*IDEAorangeFYI: Apple’s profits ($13 billion) exceeded Google’s entire revenue ($10.6 billion).
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What the heck is unicode?
Remember computers just deal with numbers. Unicode enables a single software product or a single website to be targeted across multiple platforms, languages and countries without re-engineering. It allows data to be transported through many different systems without corruption.
Unicode provides a unique number for every character, no matter what the platform, no matter what the program, no matter what the language.
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Yep. We downoaded the new iBook Author App as soon as it was available.
We’re just beginning to test it out and see what it can do with simple tagging in Pages and Word for importing. Can’t wait to drag and drop a Keynote deck into a book and see what happens.
From the presentation and the demo’s it looks pretty sweet. We even downloaded a book to see what reading and interacting with one is like. More on what we think soon.
Read MoreJanuary 18 was the great internet blackout to both protest and raise awareness about two pieces of legislation facing a vote in Congress. You may have noticed that our blog and website were blacked out for the day.
We captured a few of the more interesting efforts that we came across.
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Debtris US
A little bit about money in our sphere. We especially like the little dot that represents the OPEC Climate Change Fund.
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directed by: David McCandless
animation by: Miles Tudor, Dom Del Torto
music: Daniel Pemberton
sources: NY Times, The Guardian, BBC
data here: http://bit.ly/debtris
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Isn’t technology great? The power of individual creativity enabled by digital technology.
Great song too.
Read MoreMarket share is earnings by commodity. That’s not and has never been Apple’s vision.
Read MoreThere’s no question in my mind that the most appealing thing about Android as a platform is its overall market share. The more Android devices that are out there, in use, the more appealing the platform is for developers. But to think that market share alone is a primary motivation for all or even most of the developers who’ve turned the iOS App Store into a phenomenon is to miss the forest for the trees. It’s looking at the market from the viewpoint of a spreadsheet, reducing everybody and everything to numbers.
The true meaning of a campaign. The opportunity for a long term effort and creating the opportunity to be agile and respond to current conditions. Wonderful idea. Creative and disruptive work. Humor. Love it.
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