Commentary by Kendall Whitehouse
Author: Kendall Whitehouse
USA Today has an interview with new Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen which includes his view of how Adobe hopes to "marry the power of the desktop with the Web" with applications developed with Adobe's AIR. As a concrete illustration of the type of functionality an AIR app could provide, Narayen points to Apple's iTunes: Look … Continue reading USA Today Interview with New Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen
Some ZDNet bloggers appear to be on a quest to get Microsoft's Ray Ozzie to communicate more. On November 21, Dan Faber asked "Where in the world is Ray Ozzie?." And now ZDNet's Microsoft columnist, Mary Jo Foley, observes that Ozzie isn't currently listed as a keynote presenter at this year's MIX conference. Foley's piece … Continue reading ZDNet Asks ‘Where’s Ozzie?’ One Answer: In Knowledge@Wharton
In the world of David Lynch, there are no coincidences. Or maybe everything is coincidence. But in the Lynchian world, coincidences are full of meaning. Consider, for example, Lynch's explanation of the title of his most recent feature film, INLAND EMPIRE, in his book Catching the Big Fish: THE NAME One day, still very early in … Continue reading Twin Peaks meets INLAND EMPIRE
On my one night out in downtown Chicago while attending Adobe's MAX 2007 conference, I visited the Billy Goat Tavern, the place made famous by the Saturday Night Live skit with John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd that gave us the catchphrases "cheezborger, cheezborger, cheezborger," "no fries -- cheeps" and "no Coke -- Pepsi." In contrast … Continue reading Cheezborgers and the Underground World
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