Let’s take a trip down memory lane:
[deep ominous movie trailer chord]
Walkman 1 (1980) – by Sony – stereo cassette – 2 headphone jacks – powered by 2 AA batteries for runtime of 20 hours.
Walkman … Read the rest
Walkman IV – The Return of Fidelity
tech
technology, internet, media, future
The NoPhone Uses Verbal Hashtags
Syncing your brain and vocal cords, it’s the new NoPhone!
Nophone Promises Unparalleled Interaction With Reality… Read the rest
Audio Mythology
See if you agree with any of these:… Read the rest
The Pono Smile
This might actually go mainstream, look at this financial show fawning over Pono:
http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000319253… Read the rest
My HD Digital Audio Life Begins Soon
My new sexy little digital audio player (aka DAP) is arriving at the end of this month. I was an early supporter of PonoMusic and their PonoPlayer on kickstarter, so not only will I have one of the first … Read the rest
Music Hoarding Future
OK I’m doing some serious internet-style scientific research (aka asking friends) on the future of buying music, discussed in this post. Here’s a few ideas so far on the future of music product packaging:
Idea 1- The “All of … Read the rest
Buying Musical Product – What Do You Want?
So the CD is dead, the mp3 is going nowhere fast, everyone seems to stream or listen to their mp3 libraries, the HD Digital files are just starting to gain traction, and analog records keeps chugging along towards their 100th … Read the rest
The Best Weekend Festival
It’s time again for Ingenuity Fest, perhaps the coolest festival going. Check their site for the details but we will be under the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame doing the largest and coolest Musicians Garden yet! Check MusiciansGarden.com for … Read the rest
The Problem With Maps Apps
The now-standard overhead helicopter view used by mobile GoogleMaps, AppleMaps, etc. is neato but not a perspective that is natural for humans while driving. I’d rather see huge clear labels than 3D graphics any day. They are distracting us more … Read the rest
Wrist Input Is Just Starting
The Apple Watch could really change things. Fundamental concepts of how we interact with a device/machine are progressing and the new wearable iOS interface by Apple is opening huge opportunities to leave the interfaces of the 20th century behind.
We … Read the rest
Human Touches Computer, Computer Reacts
We all see pictures & commercials about smartphones. Some of us read specs and/or post opinions on the internet about the phone market. But very few study how we interact with the machine. People studying human-human interaction probably outnumber people … Read the rest
Watch The Script & Watch the Apple Watch Become A Hit
The Apple Watch 1 follows the script perfectly for Apple’s version 1 products. If you look at their bottom line over the last 15 years, it’s a great script to follow.
—
First iPod — They said it couldn’t hold … Read the rest
The Biggest Advancement in iPhone Tech….and the internet crashes
Hahahahah too funny. Apple is showing off their new stuff, they stream through their servers, we all tune in, and guess what ….. hang, crash, wtf about 1 minute in.
Posting this now as I’m getting nothing from my browser.… Read the rest
iWatch, iBuy?
Will Apple put out a wearable? The Android makers are going full speed into Android watches, regardless of reviews and actual ship dates. They want to appear to be flooding the market but I haven’t seen a single one out … Read the rest
The Truth About Naked Selfies
If you take a naked selfie on a working cell phone you don’t expect privacy and you aren’t interested in privacy. I call BS on the crying for these latest celebrity hacks. It’s 2014 and we all know that there … Read the rest
Surreal Camera Fails
You don’t need to hit the Dali Museum in Tampa (highly recommended) to get a good dose of surrealism – just check out what the panorama feature in camera phones has been doing out in the wild:
iPhone as Medical Tricorder
The future is all around us. Our cars will probably never fly, but man we are getting some interesting tech in the last 5 years, driven largely by the worldwide adoption of iOS devices loaded with sensors and the software … Read the rest
Your Password Or Your Soul
Will there be life after passwords? We are currently drowning in them – some more than others. A fella like me might need to enter 50 different passwords of increasing complexity just to get by a week in 2014.
It’s … Read the rest