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Although it may not come as a shock to anyone, [Blockbuster has finally packed it][Blockbuster[ in and filed for bankruptcy. Blockbuster, which employs about 25,000 people, has been closing stores as it grapples with competition from Netflix, Coinstar unit Redbox and others that deliver movie rentals digitally. It’s been evident for several years now thatContinue reading “Blockbuster files for chapter 11 bankruptcy”

Yesterday I posted a Tweet asking if anyone knew if iTunes 10 was re-written as a 100% Cocoa app. Although I didn’t receive any responses, apparently Jasper over at Waffle says that there are portions of iTunes 10 written in Cocoa, but is still a lot of legacy Carbon code in the app. It standsContinue reading “iTunes 10 Moving Slowly to A Cocoa App?”

In the midst of some major new announcements from this mornings Apple keynote, there has been pretty strong evidence that a new Apple TV will be release in addition to a refreshed iPod lineup. While people speculate about whether or not there will be an iTunes “cloud” service, all I’m really hoping for is aContinue reading “Give me iTunes X and wireless syncing”

Over the last two years, we have seen some great updates to the venerable MacBook Pro line-up. Notably with the introduction of a all-glass trackpad in the 2008 redesign. Since then, we have seen 4 finger swipe gestures added and now “inertial scrolling” in the latest 2010 models. So where do we go from here?Continue reading “Apple’s MacBook Line-Up And Where We Go from Here”

Being a good writer is hard. Finding the inspiration and patience to keep writing on a regular basis is also a constant battle. For the longest time I found that starting a blog was difficult. The first question I asked myself was “who the hell wants to read what I write?” It’s highly likely thatContinue reading “Thoughts on Staying Motivated And Passionate about Writing”

So Amazon has started taking pre-orders for the new Kindle DX. If Amazon wants to compete with Apple, the Kindle DX needs to be dramatically cheaper than an iPad. Cheaper to the point where you won’t think twice about spending just a bit more. At $379 USD for a DX, you can get into anContinue reading “Amazon Needs To do Better than $379 for The Kindle DX”

Okay, I’m going to make this short and sweet. The general consensus and buzz going on about Apple putting the kibosh on Adobe is warranted. I think Flash usage/adoption will drastically decline over the next 12 months. In fact, I’d go as far to say that no one will use Flash on the web atContinue reading “Adobe’s Flash Platform Will Live on, But Not on The Web”