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Microsoft did a “blind taste test” with a group that thought they were looking at the NEXT version of Windows - code-name Mojave.

Some of the clips showing the reaction of people that had preconceptions about Vista are pretty classic.

First, the “Oh Really?” group: http://www.mojaveexperiment.com/#/?video=v12

Then the main site: http://www.mojaveexperiment.com/

I like Vista myself, even though I am now on a Mac every day - I run Vista on it in VMware Fusion.

Nicely done, Microsoft (could have been done in Silverlight instead of Flash - perhaps after the Olympics drive more Silverlight adoption, ok?)

written by rob

I watched this movie this morning – it was lent by a friend, and I had no idea what it was about. 

It is a musical.

And normally that would have ended my review (and viewing) – there are few musicals I have enjoyed enough to watch all the way through.

If you enjoy music by The Beatles you will almost certainly enjoy this film. 

The movie is a kaleidoscope of the sounds and images of the turbulent 1960’s.  I really enjoyed not just the sound track, but the storyline.

Definitely worth a watch.

Across the Universe is a 2007 Academy Award-nominated musical film produced by Revolution Studios and distributed by Columbia Pictures. It was released in the United States on October 12, 2007. The script is based on an original story credited to Julie Taymor, Dick Clement, and Ian La Frenais that incorporates 33 compositions written by members of The Beatles. The film, directed by Taymor, stars Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, Joe Anderson, and T.V. Carpio, and it introduces Dana Fuchs and Martin Luther McCoy as actors. There are cameo appearances made by Bono, Eddie Izzard, Joe Cocker, Salma Hayek, and others.

Across the Universe (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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PhotoCycle is a new Video Show with Robert Scoble, Thomas Hawk and Marc Silber.

It hasn’t launched yet, but here is a little teaser.  This is one show I am really looking forward to!

If the video embed below doesn’t work, here is the direct link. 

First, we’ll, be taking you to meet some of the true masters of photography such as our walk with Annie Leibovitz through her show. She told us how she got some of her remarkable shots, for example her nude Vanity Fair cover of Demi Moore.  As Annie told it “Demi led the shoot and dropped her dress”

We’ll also be checking in with the family of photography masters such as our trip  to Yosemite with Michael Adams, Ansel’s son where he told us stories such as how Ansel got his famous shot of the moon over half dome, taken on his way to happy hour—just like you or I could have!

We’ll stop at Wildcat Hill, Edward Weston’s home and stand where he shot many of his famous images and talk with his grandson Kim, who by the way also shoots nudes—should be interesting.

We’ll be going on classic PhotoWalks where we strike out to accessible, photo-rich locations to see shots, discuss how to get them and again learn from these experiences.

We’ll also be exploring the business side of photography to get an inside view of making a living with photography.

Finally we’ll be passing along weekly tips and tricks to better your craft. We’ll learn from those who have mastered digital photography.

PhotoCycle will take you to meet some of the world’s top innovators in photography, yet I’ll be tailoring the show to you and your interests.

written by rob

The "Deep Zoom" Feature in Microsoft Silverlight (Silverlight 2 beta 1) is pretty cool.  To play with it I made a collection of some of my daughters artwork.

Silverlight lets you zoom in, drag the page around, double click to zoom, etc.

Click on the picture to open a new browser window.  If you don’t have Silverlight installed, you can get it here.  You will need it to watch the Olympics on NBC.com anyway

written by rob tags: Silverlight

I started getting some hits from Alltop.com a few weeks ago - not many, and never seemingly from the same URL.  I dismissed them.  Of course, I follow Guy Kawasaki in Twitter (and he follows me) - so I know well what Alltop is.

Alltop aggregates RSS feed - "the best of the blogs" but they also sort them by category - and they have a lot of categories.

Today I got a dozen hits from http://life.alltop.com before I wondered what was up.  So I went and looked.  If you scroll down a bit, there is my blog, on the left.

I think the "life" section is probably where my blog belongs - because I talk way more about personal stuff than tech - and when I do talk tech, it’s normally personal!

About an hour later I got an email from Guy Kawasaki telling me they added me to Alltop - a canned email, but that’s cool.

So how did my blog make it?  My Technorati rank is ok - I’ve been in the top 100k often.  My subscribers via FeedBurner isn’t huge - averages 115 people/month.  So how did I get any attention?

I can only guess it was via Twitter.  Depending on who is online and active I may or may not Twit about a new blog post.  If I think it fits the (current) audience, I will.

Twitter gives you a huge voice.  But I’ve found I moderate (usually) what I Twit about depending on who is online, and active.  My Twitter friends online in the daytime are mostly different from those online at 1am.

And I appreciate that Alltop included my blog - it is just another way to make a new connection.

written by rob tags: Alltop, Guy Kawasaki, Twitter