Derek Powazek
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Q: Why did Apple move the iTunes window buttons? A: 8 pixels. http://flic.kr/p/8xDeL1
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There are days when I just shouldn't be communicating. Unfortunately, I only learn this after I've said a thing or three. Logging out.
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Gardenpeeps: Wellspring's clearance plants are some of my favorites, and cheap! http://bit.ly/a2ZT05
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Added to the list of reasons I might block you: you're an idiot.
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Here's mine. Dot whoa is right. http://c.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZConnections.woa/wa/viewProfile?userId=9390659
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To get your Ping profile URL, go to your profile, right/control-click your name, select "Copy Link," and then marvel at the URL from 1996.
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Okay, so it seems like you can somehow make a link to your Ping profile, but I can't figure out how, and if I can't, most won't.
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Today's happy place: Beating the Heat, with Bugsley Dante http://flic.kr/p/8xyhG6
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Ping has as much reason to be in iTunes as Buzz had to be in Gmail.
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iTunes Ping feels like Apple asking me to paint a fence.
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Why should I create a Ping profile when it's sequestered in an app, offline, and impossible to link to or share via email or Twitter?
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The audience iTunes Ping is aimed at is already on Facebook. So what does Ping offer that Facebook doesn't? Nothing that I can see
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Remember when Apple had "virtual postcards" you could send from their website? Ping reminds me of that.
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And then there were TWO http://flic.kr/p/8xumc5
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The iPhone 4's camera is so great. Apple really missed an opportunity by not including it on the new iPod Touch.
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I know about the remote app, but I can't always have my phone by the TV.
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Looks like the Apple TV remote is still IR, so you can't hide the box. Too bad.
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So I have to buy a new display for my $99 Apple TV? Bummer.
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Personally, I love amateur hour.
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He perked right up when demoing iTV, though. He said: "this isn't amateur hour" when discussing the content people want. Telling.
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Steve Jobs looked positively morose when demoing iTunes Ping. His heart is just not in social networking.
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When politicians try to scare you with "San Francisco Values," here's what they're talking about: http://powazek.com/posts/2686
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“It takes no compromising to give people their rights. It takes no money to respect the individual.” – Harvey Milk, 1973
