Point: “…focusing after the fact, means no auto-focus motor. No auto-focus motor means no shutter delay. So, capture the moment you meant to capture…” Counterpoint: “The Descriptive Camera works a lot like a regular camera—point it at subject and press the shutter button to capture the scene. However, instead of producing an image, this prototype …
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
The Second Falling
“The screen’s gotten better, but when’s the last time you saw an iPhone app do something that made you go, ‘Whoa! I didn’t know that was possible!?’” – Alexis Madrigal “Apple’s momentum will carry it for 24-48 months. But without the arrival of a new charismatic leader it will move from being a great company …
Richard Branson Should Buy Chumby
Out of the Garden
iOS or Andriod?
Dreams and APIs
To the Pain!
Last-Minute Lunch
On the way back from my Monday morning meeting, I was pulled into the Rainbow to pick up a baguette, some cheese, and salami. Yes, one of my favorite lunches – but why now, why today? Turns out, I had a very important, last-minute lunch meeting:
Wobble more.
“So I got this new attitude. Now that I am burned out and I’ll never accomplish anything, I’ve got this nice position at the university teaching classes which I rather enjoy, and just like I read the Arabian Nights for pleasure, I’m going to play with physics, whenever I want to, without worrying about any …
Beware of Geeks Bearing Platforms
“Building on top of someone elses (Apple’s) platform is getting scarier and scarier. They are constantly making sweeping changes that effect our bottom line and provide no transparency, or analytics of almost any kinds, for devs. If I didn’t know better I’d say apple hates devs and thinks of us only as a necessary evil… …