John Gruber linked to this interesting Project today. A group of people plans to optimize the instant film in order to bring it back to the mass market. They bought one of the old Polaroid factories, in Enschede, Netherlands. Funny thing is that I live(d) right next to Enschede. Best luck to those guys.

Palm’s Andrew Shebanow (former Adobe) on Cocoa on iPhone versus JS on the Palm Pre and it’s effect on application quality and developer interest:

I do think he’s right in that many developers will want to target both plattforms. In this case the Cappuccino Web Framework seems to be godsend. It doesn’t feature everything that Objective-C 2.0 and Cocoa on the iPhone offer, but it should seriously ease transitions. Actually, if I was 280 North, I’d try to add the Palm Pre Javascript extensions to Cappuccino as quickly as possible in order to attract that horde of iPhone developers on their gold rush.

I for one am happy that I can target Mac OS X, the iPhone and Web Applications with one framework (more or less) and one language (more or less). Sometimes it drives me crazy to jump between PHP/Symfony, Python/Django, JS/Prototype/Ext and Objective-C/Cocoa.

Looks like serious, and much needed, iPhone competition. Basic history (and The Windows) tells us that a healthy marketplace is not only good for the consumer, but also for the innovative motivation of the producer.
The Pre looks slick. Albeit the technical side looks good, it’s far more perplexing because this is Palm, who didn’t get their act together for the past 5 years or so.
Let’s wait, if the device will be like the demo – or another Storm. The lack of price and avaibility information makes me a tad skeptical.
Also, since all applications seem to be written in Javascript, I wonder if it’ll be possible to develop more sophisticated applications, like 3D games, audio engines or Google Earth.

But let’s wait until it’s out. For now, it looks great. Good, innovative ideas, and, most important, it’s Palm.

In all honesty. Innovative as always, these Linux guys. Well, not that Microsofts “I’m a PC” campaign has been terribly innovative.

I hardly play games anymore, but this sure as hell looks like a big hit. That battle report feels like a good football game.

There was a great summary of their past development efforts in a Slashdot comment, some months ago:

Seriously, given Palms history regarding Operating System development, if I was Palm, I would have jumped on the Google Android bandwagon right when it came out.

Via Ft.com

So. After several months of not having enough time to write any code, I finally managed to fix the remaining bugs and publish my first application on the iTunes App Store. If it wouldn’t be for work and university, the app would probably have been online months ago. But one has to set priorities, and thus it took me a tad longer than expected.

A dedicated website for the application is here, and the direct link to the iTunes Store Page can be found here.

Happiness is build around the concepts of Dolf Zillmann’s Mood Management Theory and further research in the area of mood modification through media. The basic and empirical verified (in many many studies) idea is that the exposure to funny, sad, frightening or suspenseful media can modify our mood in specific ways (that is, funny or sad, f.e.).
Build around this idea, Happiness aim is to enhance one’s mood in a very positive way through the exposure to nice imagery and the sound of laughing people. There’re different options which allow to optimize the usage behaviour.
While this is certainly not a complex application, it taught me nontheless a lot about the whole iTunes Application Store experience.
The App is really cheap (almost a bargain!), and I’d love if those of you, who own an iPhone or iPod touch, could try it and give some feedback, so I can enhance the app.

Cio.com

It’s hard to expect any kind of innovation from a corporate culture this conservative. Luckily they managed to decide against bureaucracy.

(Ars Technica)

Apparently, the Rob Enderle guided Team created a red device with yellow buttons and four black volume Knobs (two on each side), not unlike Formula-1 tires.
Rumours are, that Michael Dell screamingly left the room, after the Team presented the new device.

Contrary to their initial course of action, Walmart will not shut down the DRM Servers, due to “feedback from the customers”. Took them by surprise, I’d guess.