Here I am, writing in my favourite YTMND I made. Let this comment be a reminder for me, that I do not want to fully commit to this website anymore, for personal and artistic reasons.
"Fool me once... shame on... shame on you... Fool me, you can't get fooled again"
Oops, I'm sorry, it was quite late and I didn't express myself correctly: I meant "I don't know if there will be any innovation in the short term, minds like his don't come very often".
Wow, it's been a day. I woke up literally with the news of his passing. I'm really saddened because now I don't know if there will be any real innovation... minds like his don't come everyday.
Unfortunately, my experience with Apple products hasn't been very positive. I bougth an iPod in 2005 but it broke down a few months later, and a free replacement lasted just in time to be out of warranty. A batch of Toshiba hard drives was defective and I think there were not enough complaints for Apple to issue a free or discounted replacement out of warranty. I don't have a lot of money so I was very disappointed, and angry. I became angry at the whole brand, feeling that their products were not worth a play, and started to walk away from the fake confidence I gave myself when I bought my iPod (it costs a lot so it must sound good and it should never break down!).
I'm planning to get a new MP3 player now, and I might give Apple a go again. Not because I'm jealous that everybody has one (seriously, they are everywhere), but because there are so few good choices when it comes to external design and usability. Some companies copy Apple, and I would feel uncomfortable using something that looks like... but it's not, some are very nice externally but miles behind Apple, and others, well, they do it their own strange way. I'm not very happy with current iPods having a Cirrus audio chip, because, I read, music sounds really bad and almost tinny. But if they get a Wolfson chip again I'll be happy to consider buying it. After all, I don't want to get blind with a lousy 2 inch screen! I want to get blind the old fashioned way: by looking at porn in the bus!
All thanks to the great and daring ideas of a man and his staff. I want to remember Mr Jobs for his own ideas, and I think I will do the same when Bill Gates, Martin Cooper, Linus Torvalds, Clive Sinclair and many others will lead the way to new geniuses.
Mhh, I thought I could make someone laugh at my misfortune. I made this site just for fun (read: I try to find positivity in tragedy) but I stand by my words: I paid a lot of money for something that barely worked for 6 months. To me it's called "piece of junk". Specifically, a batch (I think quite small) of iPod Photo 30GB were defective, and I happened to get a defective replacement... LOL
Consider also that I pay much more than what people in the USA pay for the same product, because of taxes and duties. I wish I could go to the US and buy a Mac, spending 500$ less than what I would here in Italy :/
Actually I'm planning to buy a new MP3 player. I'm thinking about an Iriver E300 (because I don't need a lot of options and they say it sounds good, also it's kinda cute), the new Sony with the touchscrceen or the new iPod touch (if it gets a Wolfson chip again, the Cirrus audio chip makes everything sound tinny).
Wow Max, thanks for the news! I'm looking forward for any new development. Now that I remember, I was thinking about making individual YTMNDs with links to some interesting sites (like a "best of the week"), not just recent sites, but also old stuff that somehow never got the attention (I think) it deserves. I had that idea a few months ago but summer and other crap got in the way.
I'm quite happy Steve Jobs resigned. But now that Tim Cook will take his place I have a few requests:
- Put a better audio processor in the iPod and make it look more like a PMP and less like Angry Birds - Use materials that DON'T BREAK when you drop your devices from 2 inches - Build in USA. Is that too much to ask? - Accept your origins. You were all hackers, let them hack - Develop technologies that make batteries heat LESS, instead of removing the plastic shell and making them bigger - Stop labelling your basic configurations as "powerful". They're not - Embrace USB - Lower your prices, instead of making crap that costs less (hint: OSX Lion and FCPX) - Drop all the marketing handjobs you give us everytime you show your products. We want real data, not overpaid copywriters.
I always say that, Alan Ruck looks so beautiful. He was my age when they filmed Ferris Bueller. Matthew Broderick, ok, that's obvious, he's supposed to be the cute guy. But Alan Ruck has this mysterious beauty... his eyes, I could literally drown in his eyes.
This is essentially what happens when I visit some obscure artsy fartsy website. I just stand there and it's all awkward until I leave and my back is all sweaty.
Also, tip: save your gif avoiding error diffusion (like dithering) if you care about filesize. Also, unless it's necessary, you can save your audio file as mono. I'm saying this because this site froze for a few seconds just before loading and it can be annoying as hell. :)
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Let this comment be a reminder for me, that I do not want to fully commit to this website anymore, for personal and artistic reasons.
"Fool me once... shame on... shame on you... Fool me, you can't get fooled again"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D040AvDBAT4
http://www.theage.co
m.au/technology/technology-news/the-dark-side-of-apple-one-mans-monolo
gue-of-misery-20110930-1l0hg.html
Apple is so cool! :)
Unfortunately, my experience with Apple products hasn't been very positive. I bougth an iPod in 2005 but it broke down a few months later, and a free replacement lasted just in time to be out of warranty. A batch of Toshiba hard drives was defective and I think there were not enough complaints for Apple to issue a free or discounted replacement out of warranty. I don't have a lot of money so I was very disappointed, and angry. I became angry at the whole brand, feeling that their products were not worth a play, and started to walk away from the fake confidence I gave myself when I bought my iPod (it costs a lot so it must sound good and it should never break down!).
I'm planning to get a new MP3 player now, and I might give Apple a go again. Not because I'm jealous that everybody has one (seriously, they are everywhere), but because there are so few good choices when it comes to external design and usability. Some companies copy Apple, and I would feel uncomfortable using something that looks like... but it's not, some are very nice externally but miles behind Apple, and others, well, they do it their own strange way. I'm not very happy with current iPods having a Cirrus audio chip, because, I read, music sounds really bad and almost tinny. But if they get a Wolfson chip again I'll be happy to consider buying it. After all, I don't want to get blind with a lousy 2 inch screen! I want to get blind the old fashioned way: by looking at porn in the bus!
All thanks to the great and daring ideas of a man and his staff. I want to remember Mr Jobs for his own ideas, and I think I will do the same when Bill Gates, Martin Cooper, Linus Torvalds, Clive Sinclair and many others will lead the way to new geniuses.
Consider also that I pay much more than what people in the USA pay for the same product, because of taxes and duties. I wish I could go to the US and buy a Mac, spending 500$ less than what I would here in Italy :/
Actually I'm planning to buy a new MP3 player. I'm thinking about an Iriver E300 (because I don't need a lot of options and they say it sounds good, also it's kinda cute), the new Sony with the touchscrceen or the new iPod touch (if it gets a Wolfson chip again, the Cirrus audio chip makes everything sound tinny).
http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId
=69197&title=career-test
Now that I remember, I was thinking about making individual YTMNDs with links to some interesting sites (like a "best of the week"), not just recent sites, but also old stuff that somehow never got the attention (I think) it deserves. I had that idea a few months ago but summer and other crap got in the way.
- Put a better audio processor in the iPod and make it look more like a PMP and less like Angry Birds
- Use materials that DON'T BREAK when you drop your devices from 2 inches
- Build in USA. Is that too much to ask?
- Accept your origins. You were all hackers, let them hack
- Develop technologies that make batteries heat LESS, instead of removing the plastic shell and making them bigger
- Stop labelling your basic configurations as "powerful". They're not
- Embrace USB
- Lower your prices, instead of making crap that costs less (hint: OSX Lion and FCPX)
- Drop all the marketing handjobs you give us everytime you show your products. We want real data, not overpaid copywriters.
... but at least I can dream.
Make it so Make it so
Make it so
[I wonder if he's still alive]
... whatever.
[The Blood is good material, I remember when I made a site using clips from that episode :)]