I happened to be digging through my garage somewhat recently, and ran across my Apple ][+ (of the Apple ][ Series) computer (and it’s green monitor, and dual floppy drives, and joystick, etc). I’ll do an update to that experience later… But for now, I want to share something for all the people out there who believe there’s some sort of cold war between Microsoft and Apple </sarchasm> I...
How do you organize your music? Are you an iTunes or Windows Media user? Do you not bother owning your own music, and use services like Pandora or Last.FM? Do you create playlists? If so, are they manual or “smart”? Can your playlists evolve as your tastes in music do, or do they require you to make changes on your own? Music happens to be something I spend a lot of my days...
Whether or not you’re a fan of the movie Minority Report (or Tom Cruise, for that matter), you’re going to love what you see here. This article was sparked by some new technology from a company called Oblong Industries. Apparently, many of the founders of this organization were involved in the making of the movie and have decided to make the incredibly cool user interface from the...
To start, I was one of the most excited people on the planet to hear that Apple was releasing iTunes 8.0, which apparently had “Genius Playlist” functionality. This functionality essentially creates playlists of music that are similar to a song you select. Fantastic feature, but boy did they miss the mark. For reference, I’ve been hacking my way...