Logitech CEO: Google TV "Cost Us Dearly"

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Dieter Bohn, writing for The Verge:

Yesterday, Logitech hosted an Analyst and Investor Day and during his remarks, CEO Guerrino De Luca pulled absolutely no punches in describing the "mistakes" the company made with its Logitech Revue Google TV set top box. Calling the company's Christmas 2010 launch "a mistake of implementation of a gigantic nature," De Luca told investors that the company had "brought closure to the Logitech Revue saga" by making plans to let inventory run out this quarter and that there are "no plans to introduce another box to replace Revue." I've always been a big fan of Logitech. I swear by my G500 mouse, G35 headset and their 2.1 Speakers/Subwoofer combo which I've used for years. That being said, I'm sympathetic towards Logitech over the finical losses they've suffered at the expense of being Google's guinea pig. Make sure you read the whole article. Lots of good quotes that I wanted to include here, but I didn't want to do so for fear of lifting too many parts of their post which I deem unethical.

OS X Lion has a hidden 'drop box' for easy file syncing between Macs

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Chris Rawson, writing for TUAW:

Mac OS X Hints has discovered that Macs running OS X Lion and registered with iCloud have a hidden "drop box" in the user's Library folder that allows for easy document and file syncing between Macs. A folder within ~/Library (which Lion hides by default) called "Mobile Documents" contains iWork documents synced with iOS devices via iCloud. I saw this article a few weeks back and have been to busy to post it. This gives me a lot of optimism that perhaps, one day, iCloud can replace Dropbox for me. Hopefully within the next year, even.

Why Microsoft's Vision Of The Future Is Dead On Arrival

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John Pavlus:

What “future of” tech/design videos need is a little less Minority Report and a little more Alien. Director Ridley Scott famously told his production designers to make Alien’s spaceship and costumes look roughed-up, slightly messy, and above all, lived in. Otherwise, it just isn’t believable enough to see yourself in — which is a design problem that both horror movies and corporate promos need to solve. Microsoft’s film is probably going viral as we speak, but imagine how much more reach it would have if it dared to depict a guy stuck in a meeting that sucked, or using his smartphone in an airport that was full of noisy assholes and long lines, or searching his touchscreen-enabled smart refrigerator for a quick meal because his kids are bouncing off the walls and he’s bone-tired from a long day at work?

How Soda Caps Are Killing Birds

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Claire O'Neil, writing for National Public Radio:

What Jordan found on those islands were carcasses of baby birds that have died an unnerving death: According to the BBC, "about one-third of all albatross chicks die on Midway, many as the result of being mistakenly fed plastic by their parents." Make sure you check about the image slideshow for some very sad images. Or, if that type of thing affects you a lot…then don't. So sad.

Google Reader Redesign: Terrible Decision or Worst Decision?

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Brian Shih, former Project Manager of Google Reader who left google back in July 11:

It's almost as if Google wants to demonstrate that, yes, they don't really get platforms. Instead of improving the G+ API to support Reader as a fully functional 3rd party client (a la Twitter), they've instead crippled the product under the guise of improvements.