Small screens are now being branded as ‘IMAX’
(Warning: language in above link.) Always seemed a bit pricey to me anyway, but maybe it’s one of those things you have to see to understand. Now I’m even less likely to try it.
What’s next - branding random things ‘HD’ because most people can’t tell the difference anyway? Oh wait, that’s already happening.
In the last year, the savings rate — the percentage of after-tax income that people do not spend — has risen to above 4 percent, from virtually zero.
Achieving Email Bliss with IMAP, Gmail, and Apple Mail
TidBITS presents an exhaustive explanation of why and how problems with Gmail’s IMAP can occur. Although much of the advice is catered to Apple Mail, there’s still a lot that’s relevant for those who use other e-mail applications.
Continued from our earlier discussion (part 1, part 2).
Read this series of Twitter posts from Wil Shipley if you’re still not convinced that you should never, ever use Logitech products (or at least, their software) with a Mac. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] (Warning: language)
According to this, Logitech are no longer using Unsanity components; instead, they are using InputManagers to similar effect.
Whether or not InputManagers should be used, generally speaking, is an argument for the ages. That is not the issue here. The issue here is that everyone needs to understand and carefully consider the risks involved before making their choice; Logitech is making that choice for you, without telling you about it. That is not okay.
I kind of just thought it would always be there. Strange that kids these days won’t even know what it is. I must be getting old.
Time Warner Cable indefinitely postpones metered billing
I bet it was Frontier (local DSL provider) preparing an ad campaign targetting this issue that pushed them over the edge.
But they’ll bring it back eventually. Count on it. Even Frontier still has their own 5 GB limit on the books, even if it’s not currently being enforced.
Advantageous MP3: comparison shop from the iTunes Store
Now that iTunes has raised prices, why not shop around?
Here’s a thought: why not just release the album when it’s done? Wouldn’t promotion work even better that way? ‘Try to remember to check it out on this random date! Since you don’t have enough appointments in your life already!’ vs. ‘Available now–surprise! Go buy it!’
But no, they finish it and then shelve it for two or three months. Then they act all surprised and hurt when it leaks on the internet. Duh!
And don’t give me any crap about distribution channels taking time to produce pieces of plastic and cardboard and move them around. This is 2009: we have the internet. If your old distribution channels are slowing you down, don’t wait for them. They can release when they’re ready. If they raise too much of a fuss about competitive disadvantages due to non-simultaneous release, just dump them already. They’re dinosaurs, they’ll be extinct soon anyway, and their desperate attempts at self-preservation are only hurting you. Trust me, your target audience knows how to use the freaking internet.
Yes, it’s a risk. But an even bigger risk would be to ignore obvious trends. Sometimes the market presents you with uncomfortable choices. You deal with it or you get trampled.
But of course, this is the music industry we’re talking about. They would never try to just bury their heads in the sand. Right.
