The Future of Inner City Transport?

Is this the future of inner city transportation? This electric "POD" from GM and Segway is supposed to be hitting the streets in 2012. It's a two seater, top speed of 35 mph and does 35 miles on a charge. Imagine in NY, parking would be easy, getting groceries home..easy, zipping up to Dinosaur BBQ from my garment district pad...easy. The only problem is, you would look a complete plonker! Talk about designing something that follows the Bauhaus "form follows function" ethos.  I like the idea of having zippy small, inner city electric cars... something that would cost little to store, better for the environment... but with all the designers in the world, and people looking to make innovative beautiful things...this is what GM could come up with?

Here's Video

Ok just when I thought there was nothing to write about...

My friend Zhanna posted THIS AMAZING VIDEO...enjoy!!!

Back from Vacation

but nothing to write about today!

Back from vacation!!!!

i hope you can see the label. This was a bottle of water I bought yesterday in Grenada airport. 

The AOL Hudsucker Proxy

So some would say, that someone should make a movie about the last two years of AOL, sinceJon Miller was ousted...well they did...it's called the Hudsucker Proxy...

Miller would be Waring Hudsucker

Falco would be Sidney Mussburger

Grant would be Norville Barnes

The basic premise, Hudsucker who had led Hudsucker Industries to major success, dies (or is ousted), the company is taken over by a misplaced ruthless and faceless leader Sidney Mussburger, who's downfall, is an employee, Norville Barnes who rises in the empire even though he has no experience, and fails at everything he does.

"When Waring Hudsucker, head of hugely successful Hudsucker Industries, commits suicide, his board of directors, led by Sidney Mussberger, comes up with a brilliant plan to make a lot of money: appoint a moron to run the company. When the stock falls low enough, Sidney and friends can buy it up for pennies on the dollar, take over the company, and restore its fortunes. They choose idealistic Norville Barnes, who just started in the mail room. Norville is whacky enough to drive any company to ruin, but soon, tough reporter Amy Archer smells a rat and begins an undercover investigation of Hudsucker Industries."

Amazing coincidence, or is this all a plot? Someone get Oliver Stone on the Phone!!!!

AT&T sucks but can I give up the iPhone?

I have an iPhone...I ran out and got it three days after they came out, and yes it's sexy, it still makes me think it's the best phone out there but there's one problem, AT&T sucks!

With my iPhone I do the following on a regular basis:

1: Listen to music

2: Make calls (obviously)

3: Use the visual voice mail

4: Automatically synch my calendar with my laptop

5: Text messages

6: Check my stocks

7: Check the weather, (at the moment I track weather in 10 cities around the world)

8: Check Facebook

9: I have 28 "apps" on the phone, from games to Bloomberg finance

I0: I have thousands of photos on the phone, some from my laptop and most taken on the phone.

11: Surf the web

12: Watch TV shows

13: Check maps, especially in NY

14: Use the alarm

15: I keep notes

16:Synch my contacts with my laptop

What I don't do on the iPhone... watch You Tube videos, or mail, the mail sucks on the iPhone, I have a Blackberry just for that.

So can I give up the 16 above points to replace the crappy AT&T service?  I repeatedly get dropped calls, bad lines, late voice mails, or no service at all.  Verizon is much better in my opinion as a network.

I'm on the fence...I love my iPhone but is there a better option out there????

Is Apple the next big media company?

As many of you will know, I am a huge Applephile.  Have been ever since we got the very first Apple MacIntosh in the offices of "Coming Next Magazine" in Newcastle many many years ago.  Over the past ten years Apple has gone from a provider of high end computers to people in the graphics community, to being one of the strongest brands in the world.

Apple has transformed itself into a company that is responsible for delivering the majority of people their digital media. They still make amazing computers, but with the advent of the iPod they literally revolutionized the music industry, then providing TV on the iPod and movies, iTunes, Apple TV, and now delivering High Def programming and films for rent off iTunes, they are the conduit to everyone's digital future.

If you can deliver the goods, have a brand that people not only trust, but also covet, then why don't you start to make the content as well?  I believe that the company could become a media giant making, distributing, and owning content. They'll still have to distribute very else's content, but if Apple can package their goods so well, imagine how well they would package their programming.

Apple's ubiquitous presence in millions of peoples lives through computers, iPods, cell phones make them the most connected company out there. Other media companies have some elements, but Apples is the digital Valhalla!