Archive for November, 2005

iTunes prices on the rise

Wednesday, November 16th, 2005

From the Wall Street Journal and BetaNews, rumblings today about Apple possibly introducing variable pricing in their iTunes Music Store, at the behest of the music industry. Songs by popular artists would be more than $.99 and lesser-known artists would be priced at $.99 or lower. The music industry has been pressuring Apple and Steve Jobs to introduce this almost since the iTunes Music Store was launched.

Read the entire article from The Unofficial Apple Weblog.

Career choices

Monday, November 14th, 2005

I’ve been asked many times, if you weren’t a web developer, what would you have been? Well, I’ve given it some thought and below you’ll find a few things I’d like to have tried:

  1. astronaut
  2. physical therapist
  3. bike messenger
  4. a cartoonist
  5. pilot

Maybe I’d better stick to web design…

Between You and Me

Saturday, November 12th, 2005

I wanted to share a great short film that won Best Cinematography at the Gotham City Short Film Festival this year. The short, shot entirely with still images on a Canon 20D, and then edited together into a short film.

The film entitled “Between You and Me” is by Patry Krebisz.

Authors of the New Vernacular

Friday, November 11th, 2005

Seems the fine folks over at Crashpod have been hard at work redefining pop culture. While credit is being tossed my way for bringing life to the GhettoSnake, there’s more on the way (see coming soon).

GHETTO SNAKE: Noun | Vertibrate reptile specializing in break dancing and busting rhymes.

Coming Soon: Eight o’clock bacon - fear the sizzle