Quad Copters (Again)
Posted May 24th, 2014 @ 01:39pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Getting Started with the DJI Phantom 2
QuadCopter for my Birthday? Still waiting. Here's to 2015?
Posted May 24th, 2014 @ 01:39pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Getting Started with the DJI Phantom 2
QuadCopter for my Birthday? Still waiting. Here's to 2015?
Posted May 23rd, 2014 @ 12:49pm by Erik J. Barzeski
As Publishers Fight Amazon, Books Vanish.
Maybe the U.S. Government should go after Apple again.
Posted May 22nd, 2014 @ 12:34pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Michael Tsai on What Backblaze Doesn't Back Up:
My other concern is that Backblaze doesn't actually back up everything. It fails all but one of the Backup Bouncer tests, discarding file permissions, symlinks, Finder flags and locks, creation dates (despite claims), modification date (timezone-shifted), extended attributes (which include Finder tags and the "where from" URL), and Finder comments. Arq, CrashPlan (as of version 3), SuperDuper, and Time Machine all support all of these. Dropbox supports all of them except creation dates, locks, and symlinks.
That was particularly interesting given John Gruber's canned promos about how it's built by former Apple engineers. Were they good Apple engineers, because that metadata matters.
I'm still using CrashPlan and it's been working beautifully, so far as I can tell.
Posted May 21st, 2014 @ 12:18pm by Erik J. Barzeski
They had a security breach. Log on and update your eBay password if you haven't already.
That is all for this public service announcement.
Posted May 20th, 2014 @ 12:12pm by Erik J. Barzeski
AT&T to Buy DirecTV for $48.5 Billion in Move to Expand Clout
I'm a long-time subscriber to both. I wonder if that will benefit me at all.
Posted May 19th, 2014 @ 12:10pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Stop forcing people to wear bike helmets. Not motorcyclists. Bikers. Bike riders.
There's very little evidence to support the idea that bicycling is terribly dangerous. In fact, wearing a helmet may make you more likely to get in in an accident.
Posted May 18th, 2014 @ 11:57am by Erik J. Barzeski
A video about Bentleys (the cars) shot entirely on an iPhone 5S:
Posted May 17th, 2014 @ 11:53am by Erik J. Barzeski
Panic Blog ยป Coda 2.5 and the Mac App Store and Michael Tsai cover it pretty well.
Coda 2.5 will not be in the App Store, despite winning an Apple Design Award for "Best Mac App Store App" in 2012.
Posted May 16th, 2014 @ 11:45am by Erik J. Barzeski
It's tough to imagine "Don't be Evil" as a motto when one of the founders seems somewhat evil.
Posted May 15th, 2014 @ 10:49am by Erik J. Barzeski
The illusion of life from cento lodigiani on Vimeo.
The 12 basic principles of animation were developed by the 'old men' of Walt Disney Studios, amongst them Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, during the 1930s. Of course they weren't old men at the time, but young men who were at the forefront of exciting discoveries that were contributing to the development of a new art form. These principles came as a result of reflection about their practice and through Disney's desire to use animation to express character and personality. This movie is my personal take on those principles, applied to simple shapes. Like a cube.
Check also the animated gif gallery here the12principles.tumblr.com/.
Posted May 14th, 2014 @ 10:41am by Erik J. Barzeski
Legal Process Guidelines for U.S. Law Enforcement is an interesting read. And not too long.
FaceTime and iMessages are end-to-end encrypted. Third-party apps are safe. Your email, call history, SMS messages, camera rolls (photos/videos), and a few other things are not.
Posted May 13th, 2014 @ 10:39am by Erik J. Barzeski
I'm publishing this post well after the fact (Memorial Day), but Huddler was acquired by Wikia.
Wikia Acquires Huddler - Expands Technology, Team, and Lifestyle Audience in Communities... &
Huddler | Winning with Wikia
Posted May 12th, 2014 @ 02:58pm by Erik J. Barzeski
My friend Josh has a great post on the fit that's necessary between product and marketing.
Posted May 11th, 2014 @ 02:55pm by Erik J. Barzeski
No more salaried employees. It lasted, what, a year or two?
Posted May 10th, 2014 @ 02:50pm by Erik J. Barzeski
Wine was brought and toasts were made to our great future together. About halfway through the dinner he told me he had also brought me a present, but it was under the table, and would I please give him my hand so he could give it to me. I gave him my hand, and he placed it in his unzipped pants.
Yes, this really happened.
This is Heidi Roizen, former Vice President of World Wide Developer Relations for Apple.
Good gosh. ๐