I don’t print often, but when I do I prefer big, boring documents…
Category: Tech
Bloomberg’s game changers
A few days ago, tastewar sent me this link on Cult of Mac of a new interview with John Sculley, the former CEO of Apple, who was the former CEO of PepsiCo that orchestrated the removal of Steve Jobs from Apple. By chance last night I caught a show on Bloomberg TV about Steve Jobs that includes comments from Sculley and the editor of Cult of Mac. Here’s a clip about Jobs returning to the reins at Apple, a couple of CEO’s after Sculley had departed.
The complete documentary, along with programs about Jon Stewart and Mark Zuckerberg, is on the Bloomberg Game Changers web page.
Silverlight Test
If you don’t have Silverlight — Microsoft’s embedded video player — you won’t see this fascinating explanation of how to use PowerShell scripting, instead of Remote Desktop, for remote management of Windows. If you have Netflix Watch Instantly on your computer, you have Silverlight.
Don’tcha know that you count me out
Click here to see one reason why Wolfram Alpha isn’t of much use for this site.
Safe bear for Colbert to play with
tastewar forwarded this link to an interactive YouTube video…
IPTV STB Wars
Having committed myself to Roku as my IPTV hardware of choice, it’s interesting to watch the thrashing that’s going on with the other players in this market. From my viewpoint, I see Apple TV as being an on-target hit, and Google TV as being a misfire. Look at the remote on this Sony Blu-ray with Google TV!
My feeling is that the whole point of having IPTV is to get away from computer keyboards, sit back, and relax. Who ever feels relaxed when sitting at their laptop or desktop? Or, for that matter, when they’re texting on a phone?
For $400, this Sony unit seems to be a bargain compared to Logitech’s Revue for $300, with its much larger keyboard, but without a Blu-ray player. My Logitech Squeezebox Radio is an excellent product, and having seen for myself Sony’s comparatively poor implementation of Netflix streaming, I wonder how its performance will compare to the Logitech Revue? But it’s an academic question for me, because of my two Roku units. Michael Hiltzik at the Los Angeles Times is also a Roku fan, and he has some insight into what Roku CEO Anthony Wood is thinking these days.