!)
7) National Product Launch (xfinity, yeah it’s kinda a big deal!)

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Pay Attention Damnit!

Here are links to news stories that you should be paying attention to, but undoubtedly aren’t.

  • Hicks and old folk need an extra 5 months to figure out what they couldn’t figure out in the last 5 years. DTV Bill? Senate says YES House says NO
  • This probably shouldn’t be taken serious considering the source (Fox News/Glenn Beck) but… I actually see the similarities. Is the U.S. the next USSR?
  • I can’t believe that previous to 2008 no one thought to patent multi-touch b/c everyone loves to be touched multipleee. At least I do! Apple WINS!
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iPhone: No Longer A Status Symbol Of The Social Eleite?

Over the weekend I was at an event in which 2/3 of the attendees possessed iPhones; me included.  WTF RIGHT? An iPhone is supposed to embellish its owner’s uniquely creative aesthetic and urban-chic hipness, its  supposed to project a an air of intellectualism and technological superiority, its supposed to establish it’s owners significance by positioning him/her at the epicenter of their social environment.  Clearly this is no-longer true as indicated by the revelation  that the iPhone 3G topped the cellphone sales charts this quarter, de-throning the Motorola Razr.  Why the Razr was at the top of the chart for 4 years? I have no clue, Its been at least a years since I’ve even seen one in use.

This saturation of iphones in my social circles is increasing and has me concerned about my position in said circles.  Am I still unique and urban-chic? Was I ever technologically lntellectable? How do I maintain my social significance?

What to do people?  Help!

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October 2008: A Mixtape Just For You

MixTapeAnyone else remember the cassette tape? I sure do. I was rockin them up until like 97 or 98. Don’t get it twisted, i wasn’t technologically deficient, i had me a cd player. But still, this was back in the day, pre CDRs and MP3 players. The only way to amass all your favorite tunes (up to 90 minutes) as a collection was in the form of a mixtape. Mixtapes were great and ‘authentic’ because we’d take great effort in putting them together, first borrowing friend’s CDs to record individual tracks OR record tracks straight from the radio; in real-time no less. I personally took extra care to arrange the track order to provide for maximum dopeness. Remember there weren’t any ’shuffle’ or ’skip track’ features y’all, we talking straight linear baby. Creating a good mixtape was an art! You know how sometimes when your listening to a song and as it nears completion your anticipating the next track from the album? Well when I hear some classic tracks from the 90’s I anticipate the next track from my mixtape. Yeah! you could say I made a few good mixtapes.  

I feel that technology has ruined this art form. We walk around with entire music collections in our pockets. We create playlists with hundreds of songs that we just skip and shuffle our way through. And now we let ‘Genius’ create playlists for us. Well in an effort to regain “authenticity” and to honor the Mixtape. I present to you… The DiligentDance Mixtapes. I’ll do this once a month. 10 Tracks, no more no less! I’ll take my time with this in an effort to achieve ultimate dopeness. Please leave a comment and let me know if I’m successful.

DiligentDance is powered by OpenTape an open source web app inspired by the now defunct Muxtape.

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