After watching this video and seeing the September iPod announcements and the new Apple TV; it really solidifies even more the direction that I think Apple is headed.  If they get there watch out, it will be amazing!!  Think of ubiquitous computing to the next level.  Your TV is connected to your network and you can push video or anything else to it.

I can use my iPad to push a Keynote that I am working on to the TV to check the scale and get an idea of how it will look.  I will be able to put up a spreadsheet and a website I am working from and other resources.  Using the Apple TV and the iPad, iPod Touch, or iPhone.  It allows for a family or coworkers to share and collaborate in the office.  It moves us closer to the Star Trek interface.  Where the screen changes and we can use voice commands to navigate, work, and interact with the computers that will surround us.

What really surprised me was that the TUAW writer didn’t even get to these points.  He missed the kid pushing his project to the ‘chalk board’ from his hand-held device.

The future is coming and Apple is bringing it!!!

iron wil

I agree that we are in part a product of our environment and that of our parents and grandparents.  I recognize that my parents paradigm and that of my grandparents has had an influence and impact upon my own personality and perception of the world around me.  I also recognize that my view of the world will impact my children and how they view their world.

I am also acutely aware of the course my life has taken and how that has shaped my life and my career.  I once considered a much quieter life on a ranch or farm.  I could have pursued that life and I would probably have been a very different person than I am now.  I would not have the love and drive to understand technology that I have; nor the desire to understand how technology influences our lives.  I am very interested in how we use technology and its impact on each societal group.

How does Mr. Gladwell view choice in the consequence of their history and paradigm of the world.

iron wil

Dvorak’s US CIO dustup, Fred Figglehorn, Samsung TL225, XML patents, and more.

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Jay Adelson, Brian Brushwood, Patrick Norton, and John C. Dvorak

Show Notes

MacBreak Weekly 154: Graceful Degradation

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Alex Lindsay, Andy Ihnatko, and Merlin Mann

iPhone becomes #1 Flickr camera, iTunes 69% of music sales, Tom Tom iPhone GPS, Quake Live, and more.

Show Notes

Security Now 210: Listener Feedback 73

Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte

Security news and listeners’ questions…

Show Notes

Windows Weekly 119: The Solitary Pleasures of Enterprise Computing

Hosts: Paul Thurrott and Leo Laporte

Which Windows 7 should you buy? Bing continues to surprise and Windows Live Movie Maker ships…

Show Notes

This Week In Google 4: Filers vs. Pilers

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Gina Trapani, Jeff Jarvis, and Kevin Marks

Extracting meaning from your Twitter feed, what Wave is, and isn’t, and the Google-Apple conspiracy…

Show Notes

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Google Chrome, set-top box wars, Xbox 360 price cuts, PicasaWeb, and more.

• Chrome: Google’s full frontal assault on Microsoft
• Xbox 360 price cuts
• Office Live Workspace users reach one million mark; software and services vs. cloud computing
• Battle of the set-top boxes: Apple TV, Media Center Extenders, Roku (Netflix), Popcorn Hour, and New Xbox 360 (60 GB)
• Amazon Video On Demand

Tips of the week:

• Using Chrome for Web applications
• Standalone gMail and Google Calendar (also, PicasaWeb, etc.)

Software of the week:

• Google Picasa 3 Beta (and Picasa Web Albums update)
• Roboform
• Microsoft AutoCollage 2008

Audible pick of the week: All the President’s Men, Unabridged, By Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, Narrated by Richard Poe. For a free audiobook, visit Audible.com/windows.

Check out Paul’s blog at http://www.internet-nexus.com and the SuperSite for Windows http://winsupersite.com for more information.

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This was the first time I have watched a Keynote. Despite Steve’s mistakes [which were a big deal to some], I really enjoyed his enthusiasm about the new Apple products.

My confession . . . I am a Mac Fanboy. Yeah, My friends have threatened intervention and my Bloodbrother has let me know that I have chosen the Dark Side of the Force. In my journey this last year to the Mac Platform I have come across a few challenges. My wife has adapted well, she is downloading her own apps [applications] and finding things for the 2 year old.

Speaking of which, I can’t begin to describe how much I really like the parental controls for the Mac granted #1 is still to small for random page surfing, or getting eMail from strangers; however, his account is set and locked. We are giving him time on it and putting him on sites like StarFall. Which he loves.

We are discovering new things about it regularly. It may or may not be perfect; but it is a great platform. No, I won’t go into all it’s glory. I don’t like to pontificate.

iron wil