July 20, 2010
Old Yeller
July 15, 2010
A Grill’d Experience
I'm not the most prolific of Foursquare users but do make the point of checking in whenever I hit somewhere fresh, in this case the newly opened Grill'd, slap bang next to Mad Mex on Crown Street, Sydney. When the app found the venue a little "Special Offer" tag appeared in the top right corner indicating goodies for checking in: smalls fries with every burger purchase, the lucky mayor scoring a free burger every other Friday. The only real fail was the burger jockey asking me to "print out the coupon" next time. Sorry mate, last time I checked my iPhone didn't have a send to printer function. What Grill'd gave me was, besides a delicious burger, a good experience, and something for free, was probably the most important thing of all: something to share with my friends aka social currency. June 23, 2010
June 23, 2010
Gourmet Magazine Gets The iPad Treatment
"Mr. Townsend said he hoped Gourmet Live would attract a younger, Web-savvy audience as well as appeal to the lifelong readers who revered Gourmet magazine for its lavish photography and essays touching on the culture of food and eating in America. In addition, there would be plenty of opportunities for monetization, he said."
Not to mention the amount of recipes they've amassed over the years. No-brainer, that's for certain, but food for the iPad and tablets/netbooks/e-readers in general just makes plain sense. Just ensure to keep them clear of naked flames.
The New York Times
Not to mention the amount of recipes they've amassed over the years. No-brainer, that's for certain, but food for the iPad and tablets/netbooks/e-readers in general just makes plain sense. Just ensure to keep them clear of naked flames.
The New York Times
June 23, 2010
June 23, 2010
June 20, 2010
Adam Sadowsky Talks “This Too Shall Pass”
"Okay. So, just some statistics about, sort of, what we went through in the process. The machine itself has 89 distinct interactions. It took us 85 takes to get it on film to our satisfaction. Of those 85 takes, only three actually successfully completed their run. We destroyed two pianos and 10 televisions in the process. We went to Home Depot well over a hundred times. And we lost one high-heeled shoe when one of our engineers, Heather Knight, left her high-heeled shoe - after a nice dinner, and returned back to the build - and left it in a pile of stuff. And another engineer thought, "Well, that would be a really good thing to use." And ended up using it as a really nice trigger. And it's actually in the machine."
TED
TED
June 20, 2010
Generation Multitask
Steven Johnson dives into the multitasking debate by taking Nicholas Carr's new book, "The Shallows," to task. Are screens killing culture? Probably not. Tweaking it a little. I reckon it's too early to call it.
"Yes, we are a little less focused, thanks to the electric stimulus of the screen. Yes, we are reading slightly fewer long-form narratives and arguments than we did 50 years ago, though the Kindle and the iPad may well change that. Those are costs, to be sure. But what of the other side of the ledger? We are reading more text, writing far more often, than we were in the heyday of television.
And the speed with which we can follow the trail of an idea, or discover new perspectives on a problem, has increased by several orders of magnitude. We are marginally less focused, and exponentially more connected. That's a bargain all of us should be happy to make."
The New York Times
"Yes, we are a little less focused, thanks to the electric stimulus of the screen. Yes, we are reading slightly fewer long-form narratives and arguments than we did 50 years ago, though the Kindle and the iPad may well change that. Those are costs, to be sure. But what of the other side of the ledger? We are reading more text, writing far more often, than we were in the heyday of television.
And the speed with which we can follow the trail of an idea, or discover new perspectives on a problem, has increased by several orders of magnitude. We are marginally less focused, and exponentially more connected. That's a bargain all of us should be happy to make."
The New York Times
June 18, 2010
June 18, 2010
Canyons’ Pitch Perfect Mixtape
Avalanches, POND, Bell Towers, Tame Impala, Canyons, Tortoiseshell ... what's not to like really?