Linked List: January 12, 2009

Monday, 12 January 2009

Runnin’ With the Songsmith 

Not sure why people are making fun of Songsmith, sounds great to me.

Apple at CES? 

I’m with Tom Krazit on this: I think it’s very unlikely Apple would want anything to do with CES. I think it’s far more likely that these rumors are plants from CES, in an attempt to draw third-party exhibitors from Macworld Expo next year, than that they’re true.

I see no reason to doubt what Phil Schiller told David Pogue last week: January is just a bad month for Apple and they just don’t care about trade shows any more.

By Any Other Name 

Mandy Brown:

The ebook is an experiment, a study of possibilities, an idea in search of a name.

(Via Jason Santa Maria.)

Microsoft Songsmith 

“Microsoft, huh? So it’s pretty easy to use?”

David Letterman’s Top 10 George W. Bush Moments 

I just keep watching over and over.

Jason Santa Maria Leaves Happy Cog 

Zeldman’s take is, as usual, a must-read.

Happy Birthday, HAL 

“I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992. My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you’d like to hear it I can sing it for you.”