I was thinking...

Release Windows 7

I started a site a few weeks ago that is designed to let people place their vote to have Microsoft release Windows 7. I have seen a great response to the site after Todd Bishop of TechFlash.com wrote a story about it.

I’m going to talk to Microsoft today about the site and some future uses. I’m very excited about the future of the site and to see Windows 7.

New website makes it easy to give away free download

I was thinking the other day about how cool it would be to give away my resume or some examples of my work as downloadable files. Of course I could just setup a link to download it but why not make it so that I can get a little info about the person downloading it. So I started searching around and found this sweet website that fit the bill perfectly.

volumMonster

www.volumMonster.com

The site is designed for Artists to give away content to fans via custom codes that the artist setup. You can reserve any code and then simply upload some files and link the two together.

There are a few codes right on the home page…go check it out.

This week in Photography

OK so I’m not the greatest photographer in the world but I love the tech behind it and I’m loving the podcast from This Week In Photography(TWIP) (http://www.twipphoto.com).

Go over and check out the website and add the podcast to your RSS feeds!

Macworld Keynote

11:48 AM CST - Entirely new UI for Apple TV Take 2, Rentals are $1 more for HD ($3.99 and $4.99), over 100 titles in HD today, Podcasts, Connect directly to Flickr, more YouTube content, etc.

11:47 AM CST - Rent them in DVD quality and in HD, Rent directly from widescreen TV

11:42 AM CST - To rent library title, $2.99, new release $3.99, can transfer to another device in the middle

11:41 AM CST - When you rent, you have 30 days to start watching, then 24 hours to finish watching. Over 1000 movies, watch anywhere (Macs, PCs, iPods, iPhone), watch instantly

11:39 AM CST - Fox, Warner Brothers, Disney, Paramount, Universal, Sony Pictures, Touchstone, Miramax, MGM, Lionsgate, and New Line Cinema added for movie rentals through iTunes

11:37 AM CST - Starting today it’s built-into every iPod touch leaving the factory, current iPod touch owners pay $20 for the upgrade

11:35 AM CST - Adding Mail, Maps, Stocks, Notes, and Weather added to the iPod Touch

11:35 AM CST - All of this is available today as free software update for every iPhone user

11:34 AM CST - Google is using the cell system + Skyhook to make this possible

11:32 AM CST - How do we do some of this stuff? There’s no GPS inside the iPhone…Working with Skyhook wireless and Google to do this location thing

11:31 AM CST - New UI for maps, better UI for searching and directions, directions are now current based on your starting place

11:30 AM CST - Demoing web clips

11:28 AM CST - Now demoing mass SMSes to diff people

11:25 AM CST - SDK for iPhone we be released in late Feb… a chance to write incredible apps on the iPhone.

“We’ve got some great new features today. First: maps with location!”

“You know have the ability to find your current location in maps. Webclips, right on the home screen. Up to 9 total home screen. SMS multiple people at once

11:24 AM CST - 4 million iPhones sold so far in first 200 days

11:23 AM CST - Two versions of Time Capsule. “One with a 500GB drive, one with a 1TB drive inside it — $299, and $499. Very aggressive prices because we want people backing up! Ships in Feb.”

11:21 AM CST - These two things together make up Time Capsule — really nice. You can back up your notebook wirelessly to TC. You can backup ALL the Macs in your house wirelessly to one Time Capsule. It’s really wonderful. We’re gonna sell it in two versions.

11:20 AM CST - Leopard sold over 5 million units so far

11:20 AM CST - talking about 2007 for Apple

11:17 AM CST - The Keynote just started…running a little behind this year