All Things D »

D5: All Things Digital was the mighty fount of announcements today:

• Microsoft announced Surface
• Palm announced Foleo
• Apple announced a bigger AppleTV with 160 GB of storage, and an AppleTV update that allows for YouTube streaming directly on the AppleTV
• Apple debuted iTunes Plus, their higher-quality DRM-free downloads (and opened a public portal to iTunes U).
• and, of course, Steve Jobs and Bill Gates had notable interviews and Q & A sessions.

I highly recommend a read-through of these overviews of:

• Steve Jobs’ interview in text »
• Steve Jobs’ interview in video (abridged) »
• Bill Gates and Steve Jobs appear jointly »
• Update 5/31: Video and Transcript of the Bill Gates/Steve Jobs appearance »

Diving In »

I mentioned Photosynth last month, and now there is a posted video of a TEDTalk about Seadragon and Photosynth. Amazing to see in action. Imagine how powerful this could be with a multi-touch surface! Link » (Thanks, Joel!)

PS: I love the chapter selector that pops up when you hover over the video! Nice work, TED folks!

Living online, with web apps »

A promising new blog, fortuitous, with a great piece detailing how a Google Browser Sync’d copy of Firefox can be a gateway to a web-app only workflow. Well written, with excellent points.

I would add only one thing — in my web-app living, I have found java bookmarklets to be excellent tools. Link »
(Thanks, Daring Fireball)

Silly season »

Dive into mark (Mark Pilgrim) says exactly what I thought (more or less) about Adobe and Microsoft racing to “reinvent” the web. Link »

Simplicity Sells »

Well worth the watching: David Pogue (of the New York Times) speaks at TED 2006, with a great overview of the importance of simplicity in interface and device design.

I love TED Talks, and Pogue is a great presenter. This session is so good that it has earned this whole quick clicks post a “Fundamentals” tag. :)

The entire 20-minute session is available at the link. Link »
(Thanks, Bagelturf)