Thursday, June 12, 2008
Jake's Quote of the Day
Manage the top line which is your strategy, your talented people, and your execution, and the the bottom line will take care of itself–and I have always found that to be the case. –Steve Jobs
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
The Upcoming 3G Apple iPhone...
Two days ago, Steve Jobs showed off the upcoming 3G iPhone. I will be covering the introduction and once I obtain one, I will write a review.
I own a computer design company named BulletTrain and we are working on creating a new computing paradigm that has a handheld computing component.
I actually sat down with Steve Jobs three years ago on August 28, 2005 at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, in the Apple boardroom and gave Steve Jobs a preview of my BulletTrain Computing platform.
At the time, long before the introduction of the original iPhone, I showed Steve Jobs scale models of my iPhone design, which was remarkably similar to the upcoming 3G iPhone. At some point I will likely post some photos on this blog of the iPhone models I showed Steve Jobs, and of course they still have Steve Jobs fingerprints all over them.
I actually wrote a seminal 5 part series on the future of hand-held computing that was published on the web called "Thoughts On The Future Of Handheld Computing."
In my article, I clearly defined what I thought the future of handheld computing was. My design predictions were remarkably accurate. I wrote the article in August of 2003 after a meeting I had with Jeff Hawkins, the inventor of the original Palm Pilot.
It is amazing because in 2003, I basically defined many of the form, function and software features that made it into the iPhone. Don't get me wrong, I am not suggesting that Steve Jobs stole my ideas, I think it is just a coincidence, but fascinating non-the-less.
You can read my 2003 article named Thoughts On The Future Of Handheld Computing here.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Jake's Quote of The Day...
Great Minds Discuss Ideas, Average Minds Discuss Events & Small Minds Discuss People. –Anon
Sent in by Beautiful Nadine...
Monday, June 9, 2008
Radically Simple...
CEO of ATT Wireless talks to The Wall Street Journal about the power of simplicity and Long Term Thinking & The iPhone.
Jake's Quote of the Day
First we shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us." —Winston Churchill
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Jake's Quote of the Day
A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool. —Joseph Roux
Apple World Wide Developer Conference and Analysis Coming...
As many of you know, I am in the tech-business and own computer company named BulletTrain. Apple's World Wide Developers Conference starts tomorrow & I will be covering all the details, including the announcemtent of the 3G iPhone...
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Bodum Pavina Double Wall Thermal Glass Review
Want to see something really cool that is also really useful? Bodum makes these super-cool hand-blown 12 ounce double-walled thermal drinking glasses that keep warm drinks warm and cold drinks cold while the outside surface of the glass maintains comfortable room temperature.
This way if you have a cold drink your hand won't get cold when you pick up the glass—same with hot drinks—just like a Thermos. The Bodum Pavina glasses have a magical, otherworldly modern look.
Boudum Pavina glasses are hand-blown from super-pure borosilicate glass, so each glass has a very slight variation. Borosilicate glass is typically used in making optically clear scientific lab gear, which in this case makes the liquid look like it is floating inside the inner chamber.
Because each glass is hand-blown, and lighter in weight (about the same thickness as a wine glass), they are more fragile than regular glasses. Beauty, of course, is typically fragile, so you have to be more careful with these glasses than with regular glasses. For instance, you want to avoid using metal spoons and make sure if you put ice in the glass you don't drop it in like you would with a normal glass.
One thing is certain about the Bodum Pavina glasses: they certainly make a dramatic modern statement. They look really, really cool and they maintain your cold or warm drink temperature perfectly...form flawlessly following function. What more could you want!?!
I have have been using these Bodum Pavina drinking glasses for years now and whenever I hand somebody a drink in one of the Pavina glasses they are always so impressed with the coolness of the design. It is interesting, because even when I use them by myself, I always trip on how cool they look and how functional they are. They really are very useful works of art.
As you can see below the Bodum Pavina drinking glasses come in all sizes. You can have the Bodum Pavina Glasses delivered to your home or office by just clicking on an Amazon affiliate link below:
Jake's Quote of the Day
The ability to accept responsibility is the measure of the man. —Roy L. Smith
Lamborghini Gallardo Italian Police Car...
Italians are so stylish!!! They have this Lamborghini Gallardo Polizia Car that has 500 horsepower, coming from a V-10 engine with a top speed of 190 mph!!!
Friday, June 6, 2008
The Best Apple Podcast with Leo Laporte...
The best podcaster I know of is Leo Laporte and if you are into Mac's the Macbreak Weekly Podcast is the absolute best...
You can listen to it or download it free at:
Leo Laporte is the host with his awesome team of brilliant Mac experts that include, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, Merlin Mann, and Scott Bourne...
If you have not heard the MacBreak weekly podcast, you will love it!!!!
Jake's Quote of the Day
It's a funny thing about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it! —Somerset Maugham
Go Speed Racer...
I saw Speed Racer last night in a movie theater with my uncle. As anybody who knows me well will tell you, I hate movie theaters and almost never set foot in them because people do really strange and distracting things in theaters, like talk on their cell phone, or text message.
Of course, last night was no exception to the rule. My uncle kept yawning profusely. I had to put my hand up as a blinder because he was driving me crazy. Also he kept taking off his glasses because his eyes were watering. I can't blame him because he loves watching movies, but he had never seen the original cartoon of Speed Racer, so he had no frame of reference.
The thing that really drove me crazy, was there was a family sitting behind us with an infant who was not crying, but kept randomly making loud baby noises. People, don't take infants to movies!!!! Also, somebody in the family was literally slurping on a Slurpee and kept slurping it really loud, toward the end of the Icee. I wanted to jump over the seats and attack the people, who clearly had no common sense or manners.
O.K. So enough of my ranting about how I can't stand the movie theaters.
Speed Racer was very well done. It could have been better, but it was extremely true to the original in a way, I don't think I have ever seen a movie made. Every detail was exact. The Wachowski Brothers of "The Matrix" fame wrote, directed and produced Speed Racer.
I was amazed because there was not one example of product placement in the entire movie. Not one. Speed Racer was not drinking Coke or Pepsi. I can't remember the last time I saw a movie or TV show devoid of product placement?
I would give the movie a Thumbs Up, if you were a fan of the original Japanese cartoon. I am looking forward to watching Speed Racer on DVD without having to deal with people yawning loud, babies talking, or somebody slurping a Slurpee.
When I was a little kid, I used to love watching Speed Racer.
When I was younger I wanted to be an automotive designer, but I realized American manufactures had zero commitment to excellence so I ended up going into clothing design, then into computer User Interface and Hardware design.
Go Speed Racer, Go Speed Racer, Go Speed Racer, Go!!!!
One thing is for certain about the Speed Racer movie, the props and graphics are incredible looking, and even though the Mach 5 is really cool, the Mack 6 is off the hook cool!!!
More on Speed Racer...
So Here is the deal: I can't seem to get the Speed Racer song out of my head, so I thought I would share the words with you:
Speed Racer Lyrics
Here he comes. Here comes Speed Racer,
he's a demon on wheels!!!
He's a demon and he's gonna be chasin' after someone.
He's gainin' on you so you better look alive.
He's busy revvin' up a powerful Mach 5.
And when the odds are against him and there's dangerous work to do,
you bet your life Speed Racer will see it through.
Go Speed Racer,
Go Speed Racer,
Go Speed Racer, Go!
He's off and flyin' as he guns the car around the track
He's jammin' down the pedal like he's never comin' back
Adventure's waitin' just ahead.
Go Speed Racer
Go Speed Racer
Go Speed Racer, Go!
I remember in this scene from the movie, all the other cars looked like Hot Wheels to me:
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Jake's Quote of the Day
A genius only makes the same mistake once. —Kevin Roberts (Satchi & Satchi add agency CEO)
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Apple iMac...The Best Desktop Design Ever...
In my opinion as a designer, the current iMac is the best desktop computer ever made.
I very, very highly recommend the Apple iMac...
One of the things people always look for when they first see the iMac is the computer. They think they are looking at the monitor and don't understand the entire computer including power supply and the DVD player is inside this single unit.
It is amazing how trim and streamlined the iMac for factor is, but the most amazing thing is how powerful and fast it is.
The iMac comes in two sizes. A 24 inch pictured above and the 20 inch pictured below.
I highly recommend spending more and getting the 24 inch for 2 key reasons.
First, it allows you to lay out two full size pages so you can compare thinks side by side or keep 2 programs on the screen at the same time. The second reason, is because for some strange reason, Apple used a low quality LCD in the 20 inch.
The 20 inch look o.k. straight on but the off angle viewing looks awful. In other words if you are working with somebody and the are looking at the screen form the side it is hard to see.
Why Apple cut corners on this is beyond me!?!
The iMac comes standard with Apples new super thin keyboard which is a drastic improvement over the last generation Apple Keyboard. There is also a slot load for inserting CDs and DVDs on the right side of the iMac.
Many people seek out my opinion when they are going to purchase a new computer because they know I do so much research into them and that I am computer design expert and Apple enthusiast.
I have turned many people on to the iMac and they ALL tell me they absolutely love it. You can't go wrong with the iMac.
Never Before Contactated Amazon Tribe Photographed Near Peru-Brazil Border...
The Survival International photos in this story are of a never seen before Tribe that lives in the Amazon Basin that were taken in May of 2008.
The never before contacted tribe lives near the border with Peru in the Brazillian State of Acre.
Survival International estimate there to be more than 100 tribes worldwide that have never had contact with the outside world.
For some reason I find these photographs to be absolutely fascinating. I find the woman covered in black (could be a dude) to be really interesting looking.
It almost looks like they are wearing a Cat woman Costume.
I wonder two things: First, is what did that person do to make themselves blacker than night? and secondly, why did they completely cover themselves in black? The non-verbal body language is also fascinating.
In the two images above Amazon Tribesman are trying to shoot arrows at the Airplane taking the photos.
I think the most amazing part is to take into consideration how differently the remembers of the tribes life's must be compared to that of the average American.
To me, the people in the photo look like wild animals, and I bet if they saw me they would think the same thing. Human beings, including myself, tend to be so anthropocentric. We seem to forget that we are mammals and not machines.
Looking at these photos makes me feel like I am on the original Star Trek, exploring a distant civilization. As Mr. Spock would say, "Fascinating Captain."
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