though it's not on the snarf site at msr, there is a comment in a recent edition of new scientist that states that snarf will work with gmail, or rather 'might be coming' for gmail users (already works with hotmail)...summary of this comment/supporting article link is at: http://digbig.com/4ftth
from the days of hypertext news (etc) but then on to strangeberry and via sb then at tivo to reinvent for them and then onward and outward from there (artfart, spelled incorrectly)...
seriously, why can't these killer old runs be unloaded to places like itunes? 16 episodes on dvd for 32 bucks via itunes AND portable...or on a discounted dvd box set off the shelf for about 25 and prone to scratches? duh.
you know, there was an interview with jordan (creator who licenses via ubi) through sony - and then it mysteriously went offline - it discussed this entire new game and his plans (etc)...strange (url was: http://sony.gamingtarget.com/news/stories/81206.ht ml)...but as for jordan, who released the original nearly 14 years ago, he really was not as heavily involved as indicated in this interview with yannis mallat (producer), "CGN: Did Jordan Mechner provide input on The Prince?
Yannis: One of Jordan's main objectives during this project has been to unite the story and game-play aspects of the game. As the Prince is the main character, it was of course especially important to get his feedback on our approach. We agreed on the key attributes of the character and the artistic direction.
We felt it was essential for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time to capture the exhilaration of movement that was such a key element of the first game's appeal. The animated character needed to feel acrobatic and graceful, as opposed to mechanical, and the controls had to be simple and intuitively satisfying. Jordan's input was of great value for this process." from http://www.cgno.com/features/29.html (and part 2, which is where this was pulled from)
for example, in a private study of the ten programs (publicly ranked), the output at the MS and PHD levels for CS were shocking - not only were they well below 15 percent female (on average) but the numbers for diversity in categories such as african american, latino and other (5 majors) were horrible...for example, brown university has put out roughly 4 african americans with phd's in CS in about 5 years (actually make that about 11 including the MS degree)...the numbers are equally horrible for schools like wisconsin and others...but does this surprise you? it starts in grade school, when women are isolated by math and science aptitude testing (regardless of the curve) and so get slotted behind their learning potential....quite a mess. look not to gov to fix it either, or nonprofits - this particular issue, imho, falls into the hands of the world's largest corporations who might effect change by doing and sponsoring something as unique as smith college's student (CS) exchange program (just look it up, it's very, very interesting)
from the visto website, "Visto's broad and open platform strategy has driven partnerships with industry leaders including Microsoft, PalmSource, Symbian, PalmOne, and others." - hmmm, what an interesting way to work with partners! very clever indeed...and in examining other visto connections to microsoft: mark menell, partner at rustic and visto board member, was a deal maker at morgan who did deals with microsoft (again, what a great way to keep the relationship strong!)...also of interest, this is not an invention company (visto), they were founded by IP guys and a bunch of telco cronies - anybody notice that? it's like any company with a strategy for growth that includes statements like, "five year growth will most likely be realized through either lawsuit revenue and gains or alternatively, lottery winnings"...it really IS 1999 again...
you know, often over looked in the whole discussion of the blackberry patent drama is the original patent that blackberry received: "Mike Lazaridis and Gary Mousseau, who are named on the "Single Mailbox Integration" patent that describes a key architectural element of BlackBerry, have won the Ernest C. Manning Award Foundation's top award for their patented and remarkable successful Canadian Innovation. Lazaridis and Mousseau, both alumni of the University of Waterloo, got the idea for the BlackBerry Single Mailbox Integration during a brainstorming session."....nobody ever talks about gary, and he's remained quite silent during all of this (though lazaridis also tends toward taking the limelight)...
if i were a competitor, i'd much rather just hire a guy like that and circumvent the whole licensing process in favor of new and original IP...just an opinion.
when i read this, i was shocked...not only is pricegrabber a ridiculous complementary service (honestly, why not just an exclusive partnership? why ownership?), but competitive offerings may obviate the need for such an offering (e.g. froogle, mysimon, bizrate, shopper.cnet and so on) - "Privately owned Pricegrabber, set up in 1999, was used by 17 million unique visitors in November and forecasts sales of $60 million in 2005. " the ONLY logic behind this acquisition is an effort to compete against yahoo's new shopper-oriented social networking and tagging integration...but really, isn't this a rather sloppy backdoor? are you really ever gonna register to meet people and share ideas at pricegrabber and experian's network of channel distribution partners and be a part of this chunky thing? clearly, a valuation based on congeniality (e.g. 'uh, what'd myspace get again?'...and delicio.us?"), not real numbers
you know, http://www.newline.com/sites/dnd/ is a movie from a few years ago that also attempted to pull more money out of the dnd machine....but when i introduced my older son to this game, the idea was to promote 'in-person' game play, with friends, doing all of the ridiculous and imaginative stuff through divine social intercourse...i suppose that deep down those books and guides are more expensive (and that doesn't even include the millions of figurines)...but this sort of flies in the face of dnd logic....from wizards (distributor): "D&D is an imaginative, social experience that engages players in a rich fantasy world filled with larger-than-life heroes, deadly monsters, and diverse settings. As a hobby game, D&D is an ongoing activity to which players might devote hours of their time--much like a weekly poker game--getting together with friends on a regular basis for weeks, months, or even years."...and though this 30 year old game doesn't factor in internet play, i'm not so sure that this is the best candidate for mmorpg...for those who ever dressed up and played this in the woods, peace out...and for those who will only know this online, then i'm kinda sorry for that you might not really ever get the experience...
"this troll" - spare me. you sound restless. and i must have been all wrong when i researcher their marketing employees in texas handling all of americas marketing and desktop product marketing...here's the number, check it yourself before you imagine that i got it wrong: 512-647-7145 - i know that they're in norway. that's old news. they make it matter from the states (by matter, i mean 'minds and attention' - like this nyc publicity stunt being handled in the texas office)... as for browsers not catching up, i'd like to imagine that opera consistently ranks high with page display issues. higher than other browsers. missing data for that, just a hunch (some smud)....and opera mini works great on psions, which is great news for all 4,000 owners - versus moving it toward a platform like palm or another usa platform of choice for integrated devices (excluding windows and nokia models).... and heck, that ceo doesn't need a fat paycheck - why bother when you can collateralize your equity with a major european lender (tetzchner holds 17,482,110 shares and 200,000 options in the company)....as for the winner and what that winner looks like, let's just wait and see, okay? i'm not opera bashing, i'm just not using it, so relax before you run with the flag when nobody's even organized the game yet.
no, i don't think you're taking it out on me - but you clearly are missing some data points. there are in fact lines between parenting responsibilities and messaging from outside, particularly where parents are not accessible (eg mcdonalds breakfasts and lunches in public schools, when parents are at work - trying to sell against peer pressure is tough)
i'm not saying that the onus is now upon these firms to change the ways in which kids interact, but at the very least they might try to reinforce the idea that a meal is a time when humans interact, often with one another and not devices...just makes me sad. and no, i don't do fast food myself, or disney...
the big banner should just say, "we used to cost money, but now we're free even though many web sites don't display properly, but do note that we invented lots of cool ideas that were adopted by all of our competitors and most people don't know this but most of our core marketing team is in the southern USA area and also we have this mobile browser accelerator that nobody even really uses much because it only works on like ten phones"...and the winner of this contest will be: ideally thin, caucasian and with a hip "opera user look" that the company can deploy in a larger integrated campaign. mark my words: no fat people, burn victims or others in that category of "couldn't work for abercrombie" will win...in fact, my guess is that the winner will be employed by either starbucks or abercrombie, age 22-26, female (tech influencers right now), shoulder length hair that's dark, thin and with a natural look light on cosmetics and wearing only solid colors on the billboard because it will create better contrast with the opera logo...
put up by http://www.davidsaccess.com/ this site http://www.confusingwords.com/ tracks them all! but you gotta remember, when people are cranking out commentary on slashdot, they're going fast...never stop to think much about 'effect/affect' and so on...
well maybe companies like conditor.com or digital chocolate will set those kids into motion (dig choc is trip hawkins co, all about mobile gaming, as is conditor - though note: i'm on the board of conditor;)
i hear you, but i mean fast food is the physical conduit - device received on site - so in this scenario, the channel is the brick and mortar retailer (initially), unless or until the site offers enhanced content (either the fast food place or disney)...at some point, the brands need to think about the roles they play in the lives of their customers, and where they are relevant, they've got to be considerate of the real consumers for children (read: separating their parents from money)....offend the people in the pew, and you're gonna find nobody to use those computers downstairs at sunday school...
or add to that, "you can bittorrent after dinner"
kid: "soy bacon again?"
"just eat and i'll tell you where the narnia torrent is, and if you eat the protein shakes, i'll get a kong for you next weekend"
honestly, this kinda crap makes me ill...after hearing more about the mcdonald's and nintendo wifi deal i was already kinda getting heebie jeebies...but this new idea, fast food as a conduit for media distribution - that really is an affront to mankind (uh, okay, that's kinda extreme)...these kids are already struggling with obesity (read the data folks, our kids are mostly fat), and putting more distractions in front of them during quite possibly the only time in which they might eat and interact directly with their parents and siblings is just wrong, absolutely wrong...and since we know it's gonna be all disney ads and crap trailers and advertaintment, what the hell is the point? why not just let the media companies bid directly with parents on ourkids.ebay.com and let parents sell their kids' attention spans in five minute increments to the highest bidding media and product firms?
and did you know that like a tennis ball canister, you can also fart into a pringles can and then leave it in there for some lucky soul to open up later on? i think that's a more promising application.
that is clearly an important film - has mel gibson seen it? i think mel's appearance on south bark was a watershed event, overlooked and overshadowed by his role in 'what women want'...
i'm worried too, worried that the media will feel a need to water down complex metaphors that might allow for astute viewers to imagine an allegory (whether real or imagined is not the point) - and this is certainly not the first time that this has happened in a film adaptation....1984 did the opposite, it forced the ideas down our throats instead of even leaving room for interpretation...tough line here is getting kids to enjoy a hit movie, spend money and not make parents feel like they've been duped in any way, shape or form...honestly, i think that the most recent harry potter has more profound and clear religious metaphors than this movie (well, maybe at least on par)
as they were intended, cs lewis wanted them read and published in this order - however, the first was considered not hot enough to draw in series readership, and so the original publisher changed the order:
1) the magician's nephew
2) the lion, the witch and the wardrobe (popularized as number 1)
3) the horse and his boy
4) prince caspian
5) the voyage of the dawn treader
6) the silver chair
7) the last battle...and for explanation, chapter 1 of the real book one, line ONE begins, "this is a story abotu something that happened long ago when your grandfather was a child. it is a very important story because it shows how all the comings and goings between our own world and the land of narnia first began" - so you can see why CS really wanted this book put out first, but the publishers skipped it for the 'battle intensive' second book and so will the producers...most of whom will skip all of book one or factor in bits and elements (the puddles, etc)
...btw, if you like steven wright, here's a tip: he has a place in boston (cambridge area) and hangs out sometimes at the west side lounge on mass ave...just don't bug him. you'll probably see him with a hat on at the far end of the bar..haven't seen him there in eons, though i also haven't been there in just as long...my dream has always been to approach him quietly and then blurt out, "Wow! you're steven wright! you know, i read somewhere"
sorry to pull at this thorny issue, but people are complaining about the tie-ins to the religious themes and messages (eg lazarus rising yadda yadda) - however, the movie pays homage to the author's intended delivery - although fans will note that the story, like the books, is being told out of order (remember, there was a re-issue of the original books in the author's original desired order)...at any rate, what do you expect? this was a religous guy, and the film carefully caters to these themes without pushing them down viewers' throats...i do NOT believe that the amazing special effects are going to be tricking kids into buying some sort of christian message if that's your real concern - and hopefully kids under 10 are with older people (parents, siblings etc)- and the impressive effects serve only to wow the audience, period. what i'm eager to see is how the movie is packaged for bus tours and religous groups (again, that is not me, i'm the most secular heeb you're gonna meet, but i loved these books even as a kid - and when i heard that they were going to be edited with an eye toward theme omission, i ran out to get original copies....good lord, what would ray bradbury think?)
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though it's not on the snarf site at msr, there is a comment in a recent edition of new scientist that states that snarf will work with gmail, or rather 'might be coming' for gmail users (already works with hotmail)...summary of this comment/supporting article link is at: http://digbig.com/4ftth
from the days of hypertext news (etc) but then on to strangeberry and via sb then at tivo to reinvent for them and then onward and outward from there (artfart, spelled incorrectly)...
seriously, why can't these killer old runs be unloaded to places like itunes? 16 episodes on dvd for 32 bucks via itunes AND portable...or on a discounted dvd box set off the shelf for about 25 and prone to scratches? duh.
you know, there was an interview with jordan (creator who licenses via ubi) through sony - and then it mysteriously went offline - it discussed this entire new game and his plans (etc)...strange (url was: http://sony.gamingtarget.com/news/stories/81206.ht ml)...but as for jordan, who released the original nearly 14 years ago, he really was not as heavily involved as indicated in this interview with yannis mallat (producer), "CGN: Did Jordan Mechner provide input on The Prince?
Yannis: One of Jordan's main objectives during this project has been to unite the story and game-play aspects of the game. As the Prince is the main character, it was of course especially important to get his feedback on our approach. We agreed on the key attributes of the character and the artistic direction.
We felt it was essential for Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time to capture the exhilaration of movement that was such a key element of the first game's appeal. The animated character needed to feel acrobatic and graceful, as opposed to mechanical, and the controls had to be simple and intuitively satisfying. Jordan's input was of great value for this process." from http://www.cgno.com/features/29.html (and part 2, which is where this was pulled from)
for example, in a private study of the ten programs (publicly ranked), the output at the MS and PHD levels for CS were shocking - not only were they well below 15 percent female (on average) but the numbers for diversity in categories such as african american, latino and other (5 majors) were horrible...for example, brown university has put out roughly 4 african americans with phd's in CS in about 5 years (actually make that about 11 including the MS degree)...the numbers are equally horrible for schools like wisconsin and others...but does this surprise you? it starts in grade school, when women are isolated by math and science aptitude testing (regardless of the curve) and so get slotted behind their learning potential....quite a mess. look not to gov to fix it either, or nonprofits - this particular issue, imho, falls into the hands of the world's largest corporations who might effect change by doing and sponsoring something as unique as smith college's student (CS) exchange program (just look it up, it's very, very interesting)
from the visto website, "Visto's broad and open platform strategy has driven partnerships with industry leaders including Microsoft, PalmSource, Symbian, PalmOne, and others." - hmmm, what an interesting way to work with partners! very clever indeed...and in examining other visto connections to microsoft: mark menell, partner at rustic and visto board member, was a deal maker at morgan who did deals with microsoft (again, what a great way to keep the relationship strong!)...also of interest, this is not an invention company (visto), they were founded by IP guys and a bunch of telco cronies - anybody notice that? it's like any company with a strategy for growth that includes statements like, "five year growth will most likely be realized through either lawsuit revenue and gains or alternatively, lottery winnings"...it really IS 1999 again...
you know, often over looked in the whole discussion of the blackberry patent drama is the original patent that blackberry received: "Mike Lazaridis and Gary Mousseau, who are named on the "Single Mailbox Integration" patent that describes a key architectural element of BlackBerry, have won the Ernest C. Manning Award Foundation's top award for their patented and remarkable successful Canadian Innovation. Lazaridis and Mousseau, both alumni of the University of Waterloo, got the idea for the BlackBerry Single Mailbox Integration during a brainstorming session."....nobody ever talks about gary, and he's remained quite silent during all of this (though lazaridis also tends toward taking the limelight)...
if i were a competitor, i'd much rather just hire a guy like that and circumvent the whole licensing process in favor of new and original IP...just an opinion.
when i read this, i was shocked...not only is pricegrabber a ridiculous complementary service (honestly, why not just an exclusive partnership? why ownership?), but competitive offerings may obviate the need for such an offering (e.g. froogle, mysimon, bizrate, shopper.cnet and so on) - "Privately owned Pricegrabber, set up in 1999, was used by 17 million unique visitors in November and forecasts sales of $60 million in 2005. " the ONLY logic behind this acquisition is an effort to compete against yahoo's new shopper-oriented social networking and tagging integration...but really, isn't this a rather sloppy backdoor? are you really ever gonna register to meet people and share ideas at pricegrabber and experian's network of channel distribution partners and be a part of this chunky thing? clearly, a valuation based on congeniality (e.g. 'uh, what'd myspace get again?'...and delicio.us?"), not real numbers
you know, http://www.newline.com/sites/dnd/ is a movie from a few years ago that also attempted to pull more money out of the dnd machine....but when i introduced my older son to this game, the idea was to promote 'in-person' game play, with friends, doing all of the ridiculous and imaginative stuff through divine social intercourse...i suppose that deep down those books and guides are more expensive (and that doesn't even include the millions of figurines)...but this sort of flies in the face of dnd logic....from wizards (distributor): "D&D is an imaginative, social experience that engages players in a rich fantasy world filled with larger-than-life heroes, deadly monsters, and diverse settings. As a hobby game, D&D is an ongoing activity to which players might devote hours of their time--much like a weekly poker game--getting together with friends on a regular basis for weeks, months, or even years."...and though this 30 year old game doesn't factor in internet play, i'm not so sure that this is the best candidate for mmorpg...for those who ever dressed up and played this in the woods, peace out...and for those who will only know this online, then i'm kinda sorry for that you might not really ever get the experience...
"this troll" - spare me. you sound restless. and i must have been all wrong when i researcher their marketing employees in texas handling all of americas marketing and desktop product marketing...here's the number, check it yourself before you imagine that i got it wrong: 512-647-7145 - i know that they're in norway. that's old news. they make it matter from the states (by matter, i mean 'minds and attention' - like this nyc publicity stunt being handled in the texas office)... ...and opera mini works great on psions, which is great news for all 4,000 owners - versus moving it toward a platform like palm or another usa platform of choice for integrated devices (excluding windows and nokia models)....
as for browsers not catching up, i'd like to imagine that opera consistently ranks high with page display issues. higher than other browsers. missing data for that, just a hunch (some smud).
and heck, that ceo doesn't need a fat paycheck - why bother when you can collateralize your equity with a major european lender (tetzchner holds 17,482,110 shares and 200,000 options in the company)....as for the winner and what that winner looks like, let's just wait and see, okay? i'm not opera bashing, i'm just not using it, so relax before you run with the flag when nobody's even organized the game yet.
hah! quite likely...or maybe somebody is just trying to be an agitator ;)
no, i don't think you're taking it out on me - but you clearly are missing some data points. there are in fact lines between parenting responsibilities and messaging from outside, particularly where parents are not accessible (eg mcdonalds breakfasts and lunches in public schools, when parents are at work - trying to sell against peer pressure is tough) i'm not saying that the onus is now upon these firms to change the ways in which kids interact, but at the very least they might try to reinforce the idea that a meal is a time when humans interact, often with one another and not devices...just makes me sad. and no, i don't do fast food myself, or disney...
i'd appreciate the explanation - excluding that it's likely some employee of opera...
the big banner should just say, "we used to cost money, but now we're free even though many web sites don't display properly, but do note that we invented lots of cool ideas that were adopted by all of our competitors and most people don't know this but most of our core marketing team is in the southern USA area and also we have this mobile browser accelerator that nobody even really uses much because it only works on like ten phones"...and the winner of this contest will be: ideally thin, caucasian and with a hip "opera user look" that the company can deploy in a larger integrated campaign. mark my words: no fat people, burn victims or others in that category of "couldn't work for abercrombie" will win...in fact, my guess is that the winner will be employed by either starbucks or abercrombie, age 22-26, female (tech influencers right now), shoulder length hair that's dark, thin and with a natural look light on cosmetics and wearing only solid colors on the billboard because it will create better contrast with the opera logo...
put up by http://www.davidsaccess.com/ this site http://www.confusingwords.com/ tracks them all! but you gotta remember, when people are cranking out commentary on slashdot, they're going fast...never stop to think much about 'effect/affect' and so on...
well maybe companies like conditor.com or digital chocolate will set those kids into motion (dig choc is trip hawkins co, all about mobile gaming, as is conditor - though note: i'm on the board of conditor ;)
i hear you, but i mean fast food is the physical conduit - device received on site - so in this scenario, the channel is the brick and mortar retailer (initially), unless or until the site offers enhanced content (either the fast food place or disney)...at some point, the brands need to think about the roles they play in the lives of their customers, and where they are relevant, they've got to be considerate of the real consumers for children (read: separating their parents from money)....offend the people in the pew, and you're gonna find nobody to use those computers downstairs at sunday school...
or add to that, "you can bittorrent after dinner" kid: "soy bacon again?" "just eat and i'll tell you where the narnia torrent is, and if you eat the protein shakes, i'll get a kong for you next weekend"
honestly, this kinda crap makes me ill...after hearing more about the mcdonald's and nintendo wifi deal i was already kinda getting heebie jeebies...but this new idea, fast food as a conduit for media distribution - that really is an affront to mankind (uh, okay, that's kinda extreme)...these kids are already struggling with obesity (read the data folks, our kids are mostly fat), and putting more distractions in front of them during quite possibly the only time in which they might eat and interact directly with their parents and siblings is just wrong, absolutely wrong...and since we know it's gonna be all disney ads and crap trailers and advertaintment, what the hell is the point? why not just let the media companies bid directly with parents on ourkids.ebay.com and let parents sell their kids' attention spans in five minute increments to the highest bidding media and product firms?
and did you know that like a tennis ball canister, you can also fart into a pringles can and then leave it in there for some lucky soul to open up later on? i think that's a more promising application.
that is clearly an important film - has mel gibson seen it? i think mel's appearance on south bark was a watershed event, overlooked and overshadowed by his role in 'what women want' ...
i'm worried too, worried that the media will feel a need to water down complex metaphors that might allow for astute viewers to imagine an allegory (whether real or imagined is not the point) - and this is certainly not the first time that this has happened in a film adaptation....1984 did the opposite, it forced the ideas down our throats instead of even leaving room for interpretation...tough line here is getting kids to enjoy a hit movie, spend money and not make parents feel like they've been duped in any way, shape or form...honestly, i think that the most recent harry potter has more profound and clear religious metaphors than this movie (well, maybe at least on par)
as they were intended, cs lewis wanted them read and published in this order - however, the first was considered not hot enough to draw in series readership, and so the original publisher changed the order: 1) the magician's nephew 2) the lion, the witch and the wardrobe (popularized as number 1) 3) the horse and his boy 4) prince caspian 5) the voyage of the dawn treader 6) the silver chair 7) the last battle ...and for explanation, chapter 1 of the real book one, line ONE begins, "this is a story abotu something that happened long ago when your grandfather was a child. it is a very important story because it shows how all the comings and goings between our own world and the land of narnia first began" - so you can see why CS really wanted this book put out first, but the publishers skipped it for the 'battle intensive' second book and so will the producers...most of whom will skip all of book one or factor in bits and elements (the puddles, etc)
...btw, if you like steven wright, here's a tip: he has a place in boston (cambridge area) and hangs out sometimes at the west side lounge on mass ave...just don't bug him. you'll probably see him with a hat on at the far end of the bar..haven't seen him there in eons, though i also haven't been there in just as long...my dream has always been to approach him quietly and then blurt out, "Wow! you're steven wright! you know, i read somewhere"
sorry to pull at this thorny issue, but people are complaining about the tie-ins to the religious themes and messages (eg lazarus rising yadda yadda) - however, the movie pays homage to the author's intended delivery - although fans will note that the story, like the books, is being told out of order (remember, there was a re-issue of the original books in the author's original desired order)...at any rate, what do you expect? this was a religous guy, and the film carefully caters to these themes without pushing them down viewers' throats...i do NOT believe that the amazing special effects are going to be tricking kids into buying some sort of christian message if that's your real concern - and hopefully kids under 10 are with older people (parents, siblings etc)- and the impressive effects serve only to wow the audience, period. what i'm eager to see is how the movie is packaged for bus tours and religous groups (again, that is not me, i'm the most secular heeb you're gonna meet, but i loved these books even as a kid - and when i heard that they were going to be edited with an eye toward theme omission, i ran out to get original copies....good lord, what would ray bradbury think?)