Saturday, March 26, 2011

Rebecca Black - Friday

this song is for kids - but the singer is really cute:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2LRROpph0

And Lady Gaga's right: she's a genius (although not in the traditional sense, and even though she may not realize it) -- there is a pop quality to this song, tell me you didn't listen through the whole thing.

The girl has a future ... what makes her a genius are things that are not immediately evident ... the way she interacts with the camera, the expression on her face, the "zone" she is in ... this is not simply some YouTube effort ...

Lady Gaga at Google

Lady Gaga at Google

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNa_-1d_0tA

My Life With Liz

Looks like reality tv is moving back to ... uh, unreality tv.

"My Life ... With Liz" is reality tv, but contains scripted, skit-like material ... it blurs the line between reality tv and fictional tv.

Not that reality tv wasn't ever partially fictional anyway, but this makes it more overt.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

iTunes and syncing to a device

iTunes and "syncing" to a device:
I've always objected to Apple's "sync everything through iTunes" interaction between iPod touch and computer. It's too weird, too proprietary ..
Things should just be drag-and-drop in. As in, you see a song in your library you like, and want on your iPod touch, you drag it and drop it into your device.

Think Different sometimes is very counterproductive. If one way works, and works well, efficiently, and quickly, why do it a different way, that is more tedious, constricting, cumbersome?

Monday, March 21, 2011

FreeSpaceWallpapers (Space Shuttle Backgrounds)

FreeSpaceWallpapers (aka Space Shuttle backgrounds): the ads for other apps down the right side is horrible, it completely ruins the aesthetic of the experience and the interface; but that Save chime is very pleasing.

Angry Birds

Angry Birds: I feel sorry for the guy who created the game that this game is based on. I've seen this exact same game in at least three incarnations before.