Chaz, usually a must see, but not always good or successful. I think this one could be though.
- Rachel Lea Fox
I embrace all things Alice. Currently at 20 copies of the book and counting. Oldest is a (water damaged) first edition from the late 1800's.
- Jonathan Terleski
darn, missed the trailer before it got pulled. :(
- Sarah Lane
Looks very good, but the best part is the guy from Little Britain being in it.
- Logan Hall
It felt like Johnny was playing more on the side of Willy Wonka than a new & original character. I *really* hope that's not the case!!!
- Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕
from iPhone
Can't wait to see this. It's going to be very cool :-)
- Rick Cogley
Oh noes! The trailer got pulled...everywhere! Not supposed to release until tomorrow according to TrailerAddict
- cmiper
We nixed Gopher access at the last minute because we found our gopher servers couldn't handle the load.
- Kevin Fox
Ha! I saved a copy of the Trojan Room Coffee Cam page, complete with captured picture (which I then had to view offline, as I could not configure the Lynx to display in parallel ;-))
- ianf ⌘
Speaking of which, I always wondered at the default gray background choice of the first Netscape browser(s). It looked too sophisticated to have been accidental. In hindsight, however, someone there must've misunderstood basic usability, e.g. optimal contrast ratios? [And then a year later someone had that unbright idea of turning homepages black for a day's web protest against some...
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- ianf ⌘
ianf: The gray background was the default in Mosaic, so Netscape was just keeping the status quo. The black background protest was against the Communications Decency Act, which would have made lots of innocent speech illegal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Gabe
Obviously fake. :) The menu bar entries are anti-aliased.
- Andy Bakun
Ray Cromwell, with the pixels being so much bigger back then, I suspect that the continued need for button bars was the impetus behind increasing screen resolutions.
- Andy Bakun
If this was supposed to be March 5, 1995, that was before Sun announced Java, so the coffee pot needing Java joke wouldn't have made sense yet.
- Gabe
Aren't you missing the point Gabe? Friendfeed did not exist in 1995 to begin with.
- lelapin
Damn, just by me "viewing" the image that mentioned Java, I got a "Java Update Available" window. I'm not kidding, it popped up the second the image loaded... I hate Java. This is a great parody though, good work.
- Joel Strellner
Thats beside the point. its two-thousand-and freaking-nine. It should be baked in by default.
- Roberto Bonini
But if Microsoft took every good 3rd party app and baked the feature in to Windows, they'd kill lots of 3rd party app developers. In order to keep the ecosystem alive they have to pick and choose what functionality they bake it. Look at what happens when Apple steals app ideas on OS X and the iPhone.
- Nick Malaguti
Agree it should be in there by default, my only simple reason would be that how would they handle having two different size monitors where the monitor bases do not align? Like I said though that is my reason for not being pissed off that it doesn't do it by default. ;)
- Travis Koger
Create additional toolbars for the other monitors. Use them to hold quicklaunch and other stuff. Leave the real taskbar for only application buttons, tray, and start button. You will have accomplished basically the same thing.
- April Russo (app103)
I just got to FriendFeed and http://friendfeed.com/bret says he is launching a new feature aimed at helping us help our friends and family get into FriendFeed.
I'll take a wild stab in the dark and say it's something to do with letting users join without signing up or better email features for people who are put off the FF interface. Some way to bring in new, less social-media experienced users, to FriendFeed.
- Kol Tregaskes
@Rochelle Something about *FriendBook*? :D
- Roberto
'don't make me think' is key in designing succesful website... and as a power friendfeed user, I still have to think sometimes when looking for a specific function.... that is the biggest hindrance to growth IMO (don't get me wrong: this is the very best web 2.0 took out there; and I am a very strong supporter; would love to see this grow faster and prosper even more!)
- Jeroen De Miranda
"John Hargrave of comedy site Zug.com tracked down the personal info of Verizon's CEO, then showed up with a bullhorn to illustrate what a lack of privacy feels like. "Ivan Seidenberg! I'm here on behalf of Verizon customers. PLEASE DO A BETTER JOB PROTECTING YOUR CUSTOMERS' CELL PHONE RECORDS! Everyone has the right to privacy, including you Ivan! When we don't have privacy, then freaks with bullhorns start showing up on our front lawn."
- Mike Fruchter
O_O < My reaction to Paul's Win7 installation story.
- Ryan Massie
Item 2: Windows 7 E Editions How you can install a browser It's not the end of the world, let's not overreact here
- Leo Laporte
Item 3: Office 2010 Technical Preview Looks good, but no Office Web Apps until August Ribbon all around But how do you improve something as mature as Office and make people care?
- Leo Laporte
If Office 2010's OWA works on the Mac, I'm not sure I'd continue to buy new versions of Apple's Pages, Numbers, etc...
- Ryan Massie
Item 4: Google Chrome OS What it means What it means for Windows I think the Mac has more to lose in the short term than Windows Related: Going to speak in Amsterdam about this general topic, i.e. that Microsoft needs to change to compete effectively in the next generation of computing (mobile, wireless, online)
- Leo Laporte
Audible pick of the week Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow "Alexander Hamilton was one of the seminal figures in our history. His richly dramatic saga, rendered in Chernow's vivid prose, is nothing less than a riveting account of America's founding, from the Revolutionary War to the rise of the first federal government. With masterful storytelling skills, Chernow presents the whole...
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- Leo Laporte
oh, and be sure to talk about the family pack.
- Hunt
from BuddyFeed
Tip of the Week: Get ready for Windows 7 Prepare a number of backups (including document/data backups as well a full system image backup if possible). Think about doing a clean install of the OS even if you have Vista and can upgrade. If you're installing on an existing PC, add a new drive or partition for the simplest install and the ability to dual boot with your old OS if something...
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- Leo Laporte
Software of the Week: Foof for Firefox Ad blocker - Works with Windows, Mac, and Linux http://addons.mozilla.org/ -> Search for Foof Thanks to Peter Chase
- Leo Laporte
Software of the Week #2: PortableApps Allows you to run loads of different applications directly from a USB key. http://portableapps.com/ Thanks to Jon West
- Leo Laporte
@Scobleizer: Thannks for the link. reading it now
- David Damore
people shouldn't worry about the culture changing -- amazon bought shopbop.com and it has not changed a bit -- only for the better.
- Patricia
This is part of the evolution of business. I know there will be a lot of worried Zappos employees, but they shouldn't, this will help them in a long run. Other companies, like DSW, I am sure were looking at the Zappos model and wondering how they can capitalize on it.
- Erik Boles
David Damore - $890 million in stock, not raw money. you usually see a lower # on stock as it has a strong growth potential.
- Erik Boles
Excited overall but the one line in Tony's letter is a bit concerning "For Zappos, our vision remains the same: delivering happiness to customers, employees, and vendors. We just want to get there faster." Faster does not equal better.
- Jose Castillo
zappos means nothing to me - I live in Europe. But what an amazing video by Bazos. Low margins need economies of scale.buyin Zappos makes sense to me
- DC Crowley
Jose: the thing is, they laid off people last fall. They also don't have Amazon's brand. Everyone I know uses Amazon. Not everyone I know uses Zappos. This makes both brands better.
- Robert Scoble
Favorite line so far, actually a partial line: "... unless they bake us cookies and deliver them in person."
- David Damore
As an Amazon stock holder, I'm thrilled! :) Been a good week for me, owning AAPL and AMZN
- Chrimmus Tad
from fftogo
Just knew we would see the S word in there somewhere. [The S word is... synergy].
- David Damore
David: I wonder how the cultures will clash, though. Zappos is very transparent and fun. Amazon, closed and not so much fun. I wonder which culture will win?
- Robert Scoble
@Scobleizer -- Zappos is tightly focused on culture and customer service, which has done them very well, I think Jeff will be able to help them move to the major presence they need to be. I don't see a conflict, I think Amazon can teach them a thing or two about business, and maybe, if the timing is right and people are open, Tony can teach zappos a thing or two about culture and loving your job
- Erik Boles
Yahoo Finance has the first article in headlines as "Amazon buys retailer Zappos in $807 million deal at MarketWatch (Wed 4:32pm)"
- David Damore
I once ordered some brown shoes and they sent black from the same style. When I complained they sent me the brown pair and let me keep both and included a $10 discount
- Mark
Thanks @scobleizer Just caught wind of the acquisition and it sounds like a good match to me despite the culture differences. Culture will take a hit, it's inevitable but hopefully Amazon will bring some interesting elements to the table to balance things out. One of my favorite photography sites http://www.dpreview.com was purchased by Amazon and at least outwardly the site has only improved.
- Rick Bucich
@Robert Scoble ...Any word if this is going to be a Dell/Alienware style merger.. or an outright purchase?
- John Blanton
John: looks like an outright purchase, but who knows? I gotta go do more homework.
- Robert Scoble
Hope Amazon doesn't screw them up - All my female relatives just rave about Zappos.
- PXLated
@Robert Scoble I would hope they let Zappos keep their brand/branding but it's just like you said yeah too early to tell at this point.
- John Blanton
Robert: Agreed, but I hope the desire to grow too fast doesn't kill the service - then it just becomes Amazon Shoes - granted, it will make a ton more money but at what cost to the end user. Should be interesting to watch unfold.
- Jose Castillo
@Robert Scoble ...according to this.. http://blogs.zappos.com/ceolett... .. Amazon will be the only shareholder yet Zappos is retaining their independance... So it's just like the Dell/Alienware merger.
- John Blanton
:( "wholly-owned subsidiary" just takes a little longer for the culture to be borged. For 920million I suppose it was too sweet of a deal to pass up. I'd love to be proven wrong here, Zappos corporate culture really is something special (from my views of it).
- Mark Essel
from intelligent media manager test