Just got my Nabaztag hooked up to Twitter! Welcome Twitter people to Thinglestag!
Reading about the Epson Stylus Pro 3800 and trying to convince myself I need one.
Interested in a Minneapolis WordCamp?
I’m conducting a quick test to see how much interest there would be in hosting a Minneapolis WordCamp. WordCamp is an unconference focused on WordPress users and developers, including general topics on blogging as well.
I’ve put a wiki page up at where you can read more and link to additional information about WordCamps. If you would like to see an event like this happen, put your name on the sign up sheet!
Please help spread the word and tell your friends that may be interested in this event about it too!
At coffee shop, noting how different it is when two women chat at a coffee shop versus two men. So completely different. Freaky.
Got a NabazTag from my wife for Valentines day. Can’t wait to connect it to Twitter!
Struggling to keep my personal mailbox under control. Email is a virus.
Holy crap! Apple TV’s now show up as AirTunes remote speakers. How cool! Just had 3 systems all playing the same music from my desktop.
One of the tweets highlighted in my MarketWatch Farewell Video.
Upgrading third and final Apple TV to 2.0. So far I’m really impressed with the new features. I especially love the Flickr integration!
Apple TV Take 2 Initial Impressions
Today brought the Apple TV faithful a big win with the release of Apple TV Take 2, or more appropriately the Apple TV 2.0 Software. Being the proud owner of three Apple TV’s I was eager to get this update applied.
I was a bit surprised at how quickly it installed. I guess I was expecting a good 30 to 45 minute install but it only took about 10 minutes even with all the reboots. The install was painless and simple with no issues.
On reboot you are greeted to a new introduction movie that has a Leopard feel to it and immediately you are dropped on a screen with a bunch of movies in the background. My reaction is that the new Apple TV does a dramatically better job at highlighting the nature of the unit – watching and listening to media.
The basic result of the upgrade is that Apple TV is now a 1st class citizen on your network. It no longer is just an appendage to your iTunes library, but can now purchase music and other content directly. I’m very happy with the upgrade and expect it will increase Apple TV usage significantly in our household.
I’ll leave an in-depth review to a professional reviewer. Let me just say that I’m particularly happy with the Flickr integration. I’m all of a sudden wishing that more of my friends really used Flickr so I could see their photos in my living room. It’s really great and just makes me wish even more that Flickr was natively on my iPhone. Patience.
The other thing that I was completely surprised by was that the Apple TV now support AirTunes. I didn’t hear anything about this prior to the release today and its pretty cool. I was able to have my computer pipe the same music to three Apple TV’s in the house, totally synchronized. Great party feature or just when you want to listen to music while wandering all over the house. Really happy with this new feature! Might even get me to buy an AirTunes unit or two to extend to the last couple of places in the house.
Now if someone would just make a decent, small set of speakers to go with it!