By John Gruber
WorkOS launches auth.md — an open protocol for agent registration.
Linked List: February 13, 2008
Wednesday, 13 February 2008
- Yahoo-MySpace: A Microsoft Alternative, But A Bad Deal ★
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Henry Blodget on the rumored talks between Yahoo and News Corp.
- iLounge Compares Apple TV 2.0 vs. Blu-Ray, DVD, and HD Cable On-Demand ★
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The verdict is exactly what you’d expect: Apple TV video and audio quality is better than HD Cable or upscaled DVD, but not as good as Blu-ray.
- Disable Automatic Spaces ‘Swooshing’ With Hidden Preference in 10.5.2 ★
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10.5.2 has a new defaults preference that prevents Spaces from jumping you to a different space when you, say, Command-Tab. I’ve been trying it today, and while it’s better in some ways, it makes things worse in others. My core criticism remains: that Spaces is intended for partitioning apps, not tasks.
- Craig Hockenberry on iPhone App Development ★
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Advice and perspective based on his experience hacking on a jailbroken iPhone. My hunch is that writing sanctioned apps via the upcoming SDK is going to be pretty damn similar.
- Best Craigslist Ad Ever ★
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Craigslist ad for $1 cement blocks: “You want the blocks? Come get the fucking blocks and give me one dollar for every block you take. How fucking hard is that? You don’t have to tell me what you’re building. I don’t give a fuck.”
- Palm Ranks Last in Mobile Phone Satisfaction ★
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You know it’s bad when you place below Motorola. Let’s share another laugh at Palm CEO Ed Colligan’s November 2006 remarks regarding Apple’s prospects in the phone market: “We’ve learned and struggled for a few years here figuring out how to make a decent phone. PC guys are not going to just figure this out. They’re not going to just walk in.”
- Don’t Make Me Dig Up All Those Stories From the Past Year Wherein iPhone Doubters Warned Us That Helio Was a Serious Threat ★
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Owen Thomas at Valleywag reports:
Helio has hired Goldman Sachs, we hear. Signing up a banker is usually a sign that a company is putting itself up for sale.
I wonder why Microsoft bought Danger — whose Hiptop mobile software architecture is based on Java — rather than Helio, whose phones appeal to the same target audience as Danger’s
but which (the phones) are based on Windows Mobile.I really can’t see what Microsoft plans to do with Danger. What are they going to do with a Java platform?Update: I was wrong. Apparently Helio’s system is Java-based, too. Not sure why I thought it was based on Windows Mobile. Sure is ugly, though.
- Bruce Schneier on Security vs. Privacy ★
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Bruce Schneier:
Since 9/11, approximately three things have potentially improved airline security: reinforcing the cockpit doors, passengers realizing they have to fight back and — possibly — sky marshals. Everything else — all the security measures that affect privacy — is just security theater and a waste of effort.
