Rich Rosen on O'Reilly Broadcast tag:broadcast.oreilly.com,2008-08-07://53 2009-07-07T19:41:50Z Movable Type Pro 4.21-en Gmail's Labels Now More Like Folders: A Good Thing? tag:broadcast.oreilly.com,2009://53.37452 2009-07-07T19:41:50Z 2009-07-07T19:41:50Z Gmail had a great idea: replacing the limitations of hierarchical folders with the flexibility of labels. Now they are promoting the notion that they've "improved" Gmail by making labels work more like folders. How is that an improvement? Rich Rosen http://www.neurozen.com/website/ Gmail had a great idea: replacing the limitations of hierarchical folders with the flexibility of labels. Now they are promoting the notion that they've "improved" Gmail by making labels work more like folders. How is that an improvement? There's a newspaper in my iPhone tag:broadcast.oreilly.com,2009://53.35895 2009-04-17T23:14:35Z 2009-04-17T23:14:35Z As the "death of the newspaper" gets continuing coverage (mostly on television), new apps bring the New York Times, USA Today, and now The Wall Street Journal, to your iPhone. I have to ask: why do these apps look so much alike? is there a hidden danger that they might be confused with each other? Looking for an alternative to apps provided by these long-lived journalistic institutions, I decided to download the USA Today iPhone app to see if they did things any differently. While I wouldn't want to see the Times or the Journal mimicking USA Today's look-and-feel, they could learn a thing or two from some of the advanced techniques that USA Today employed. Rich Rosen http://www.neurozen.com/website/ As the "death of the newspaper" gets continuing coverage (mostly on television), new apps bring the New York Times, USA Today, and now The Wall Street Journal, to your iPhone. I have to ask: why do these apps look so much alike? is there a hidden danger that they might be confused with each other? Looking for an alternative to apps provided by these long-lived journalistic institutions, I decided to download the USA Today iPhone app to see if they did things any differently. While I wouldn't want to see the Times or the Journal mimicking USA Today's look-and-feel, they could learn a thing or two from some of the advanced techniques that USA Today employed. At last, a new Mac mini... tag:broadcast.oreilly.com,2009://53.35518 2009-03-05T21:35:17Z 2009-03-05T21:35:17Z This week, Apple finally announced a long-awaited upgrade to the Mac mini product line. If you're an Apple watcher, you may recall that at MacWorld earlier this year, anticipation was high that Apple would be announcing an update to... Rich Rosen http://www.neurozen.com/website/ This week, Apple finally announced a long-awaited upgrade to the Mac mini product line. If you're an Apple watcher, you may recall that at MacWorld earlier this year, anticipation was high that Apple would be announcing an update to... Macworld: Where did the Mac mini go? tag:broadcast.oreilly.com,2009://53.34868 2009-01-06T21:14:47Z 2009-01-06T21:14:47Z Everyone seemed to be anticipating that a new version of the Mac mini would be announced at the Macworld conference today. But then... nothing. Rich Rosen http://www.neurozen.com/website/ Everyone seemed to be anticipating that a new version of the Mac mini would be announced at the Macworld conference today. But then... nothing.