The music industry has never really been a giant money maker. However, massive corporations bought into the industry during a weird peek time. Hip Hop and Rap were becoming popular and something completely new was being marketed. Moreover, many people were replacing their vinyl and cassettes.
Now that has leveled off, and they're bitching and complaining. We haven't seen anything remarkably "new" in a long long time, and many of us don't need to repurchase our old albums in order to fill our iPods.
"A new generation of media consumers has risen demanding content delivered when they want it, how they want it, and very much as they want it."
Or in NewsCorp's example, consumers can access their propaganda, censored news, and op ed / tabloid trash when then want to, how they want to, and as frequently as they want to.
Mod me a troll if you must, but Rupert Murdoch... you truly suck.
When are we going to get a Borg / Murdoch icon for Slashdot?
or for $50 bucks you could get one of Apple's designer mice.... but it will probably suck. It'll either have one button or it won't be able to register a right click 10% of the time. It may also include uncomfortable squeeze buttons.
True. As an interactive designer, I can contest to it being incredibly difficult and time consuming. That's the main reason interactive design gets side stepped. Not only is there the visual design / illustration process that takes months, there is observation, research, specifications, etc.
That said, opening this project up to the design community, even with massive time constraints, would probably yield more successful solutions.
This is the first time I've heard of this contest. I would've been nice if they made an effort to publicize it within the industrial and graphic design communities (ie IDSA and AIGA for starters).
I can't say that I'm very impressed with the winner or any of the runner ups. The OS community should seize the opportunity to accept and leverage professional interactive design.
The commercial software industry doesn't do this very well... does it's make sense to exploit this weakness?
Ehh, As a graphic design student, now a grad student, I've been asked to pony up and buy Apple hardware for years.
Quite honestly, after considering I fill out a yearly FAFSA, usually getting tuition comp'ed, and occasionally taking a loan, the cost of Apple hardware isn't that bad. The hardware lasts forever, it has a relatively high resale value, and I can always role it into a loan.
This year I finally got rid of my -5 year old- dual 450 G4. I would've kept the machine except I needed to get something portable. It ran Tiger and CS2 quite well.
I easily sold it on Craig's list for $450 bucks. Moreover, I got my new PB with a $200 something dollar student discount, a free iPod mini, and a free awesome Canon printer that has been printing TONS of full color documents for 8 months on the original ink cartridge. That alone is a blessing.
Out of pocket a new 15in PW cost me around $1100 - $1200 (taking into account the sale of my old mac and the sale of the new iPod I didn't need). $1200 ain't too bad for a piece of hardware I can see using productively for another 4 years.
Although this Intel switch could through a wretch into that 4 year plan;)
Unless Sony gets run over by Microsoft or Nintendo in the next gen battle.
Moreover, Sony doesn't have the best track record for launching new media. Look at Betamax, Mini Disk, UMD. Sony has a history of developing great mediums which are frequently trumped by cheeper and more accessible alternative mediums.
If Sony needs to rely their own hardware solutions to deliver affordable BD players, and affordable hardware can't be delivered by 3rd parties, then this is practically Betamax all over again. Beta was effectively destroyed because it shut-out 3rd party solutions.
As much as the PS2 did for DVD, one needs to remember that most movie watchers are not gamers. Sony will need to get a variety of affordable standalone player on the shelfs and drives in computers. And they're going to need to make sure "Sony" isn't the only affordable choice people are going to have.
Agreed. Even if Cupertino were to drop off the face of the earth right now, HYMN or something like it would still exist, you could strip fairplay DRM and play your AAC MPEG audio on any modern media player. File formats and codecs don't vanish, they simply get old and get lumped in to giant lists of supported legacy garbage.
The Moving Picture Experts Group has been around for a decade and a half, and most media players support their stuff religiously. AAC / MP4 is not going anywhere.
It still a retarded ploy to sell more licenses. They could very well release two versions of Windows Vista, Vista and Vista Enterprise, and sell and or distribute software bundles which compliment the OS. But, ya know... that'd result in less $$$ for MS.
Well, really, they're simply marking their show as an audible audio book... so it's not really a "podcast" anymore. It's no longer a free MP3 RSS subscription, so it can't be a podcast.
I think he's referring to people that will purchase and crack boxed copied of OS X intel.
That said, people who tend to crack things also tend to pirate things. Moreover, at this moment in time you can't buy boxed copies of OS X Intel or, to my knowledge, OS X Server Intel. Tiger Intel ships with your iMac, MacBook, iBook'nNote, Duo Bookintosh, or whatever.
There is a LOT of non fiction out there that is loaded with spin, embellishment, and or good old fashioned lies. Ann Coulter is a great example of this.
That said, the problem is definitely MUCH larger then the book publishing industry. It permeates television, radio, newspaper, etc. Fact checking has become unprofitable and marginalized. Moreover, would be facts are marketed as cheep infotainment.
Slashdot Mirror
Frontline did a cool piece about 2 years ago. They hit upon a number of things, one of which was CD sales.
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/mus
The music industry has never really been a giant money maker. However, massive corporations bought into the industry during a weird peek time. Hip Hop and Rap were becoming popular and something completely new was being marketed. Moreover, many people were replacing their vinyl and cassettes.
Now that has leveled off, and they're bitching and complaining. We haven't seen anything remarkably "new" in a long long time, and many of us don't need to repurchase our old albums in order to fill our iPods.
"A new generation of media consumers has risen demanding content delivered when they want it, how they want it, and very much as they want it."
Or in NewsCorp's example, consumers can access their propaganda, censored news, and op ed / tabloid trash when then want to, how they want to, and as frequently as they want to.
Mod me a troll if you must, but Rupert Murdoch... you truly suck.
When are we going to get a Borg / Murdoch icon for Slashdot?
All your diebold are belong to us
Could you imagine if the software or auto industry did this, then we'd... ohh wait... never mind.
How many Apple threads do we need? Seriously... this is getting out of hand.
And this is coming from a guy who's screen name is "AquaOSX"
Are people not submitting anything interesting? What's the deal?
or for $50 bucks you could get one of Apple's designer mice.... but it will probably suck. It'll either have one button or it won't be able to register a right click 10% of the time. It may also include uncomfortable squeeze buttons.
Renting your phone? ... well, you could always get a new cell phone. That's pretty much a rent-to-own ordeal.
True. As an interactive designer, I can contest to it being incredibly difficult and time consuming. That's the main reason interactive design gets side stepped. Not only is there the visual design / illustration process that takes months, there is observation, research, specifications, etc.
That said, opening this project up to the design community, even with massive time constraints, would probably yield more successful solutions.
This is the first time I've heard of this contest. I would've been nice if they made an effort to publicize it within the industrial and graphic design communities (ie IDSA and AIGA for starters).
I can't say that I'm very impressed with the winner or any of the runner ups. The OS community should seize the opportunity to accept and leverage professional interactive design.
The commercial software industry doesn't do this very well... does it's make sense to exploit this weakness?
And oddly enough, the Cheney story was heralded as an example of information not freely flowing to the general public in a timely fashion.
Ehh, As a graphic design student, now a grad student, I've been asked to pony up and buy Apple hardware for years.
;)
Quite honestly, after considering I fill out a yearly FAFSA, usually getting tuition comp'ed, and occasionally taking a loan, the cost of Apple hardware isn't that bad. The hardware lasts forever, it has a relatively high resale value, and I can always role it into a loan.
This year I finally got rid of my -5 year old- dual 450 G4. I would've kept the machine except I needed to get something portable. It ran Tiger and CS2 quite well.
I easily sold it on Craig's list for $450 bucks. Moreover, I got my new PB with a $200 something dollar student discount, a free iPod mini, and a free awesome Canon printer that has been printing TONS of full color documents for 8 months on the original ink cartridge. That alone is a blessing.
Out of pocket a new 15in PW cost me around $1100 - $1200 (taking into account the sale of my old mac and the sale of the new iPod I didn't need). $1200 ain't too bad for a piece of hardware I can see using productively for another 4 years.
Although this Intel switch could through a wretch into that 4 year plan
OS X detects all networks and prompts the user to "trust" open networks.
He didn't say SF -was- in Silicon valley. Those of us who work in the tech industry in SF tend to frequently associate with the south bay.
Unless Sony gets run over by Microsoft or Nintendo in the next gen battle.
Moreover, Sony doesn't have the best track record for launching new media. Look at Betamax, Mini Disk, UMD. Sony has a history of developing great mediums which are frequently trumped by cheeper and more accessible alternative mediums.
If Sony needs to rely their own hardware solutions to deliver affordable BD players, and affordable hardware can't be delivered by 3rd parties, then this is practically Betamax all over again. Beta was effectively destroyed because it shut-out 3rd party solutions.
As much as the PS2 did for DVD, one needs to remember that most movie watchers are not gamers. Sony will need to get a variety of affordable standalone player on the shelfs and drives in computers. And they're going to need to make sure "Sony" isn't the only affordable choice people are going to have.
Agreed. Even if Cupertino were to drop off the face of the earth right now, HYMN or something like it would still exist, you could strip fairplay DRM and play your AAC MPEG audio on any modern media player. File formats and codecs don't vanish, they simply get old and get lumped in to giant lists of supported legacy garbage.
The Moving Picture Experts Group has been around for a decade and a half, and most media players support their stuff religiously. AAC / MP4 is not going anywhere.
Mystery Explosion... am I the only one who thinks this is an awesome name for a crappy glam band?
Their first album would need to be called something like Galactic Sorcery, Gems of Alchemy, or Bells of Illusion.
he could always buy TV shows
http://www.emfacts.com/
http://www.energyfields.org/
No, there is a non-iTunes MP3 feed as well.
It still a retarded ploy to sell more licenses. They could very well release two versions of Windows Vista, Vista and Vista Enterprise, and sell and or distribute software bundles which compliment the OS. But, ya know... that'd result in less $$$ for MS.
Well, really, they're simply marking their show as an audible audio book... so it's not really a "podcast" anymore. It's no longer a free MP3 RSS subscription, so it can't be a podcast.
I think he's referring to people that will purchase and crack boxed copied of OS X intel.
That said, people who tend to crack things also tend to pirate things. Moreover, at this moment in time you can't buy boxed copies of OS X Intel or, to my knowledge, OS X Server Intel. Tiger Intel ships with your iMac, MacBook, iBook'nNote, Duo Bookintosh, or whatever.
It was designed intelligently, but it can't dance, and it can't talk.
Perhaps I can summarize one of the more popular solutions for you with seven words and one symbol.
budget surplus = start paying into social security.
Now, if we can get the "conservatives" to actually conserve spending, as opposed to cut and reappropriate, we might have a shot at that.
You beat me to the post.
There is a LOT of non fiction out there that is loaded with spin, embellishment, and or good old fashioned lies. Ann Coulter is a great example of this.
That said, the problem is definitely MUCH larger then the book publishing industry. It permeates television, radio, newspaper, etc. Fact checking has become unprofitable and marginalized. Moreover, would be facts are marketed as cheep infotainment.
It's pretty damn scary if you ask me.