Photo credit -- afflictor.com Focus When Jobs returned to Apple in 1997, it was producing a random array of computers and peripherals, including a dozen different versions of the Macintosh. After a few weeks of product review sessions, he’d finally had enough. “Stop!” he shouted. “This is crazy.” He grabbed a Magic Marker, padded in his bare feet to a whiteboard, and drew a two-by-two grid. “Here’s what we need,” he declared. Atop the two columns, he wrote “Consumer” and “Pro.” He labeled the two rows “Desktop”...
via vanityfair.com World War 3.0 When the Internet was created, decades ago, one thing was inevitable: the war today over how (or whether) to control it, and who should have that power...
via multimediashooter.com Of particular interest to educators, journalists, and multimedia producers, here are a couple of new apps to check out. “The tools that already exist on the web are almost all either hard on the eyes or hard to use,” says creator Zack Wise. “Timeline is an open-source, JavaScript and HTML/HTML5 based tool that creates elegant timelines.” freeDive transforms Google Spreadsheets into searchable databases that can be embedded in web sites. Read more: http://www.multimediashooter.com/wp/tools...
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Film Independent, the non-profit arts organization that produces the The Independent Spirit Awards and the Los Angeles Film Festival, announced nominations for the 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards this morning. Anthony Mackie and Kate Beckinsale served as presenters. Nominees for Best Feature include 50/50, Beginners, Drive, Take Shelter and The Artist. via movieweb.com
The 2011 NYFCCA winners were announced via Twitter today (@NYFCC2011) and are listed here courtesy of flavorwire.com. . New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2011: Best First Feature: Margin Call Best Nonfiction Film: Cave of Forgotten Dreams Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Chastain, for Tree of Life, The Help, and Take Shelter Best Supporting Actor: Albert Brooks for Drive Best Actress: Meryl Streep for The Iron Lady Best Actor: Brad Pitt for Moneyball and Tree of Life Best Foreign Language Film: A Separation...
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/via Bradley Horowitz Blink-182's +Mark Hoppus and +Tom DeLonge are going to be live talking about Google+, their tour, and their new album (Neighborhoods) at 3pm PST today. Livestream: http://youtube.com/atgoogletalks AtGoogleTalks's Channel - YouTube The @Google Talks program brings authors, musicians, innovators, and speakers of all stripes to Google for talks centering on their recently published books and capturing the popular and intellectual ...
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