To my only hero

Posted on 6 de Outubro de 2011 by hugogameiro

I am not one who admires people. I admire moments, situations, actions, but in general I never got that fan thing, that so many people talk about.

But there is one person that I looked up to and that I could call my hero, Steve Jobs.

He was a show man, a master of technology, a design expert, a wise perfectionist, in sum a genius.

It will be hard to find that combination on a single person again.

The news of his death leave me sad and worried that technology will be lacking from here on. Who will be the one to set new expectations? Who will define new paths? Who will be the voice leading Apple? Who will tech industry look up to, now?

None of the alternatives out there look that promising when compared to Steve.

No matter what, just this quick note to express my gratitude to have been so privileged to share this world with you and be inspired by what you have done.

Meet you soon

How come Microsoft did not think of a desktop app store

Posted on 22 de Outubro de 2010 by hugogameiro

After watching the latest Apple keynote one thing got stuck in my mind:

How come Microsoft did not think of a desktop app store?!

For many years linux offers a kind of app store but it was never properly implemented and/or commercially explored. But on the latest Ubuntu version they launch something called “Get Software” that is exactly that.

Once again Microsoft dismissed the enormous success of the Apple App Store for the iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch and did not think about adapting (call it “stealing”, if you wish! it would not be the first time) that concept and using it for Windows.

The people at Cupertino (read:Apple team) did the opposite and are launching the Mac App Store.

I think the thing that bugged me most about this is that I also did not think about it. How come such a great opportunity got away from every startup and tech company out there?

This would be a great project for a startup. I wish I had the vision for this a couple of years ago. Now… It’s to late.

Coincidence or not, today Microsoft announced that will be launching a Marketplace for PC Games and I am sure soon Microsoft or somebody else will create something similar to the Mac App Store for Windows.

I will finish by making mine the words of Nicholas Deleon on a CrunchGear post about the Mac App Store:

“to expect that the Mac App Store won’t be anything other than a smashing success is pure folly”

BTW: Love the new MacBook Air. After watching the keynote all I wanted was to go and get one. (I dont know how Steve Jobs does it but it gets me feeling like that on every keynote event)

Disclosure: I never owned any Apple product. But I think I will stop resisting and cause that to change sometime soon.

Gadgets na Revista do Correio da Manhã

Posted on 5 de Setembro de 2010 by hugogameiro

A desfolhar hoje a Revista Domingo do Correio da Manhã encontrei na secção de gadgets os seguintes pontos que me deixaram curioso.

Preço Aproximado do iPhone 4 em Portugal = 644.55€

De onde veio esse valor? Se é aproximado porque não 640€ ou 645€ ou 650€?

Processador Android?

Desde quando existe um Processador Android?

New apple products and announcements fall 2010 event

Posted on 3 de Setembro de 2010 by hugogameiro

Twitter like review of the apple special event September 2010.

iPod Shuffle

Too expensive. $49 for 2Gb.

iPod Nano

Too small for touch. So whats the point in Multi-touch?

iPod Touch

Like it. Amazing features for a music player. Again, expensive.

iTunes 10

Hate the new logo. Nothing changes with the software that I always hated. Confusing, odd navigation, mysterious playlist and I lose track of my media files.

Ping

Niche pseudo social network. Close minded inside iTunes and doesn’t bring anything new. There is a lot that can be done there. Let’s see.

Apple TV

The actual box hardware and the price are spot on. The software is too basic. I want much more on my TV.
The remote control is one of the things that I think needs someone to reinvent. Hate writing something with the remote arrows and we need to be able to write or comunicate what we want with the box set. How else can we search and navigate through piles of data fast?
This will also be a challenge for the upcoming Google TV. I am curious to see how they solve it.

Why I don’t use Gmail Priority Inbox

Posted on 3 de Setembro de 2010 by hugogameiro

This week Gmail has been rooling out a new feature called Priority Inbox.
After turning it on for 24 hours, I ended up turning it off. Why? Because I believe it clutters my inbox more than it helps.

Priority Inbox sections

The sections in wish Gmail divides Priority Inbox don’t seem to make a lot of sense.
For me:
Important and Unread = Unread
Starred = Read
Everything Else = Spam/Garbage

What is Everything Else!?

The one section I really dont like and also the one that you cannot remove (all others you can change or remove) is Everything Else.

All the emails that go to the Everything Else section can only be of 2 types:
-Spam and should be on the spam folder
-Important and should be out of this section

If I receive an email it must be important for me or else is spam/garbage.

Read Unread

All I need in my inbox are my unread messages so I can read them or the ones that I already read and need to come back.

All other messages should go to the archive, spam or trash. Isn’t that simpler than having some blue bars and emails changing place?

I simply love, adore and absolutely need Gmail

I don’t like this feature but Gmail is the only email client I can imagine myself using today. I love it, it’s my only suggestion to anyone in need of an email account and whenever my computer is on gmail is running on my browser.

BTW – making the Mark read, unread, starred, unstarred options go to a combox, not that smart also. Prettier but annoying.

Apple for users and Microsoft for developers… or is it the other way around

Posted on 15 de Maio de 2010 by hugogameiro

Apple claims to aim at personal computing and when I attend a conference for tecnical stuff is where I see their core supporters and where they get to be number one is amongst developers.

Microsoft Steve Balmer says that he loves developers and Windows is number one for home and business users.

Is this a case of not always getting what you want?

Am I not getting something?

or is it just a case that you aim your business towards an audience and most of the time you get a completely different one!?

Couldn’t resist to add this video

image by: Derek K. Miller

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