Archive for February, 2010

I hate you Newtek

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Newtek once again disappointed me after releasing their monthly newsletter.

For those of you who are aware, Newtek is in the middle of developing their latest and greatest Lightwave successor, CORE.  Although they have been promising all of the bells and whistles found in modern day 3D rendering packages such as Maya or 3d Studio, Newtek seems to have only been promising rather than delivering.

So, with your sentiments, and our dedication to shipping a solid, tested, and stable software application – we have made the decision to move our originally expected ship date from Q1 2010 to later in the year. We will communicate to you the most accurate expected ship date once we have entered the full BETA and testing process for LightWave with CORE Technology.

Originally, the software was slated for September, and then they pushed the date over to q1.  Now, Newtek says “later this year.”  What ?

…Well at least Newtek entered into “full” BETA – whatever the heck that means.

If you are reading this, Newtek, which I hope you are, listen to what I am about to say.  I LOVE your product.  I’m probably the last person on the face of this planet that actually does.  I am for the direction you are going, but I highly suggest not doing it at the expense of your customers and/or price point.  I just used your software for a project which made my clients very very happy and wish to use it further.  Please don’t let me down.

And by the way, Newtek…I hate you.

“The Pacific” begins March 14th!

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

Just stumbled upon a news release which had a screenshot of the new upcoming HBO series, “The Pacific.”  So, I did a quick web search and whoala, stumbled upon their home page which I included below.  Enjoy.

http://www.hbo.com/the-pacific/index.html

Fat Bird

Monday, February 15th, 2010

HA HA!

Apple IPad, tv content, and you…

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

I believe I was one of the only ones bragging about how I believe the Apple IPad was in fact going to be serving HD television content through a new ITunes ubscription model. Well by now we all know that I was wrong (and perhaps a bit nieve). Nevertheless, All Things Digital (Wall Street Journal) had a great article the other day in which the author predicted the Apple IPad would rejuvinate Apple’s iTV offering.  Perhaps Apple is really going after Amazon and the eBook market, but when you actually look at the device, it hardly focuses on eBooks as much as it does on anything else.  As a matter of fact, I would contend that Apple’s IPad offering as it stands right now, does not really serve any one market in particular.  People claim that Apple is focusing on other niche markets such as stay at home moms, business casual, etc.  I doubt that to be the case.

The iPad looks to be quite the enigma.  I believe that AT&T and Verizon lack the proper infrastructure to bring about Steve Job’s true vision – a true convergence of ads, television, and publications.  What appears to be a thin client now, could potentially be a dominant entertainment platform in the years to come.

Sonic the Hedgehog 4

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Looks like Sonic is making yet another appearance. I wonder if the game will be featured on XBox 360.

Pee Wee gets an Ipad

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

My friend Ryan sent me this…Enjoy.

Pee-wee Gets An iPad! from Pee-wee Herman