First Impressions
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PSP first impressions
PSP first impressions
03/25/2005 04:52 PMSony's long-awaited PSP has hit store shelves and more importantly,
made it into the hands of early adopters. Look for a comprehensive
review from Ars next week.
E3 Impressions
E3 Impressions
05/14/2004 01:46 PMThe massive Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3) is in full swing and
LucasArts is on hand showcasing five new titles - four of which have
the Star Wars theme you love so much...
Bluespoon AX First Impressions
Bluespoon AX First Impressions
12/30/2004 11:20 AM
I've held off from buying a Bluetooth headset for my own
because they mostly all look like my ear is crapping a Transformer.
The Bluespoon AX is small enough, though, that I'm going to pick one
up—I've used too many to know how handy they are and I think I
can handle the $100 price of the AX. X-Gadget got a hold of the first
batch of headsets (there are only a handful in the US at the moment)
and have their initial impressions online. The first batch had a weird
ringing that appears to be fixed in the production models.
Bluespoon AX Bluetooth headset
arrives - First impression [X-Gadget]
Windows XP SP2 Impressions
Windows XP SP2 Impressions
08/12/2004 03:26 PMFirst impressions of Tiger...
First impressions of Tiger...
06/28/2004 04:31 PMA few first impressions of Apple's upcoming Operating System: Tiger:
- Spotlight
- basically an Apple native verstion of Launchbar with a
few self-evidently nice features (searching Mail). After using
Launchbar for a while I can state without question that it feels like
part of the OS after a while, so if the Apple version has the similar
ability to run it without using the mouse, then I'll be pretty happy.
I doubt Objective Development will be, of course...
- iChat
AV - the new version allows you to conference call ten people and
video chat with loads of people too. That's pretty cool. I'm pretty
bloody impressed by that. It's going to be pretty awesome and totally
what I've been hoping they'd do. It fits in really well with some
other thinking I've been doing...
- Safari
RSS - sites with RSS feeds are marked when you go to them, which
is cool, and then you can subscribe to them directly through the
interface. I'm not convinced by their interaction design here - I
suspect I'll keep using NetNewsWire for the time
being - but it's certainly a positive step that can't help but make
RSS penetration...
- Dashboard
- basically this one is a fucking rip off of Konfabulator and I'm pretty
pissed off about it. I'm not a particular fan of the paradigm, but I
don't think that's pertinent - unlike RSS feeds and the Launchbar
knock-off there doesn't seem to me to be really any reason for
building this into the OS, it's not particularly interesting or
powerful and it really does seem just like nicking someone else's
ideas and lobbing them into your Operating System because you can.
Harsh, Steve. Harsh...
- Automator
- as far as I can tell this is a GUI for AppleScript, allowing people
like me who get scared by even the simplest of scripting languages to
automate tasks quickly and easily without ending up dribbling into a
cup. My personal jury is out on how useful it'll actually be on a
day-to-day basis but that doesn't mean that I'm not impressed.
AppleScript for the rest of us?
- VoiceOver
- a spoken interface for the Mac. I'm not really qualified to comment
on the technology, but certainly the aspiration is good and important
and I don't doubt it'll serve Apple well in cracking governmental
markets. My only quibble - I'm not so impressed by the little white
man they made in Illustrator to put in the logo. He looks a bit lame
and ... bendy ...
- .Mac
sync - a revised version of iSync with a simpler UI and apparently
some developer hooks. It still pisses me off that you have to have a
.Mac account to do any syncing across the internet. I can't quite
believe that function is worth the $60 a year, nor do I think it's
even vaguely conceivable that you couldn't explain to someone how to
set up a server to handle that stuff themselves... Seems like a
slightly shitty attempt to drill money out of you in an entirely
random way...
- Better
Unix - neat! I think!
- XCode
2.0 - wish I understood it!
- System
Wide Metadata Indexing - this is seriously cool and API'd up the
wazoo so hopefully it will start to lay the foundations of the Finder
technologies of the future...
All in all the big news for the operating system is the integration
of search and metadata technologies into the heart of the Operating
System. The Safari RSS and iChat AV stuff is pretty cool too and
everything else looks like tweaks, gimmicks or outright rip-offs. I
wonder when it's out?
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First Impressions of Slackware 10
First Impressions of Slackware 10
07/15/2004 06:42 PMImpressions of DefCon 12
Impressions of DefCon 12
08/02/2004 03:26 PMDirect and Related Links for 'Impressions of
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Roberta Bragg goes to Defcon….
iRiver N10 First Impressions
iRiver N10 First Impressions
08/06/2004 10:01 AM
SorobanGeeks passes on some
first impressions straight from Korea of iRiver's new wearable flash
memory MP3 player, the N10, as well as some pictures that are probably
stock photography but that I hadn't seen; this picture showing how the
headphones double as a necklace was especially interesting, I thought.
You guys know how I feel about flash memory players -- I like them,
smaller is better, but I just hate paying so much for so little
storage -- but on up side the prices for the N10 are at least
somewhat more reasonable than some players in the past -- a 1GB
version should sell for around $440. If that's still too painful just
wait. The hardware to decode MP3s is a fraction of the cost and the
price of flash memory should continue to fall for a while.
And you know what's making me come around on these flash players?
Cool designs like pendants. That's what they should have been doing in
the first place. If I'm going to get reamed for a 1GB, it should at
least look cooler/more interesting than an hard disk player.
Read
- N-10 En Direct de Seoul ! [Akiba.Soroban]
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iRiver N10 OLED Flash Player [Gizmodo]
Value of Impressions and Subscribers
Value of Impressions and Subscribers
02/01/2005 09:39 PMIn this week's Gillmor Gang, Steve Gillmor argued that RSS subscribers
are the readers you really want. Now that should be a little
obvious, but the tools to track them have only been around for a while
and I have...
My Impressions Of The iMac G5
My Impressions Of The iMac G5
09/01/2004 08:13 AMMy toddler would knock it over. By Russell Beattie (via MyAppleMenu)
Pages First Impressions
Pages First Impressions
02/07/2005 01:30 AMIt certainly doesn't compete with Word head on and feature by
feature, but that's a good thing. By James Duncan Davidson, x180
Tiger: First Impressions
Tiger: First Impressions
08/27/2004 02:02 PMDetails about Tiger are still emerging, but a majority of the
participants in the Macworld Reader Panel like what they've seen of
the next major update to OS X so far. Three weeks after Apple offered
a first look at Tiger during its Worldwide Developers Conference
(WWDC), market-research firm Karlin Associates surveyed 3,634 Macworld
readers to gauge their reaction to the OS X update. Here's what they
had to say.
First impressions of San Diego
First impressions of San Diego
02/10/2004 02:56 AMI arrived in San Diego fairly late, and went straight to my hotel. In
the interest of economy, I had decided to stay in the local Hostel. I
wouldn't recommend it. Speaking politely, it is grimy. They sell ear
plugs at the front desk. I don't mind spartan, but I like clean. I've
stayed in $12 hotels in Central America that were cleaner and had more
amenities. And there is no net connection, not even dial-up! I would
happily trade the old TV in the room for a phone line, and both of
them for a good cleaning. Oh well, I don't expect to spend much time
in the hotel, and luckily I used HTTrack Website Copier to mirror the
O'Reilly Conference website before I left Berkeley, so at least I have
conference resources locally. After getting settled in my hotel room,
I decided to go for a walk before going to bed, and I wandered over to
the Westin where the conference is going to be held. Not having a clue
as to what the neighborhood was like late at night, I decided not to
bring my computer with me. The sight of a Hooters a block away from my
hotel didn't fill me with confidence about the security of the area. I
had never seen a Hooters before - I thought they were a mythical
chain, equivalent to unicorns. Guess not. I suspect I have some
culture shocks coming, on my third trip to Southern California in my
20 years living in California. I had a lovely walk over to the Westin.
The air was balmy, and it was comfortable walking in shirt sleeves.
The streets in the Gaslamp district were mostly empty, except for a
few straggling partiers, drunks, and homeless folks. I wandered into
the lounge in the Westin, and found a number of geeks taking advantage
of the free wireless in the bar. I had a drink and watched the
digerati arrive and gather. Many of the same people who I always see
at these conferences -- the dour Dan Gillmor, the ever polite Doc
Searls, the bubbling Cory Doctorow, plus the crew from O'Reilly -- the
mysterious Rael Dornfest, and the earnest Schuyler Erle, had gathered
around the tables. There were also lots of people I've never met, like
Jon Lebkowsky and a group of young European hackers swapping jet-lag
stories. After my drink...
First Impressions Of The 14" iBook G4
First Impressions Of The 14" iBook G4
11/14/2003 01:14 AMApple has managed to produce a machine that combines everything I want
from a portable computer with appropriate processor performance for a
competitive price. By Dirk Pilat (Low End Mac via MyAppleMenu)
Wap impressions top one billion
Wap impressions top one billion
01/27/2004 07:33 AMWeb-User Jan 27 2004 11:11AM GMT
WAP Page Impressions Top 1B
WAP Page Impressions Top 1B
01/26/2004 02:58 PMUnstrung.com Jan 26 2004 5:55PM GMT
ReSharper first impressions
ReSharper first impressions
02/14/2004 01:05 AMAfter downloading and installing the ReSharper VS.NET plugin earlier
tonight, I have to say I'm pretty impressed with this first release.
While it's still got quite a while to go to before it gets close to
IDEA, JetBrains did manage to add a lot of very useful functionality
to VS.NET. Here's an overview of the current functionality of this
plugin:... (658 words)
First Impressions On iBook G4/933
First Impressions On iBook G4/933
11/06/2003 10:45 PMSo basically, this is a new design material wise. (Accelereate Your
Macintosh! via MyAppleMenu)
Orange SPV C500 First Impressions
Orange SPV C500 First Impressions
08/30/2004 06:26 AM
When reader Martin McNeil asked us why we
hadn't talked much about his new phone, the Orange SPV C500, we did
the logical thing and asked him to do our job for us. Since Marty is a
sucker, he actually did it. We're going to start making everybody
answer their own questions (and why does he have American
quarters?)
Orange has recently released a new SmartPhone in the UK, France and
Netherlands dubbed the SPV C500. It is the fourth handset in their
“signature” phone series in that it carries their brand, although the
phone is actually manufactured in Taiwan by HTC. This particular
handset is also available from QTek as the 8010 and i-mate as the
Smartphone 3. It will doubtless be carried by other providers and
resellers with their particular branding.
The Goo,d The Bad, And The Ugly? First
Impressions Of The G5 iMac
The Goo,d The Bad, And The Ugly? First
Impressions Of The G5 iMac
09/07/2004 06:26 PM By Robert Velarde, CMUG (via MyAppleMenu)
AT&T UMTS Service First Impressions
AT&T UMTS Service First Impressions
08/05/2004 04:16 PMI4U Aug 5 2004 7:10PM GMT
The iMac G5: Impressions And Predictions
The iMac G5: Impressions And Predictions
09/01/2004 10:02 AM By Dennis Sellers, Macsimum (via MyAppleMenu)
ATITD2 Early Impressions
ATITD2 Early Impressions
08/23/2004 06:38 AMOQO at CeBIT: Pictures & Impressions
OQO at CeBIT: Pictures & Impressions
06/04/2004 05:29 PMPocket PC Thoughts Jun 4 2004 9:34PM GMT
Snapstream Firefly Impressions
Snapstream Firefly Impressions
06/25/2004 07:15 AM
Snapstream's
Firefly is in some ways, perfect. The install is easy, the layout of
the buttons seems logical, the Firefly software never crashed on me
(with one almost-exception, which I'll get to in a minute), and for
most of the functionality it offers, it just worked.
Oh, what is it? It's an RF remote control for your PC, specifically
oriented for a Home Theater PC.
Snapstream sent me out a unit, as well as gave me an exclusive look
at its "Snapstream Spotlight" suite of software, a bundle of services
from other companies that offer crippled or demo versions to let you
get a feel for their use; companies like Movielink, Live365, or
NewsGator. Let me talk about the Firefly in general, for a moment,
then we'll get to the Spotlight.
Read the rest after the jump.
1.4bn WAP page impressions in UK in
March
1.4bn WAP page impressions in UK in
March
05/10/2004 01:12 PMDMeurope.com May 10 2004 4:25PM GMT
AllofMP3.com Impressions: Serious
Contender
AllofMP3.com Impressions: Serious
Contender
05/06/2004 10:14 AMSo I decided to bite the bullet and try out the Russian music download
service AllofMP3.com this morning, and so far I'm fairly impressed,
but not quite enough to recommend it to everyone...yet. The signup
took forever, not because they wanted a lot of personal information,
but simply because the...
Apple iMac G5 First Impressions
Apple iMac G5 First Impressions
09/01/2004 04:13 AMYou can move the unit from room to room with relative ease. By Dan
Farber, ZDNet (via MyAppleMenu)
Counter Strike: Source - First
Impressions
Counter Strike: Source - First
Impressions
08/28/2004 02:47 PMTechTree Aug 28 2004 5:39PM GMT
Notes and Tips: iMac G5 Impressions
Notes and Tips: iMac G5 Impressions
09/20/2004 10:43 AMWe have contrasting perspectives on the new iMac G5 design, plus a
good discussion of Mac model options.
First Impressions of the Bluespoon AX
Bluetooth Headset
First Impressions of the Bluespoon AX
Bluetooth Headset
12/30/2004 09:04 AMSmartphone Thoughts Dec 30 2004 11:51AM GMT
Impressions of the Spectrum Policy
debate
Impressions of the Spectrum Policy
debate
03/11/2003 01:59 PMWhile I have extensive notes from the
Spectrum Policy
conference at Stanford, Cory Doctorow has done such a great job
blogging
through the day that it doesn't seem worthwhile to take the time
to clean up and post my notes, especially since anyone passionately
interested can watch the whole day on
video. Instead, I will
offer a few impressions (which may not make a ton of sense to anyone
who wasn't at the conference).
Yokai Benkler's
paper was superb, as
was his argument at the moot court at the end of the day. However,
since the argument was taking place within the context of the Law and
Economics paradigm that Ronald Coase and the Chicago School did so
much to establish, I wondered why he choose to frame the debate in
terms of commons vs private property regime? The mention of the
commons is a red flag to any neoclassically trained economist, echoing
"The Tragedy of the Commons" as it does, and it seemed to confuse the
moot court judges quite a bit. I'm wondering, is there was an ulterior
purpose behind this rhetorical device?
The debate seemed a lot easier to understand when Benkler framed it as
private property rights in spectrum vs. private property rights in
devices, as he did in discussion in the morning. I loved his line in
that discussion, "am I the only one who believes in markets?" and
wished that he had repeated it at the moot court.
The Farber-Faulhaber
paper was equally impressive, but
Yahoo! Anoints Winner of 10 MM
Impressions
Yahoo! Anoints Winner of 10 MM
Impressions
06/24/2005 03:05 PMBook status and Podcast impressions
Book status and Podcast impressions
04/04/2005 07:23 PM Over the weekend I finished writing
Chapter 16: Distribute Files Podcast style. The code for the
chapter is a simple JSP-based web application called FileCaster, which
you can use to manage a Podcast newsfeed. You can add a new Podcast by
uploading a file or by referencing a file somewhere on the web. The
app was easy to write, thanks to Commmons File Upload and good old
JSP. I need to review it once more tonight and submit it to Manning
tomorrow.
I've got to admit, I've never really paid all that much attention
to Podcasting. I've reviewed a couple of Podcast book proposals, I've
implemented Podcast newsfeeds and I've got the required software, but
I've just never gotten into it. To make up for this horrible
deficiency in my geek credentials, I spent most of the weekend
listening to Podcasts playing in the background as I worked. I
couldn't make it through many of the Podcasts I downloaded because
they were either too mumbly and under-produced or too slick and
over-produced (like a drive-time radio show). I did find some things
to like. Here are the subscriptions that I didn't delete from my iPodderX Lite subscription list:
How Many Impressions Does AdWords
Keyword Get Before It's Disabled?
How Many Impressions Does AdWords
Keyword Get Before It's Disabled?
04/14/2005 07:24 PM"Ok, we might increase this sites page
impressions ..."
"Ok, we might increase this sites page
impressions ..."
11/14/2003 04:05 PMSuspect in AOL name theft gives
conflicting impressions
Suspect in AOL name theft gives
conflicting impressions
07/06/2004 05:15 AMUSA Today Jul 6 2004 9:12AM GMT
MaxiVista 'Laptop as Monitor'
Impressions
MaxiVista 'Laptop as Monitor'
Impressions
05/12/2004 08:35 AMI've been playing around with a copy of MaxiVista, the software that
lets you use another machine as a second monitor (usually a spare
laptop, although there's nothing stopping you from using it on any
machine with a display). In a nutshell, it works and works well. Read
my impressions...
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impressions of Tiger...
06/30/2004 04:40 AM-Tom Coates' first impressions of Tiger, Apple's upcoming
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