Take 2 photos with your iPhone, one vertically (portrait), one horizontally (landscape). Now view them in the viewer. View both vertically and horizontally by turning the phone as usual.
Notice how the one taken vertically fills the screen when viewed vertically as you would expect. But the one taken horizontally when viewed horizontally has black bars at the right and left sides.
Look at them in iPhoto and they are both 1200x1600 and 1600x1200.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
The Clever Cobbler
Once upon a time in a small valley in California there was an old cobbler who started making the shiniest, most stylish and incredibly alluring shoes anybody had ever seen. Every person who saw and touched a pair became obsessed with having them. The cobbler had expected this and was able to charge an enormous amount of money for each pair. Every shoe shop in the land wanted to be the exclusive retailer for these fabulous shoes and was even willing to pay for the privilege.
Some of the people who wanted these shoes were used to being able to run in their old shoes and to wear them to play games. But the shoes were so shiny, comfortable and sexy that they forgot how important this was to them.
The news of the shoes travelled to far off lands where other people and shoes shops also yearned to get their hands on the fabled footwear. But in these far off lands everybody was able to run in their shoes. They didn't understand why they could not run in their new shoes. Many shoe shops refused to stock them as they said it was crazy to try and sell people shoes that they could only walk in.
The cobbler disagreed. He knew he could make any demands he wanted as the people were so desperate to wear his shoes and the shops were so desperate for the peoples business. He selected just a few shops who agreed to try and convince their customers that running was not all it was cracked up to be. Yes it was fast but it was really not very stylish and completely unnecessary.
The shops spent thousands and thousands of gold coins refitting their shops to sell the shiny but slow shoes and in convincing their clients that they really didn't need the other new shoes that they had ben trying to sell them just a few months before.
As time went by the cobbler became extremely rich as everybody forgot how nice it was to be able to run and play games and eventually forgot they ever did that at all. Just as everybody got used to their wonderful new shoes the cobbler called everybody to the town square for a proclamation. He announced that he had made a new pair that were sexier and more stylish than before. These new shoes would also let you run and play games and everybody applauded. How clever the cobbler was to invent shoes that could run. Everybody immediately paid him even more money for the better shoes and sung his praises.
Everybody forgot the other cobblers who had been making fast running shoes for years and all the things they had been able to do with them.
Some of the people who wanted these shoes were used to being able to run in their old shoes and to wear them to play games. But the shoes were so shiny, comfortable and sexy that they forgot how important this was to them.
The news of the shoes travelled to far off lands where other people and shoes shops also yearned to get their hands on the fabled footwear. But in these far off lands everybody was able to run in their shoes. They didn't understand why they could not run in their new shoes. Many shoe shops refused to stock them as they said it was crazy to try and sell people shoes that they could only walk in.
The cobbler disagreed. He knew he could make any demands he wanted as the people were so desperate to wear his shoes and the shops were so desperate for the peoples business. He selected just a few shops who agreed to try and convince their customers that running was not all it was cracked up to be. Yes it was fast but it was really not very stylish and completely unnecessary.
The shops spent thousands and thousands of gold coins refitting their shops to sell the shiny but slow shoes and in convincing their clients that they really didn't need the other new shoes that they had ben trying to sell them just a few months before.
As time went by the cobbler became extremely rich as everybody forgot how nice it was to be able to run and play games and eventually forgot they ever did that at all. Just as everybody got used to their wonderful new shoes the cobbler called everybody to the town square for a proclamation. He announced that he had made a new pair that were sexier and more stylish than before. These new shoes would also let you run and play games and everybody applauded. How clever the cobbler was to invent shoes that could run. Everybody immediately paid him even more money for the better shoes and sung his praises.
Everybody forgot the other cobblers who had been making fast running shoes for years and all the things they had been able to do with them.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Startup Idea #348
Meeting Merger
Provide a service that scans mutliple calendars across a team/group/company that automatically identifies similar meetings or meetings with the same attendees, and merges and reduce those meetings to increase productivity and allow people to spend their time on real projects instead of wasting their lives in mundane, inefficient, mind-numbing meetings.
Provide a service that scans mutliple calendars across a team/group/company that automatically identifies similar meetings or meetings with the same attendees, and merges and reduce those meetings to increase productivity and allow people to spend their time on real projects instead of wasting their lives in mundane, inefficient, mind-numbing meetings.
MobileCrunch - Mobile Art Museum
MobileCrunch - Mobile Art Museum
Not sure how well this will take off but I love the idea. Selling wallpapers is not new, but an establishment like a museum targetting a different class of consumers in this way is refreshing.
Monday, September 10, 2007
BBC NEWS | UK | Dame Anita Roddick dies aged 64
Just to confirm there is no justice in this world, Dame Anita Roddick has died from Hepatitis C she contracted during a blood transfusion in 1971. A true pioneer.
BBC NEWS | UK | Dame Anita Roddick dies aged 64
BBC NEWS | UK | Dame Anita Roddick dies aged 64
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Apple extends their client reach
Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide
An incredible set of announcements this morning from Apple. The most important being the ipod touch. Basically a phone-less iphone but with the wifi and most of the client applications (sans email, stock and weather - the first of which is a major omission). This is an enormous move for Apple and cements the ipod as a new breed of client platform. There are already lots of sites targetting the iphone and the list is growing. I like the choice of music for the touch demo........
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