Bo Jacobson's Posterous



That isn't to say that they're wrong. Ultimately, both sides have made salient points. There are problems with the iPhone OS, and there are issues with Flash. Which is to say absolutely nothing, as there are issues with all software. Where Adobe has erred is in letting Apple dictate the pace and topic of the argument. While in a position of remarkable strength, Apple's attacks are, more or less, desperate. They just launched iPad with the promise of putting the internet in your hands. At least... a lot of the internet. But if I'm a guy that just loves Apple, and I don't really know anything about programming, all I might know is that my magical and revolutionary device has a lot of little blue cubes where it should have videos and interactive experiences. So in order to divert attention from a public that doesn't know anything about Flash and HTML5, Apple picked a fight.

My advice to Adobe? Don't get caught up in the negativity. Adobe is getting more and broader attention right now than it ever has. Sure that attention isn't flattering toward Flash, but so what? Every Adobe response to Apple's aggression should include this reminder: In the life of the internet, anything beautiful that you've come across was likely made with Adobe software, and probably on a Mac. Apple has always relied on the design and development community, and they use Adobe. 

Apparently there's a pretty big issue in The Netherlands, with public service workers (including firemen, EMTs, and police) getting harassed and attacked in the line of duty. This innovative mashup of a pre-recorded simulated incident and live video of onlookers who see themselves not helping is getting a good bit of attention. 

(via Adland.tv)

Arizona Beverages (you know, the iced tea in cans so big that they used to look ridiculous until you could also get Red Bulls that big and I drank a lot of them and things went dark for a while... ahem) wants nothing to do with the fallout surrounding new immigration laws. From Don Vultaggio, Founder and Chairman:

We have become aware of misinformation being circulated about AriZona Beverages and we would like to make sure statements about our company are correct. As many of you know, AriZona Beverages proudly traces its origins back to New York. In 1992, two hard working guys from Brooklyn with a dream created AriZona Iced Tea. Since then, and despite the wonderful success AriZona has enjoyed throughout the United States and internationally, we have remained loyal to our family run business based in New York. For the last 16 years our headquarters have remained on Long Island where we continue to sell and distribute AriZona Iced Teas and beverages.

We are very proud to be an American company with roots in New York and we look forward to continuing to provide you with the high quality and value driven products we've been making for the last 18 years.

In other words: Arizona? Nah, that mess was just branding. NYC baby, no doubt. 

(via Gothamist)

Want to know what Facebook is telling the world about you and your friends with the new open-graph API? Run your username through this simple tool and check out all your loose data, just hanging out there. For the security-minded among you, it's not an app and does not require you to log in to Facebook... that's kinda the point. 

(via GigaOM)

So we know how Mario fares against Bowser, but what about other famous 8 bit princess rescuers and baddie blasters? In a flash game over at newgrounds you can play the original Super Mario Brothers with lots characters from the Nintendo universe. Take a few minutes and see if Mega Man's gun would have helped you through baby-punching moments like the twin hammer tossers and this annoying cloud dude. 

I've been reading Allie's posts over at Hyperbole and a Half for a little while now and I think you should too. It's probably the most consistently entertaining humor blog I've seen. If you read The Oatmeal, I'm not saying you should stop, but you should add Hyperbole to your RSS. She's also relayed a harrowing encounter with a goose from a little while back.

(she's not feeling so hot right now, so it'd be nice to say 'hi')

An interesting post on Ars Technica covers an interview by Area 5 (I loved the old CO-OP btw) about writers and bloggers attending paid junkets. 

if you accept a plane ticket, a hotel room, and meals in a place like Hawaii... isn't that considered at the very least sponsored coverage?

full post here

The words "entertaining" and "rain delay" aren't usually used in the same sentence, but I can't imagine that the actual game could have outclassed the antics. 

(via With Leather)

a montage of all the daily hazards that necessitate infomercial products.  

(via boing boing - thanks Sara!)

Designer Julian Hanson put together a flowchart to help you choose a font, get inspiration, or feel superior because of the choices other people might have made on the way to their fonts.

As a fan of flowcharts (or pretty much any criss-crossed dotted lines) I felt compelled to share this with you wonderful people. Click on the excerpt to see the full flowchart on Julian's site. 

See more by Julian on his website: http://julianhansen.com/