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Johnny Cash Project.

Peter — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 15:32:06 +0000

I stumbled across this and was astounded by the beauty. Just an incredible project. The video itself begins about halfway through the clip.

Color Psych Infographic

Peter — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:56:00 +0000

I love me some infographics, and love me some pop psychology. Hey, best of both worlds. Click the image a few times to zoom to full size.

Mobile Brand Loyalty

Peter — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:31:35 +0000

A survey by Piper Jaffray yesterday reveals that most early iPhone 4 buyers were upgrading from previous iPhones — and remaining loyal to Apple — and that very few were switching to AT&T from other carriers.

Specifically, here are highlights from Piper analyst Gene Munster’s note this morning:

77% of iPhone 4 buyers polled in three cities (San Francisco, New York, and Minneapolis) were upgrading from old iPhones. That’s up from 56% last year and 38% in 2008, and represents brand loyalty that is likely unmatched in the mobile industry.
16% of buyers were switching to AT&T from other carriers, down from 28% last year. Apple REALLY needs to add another carrier if it wants to maximize sales. (Preferably Verizon Wireless, the nation’s biggest.)
54% purchased the $299 32 GB model, up from 43% who bought the 32 GB iPhone 3GS last year.
28% of iPhone 4 buyers owned an iPad, which confirms that the people waiting in line were the most serious of the Apple fanatics. Of the 72% who did not own an iPad, 39% said they would probably buy one within the next year, while 61% said they would not.
65% were Mac owners, down from 75% at the first iPhone launch in 2007.

The takeaway: Apple has a reliable stable of devoted users who will likely upgrade to the newest iPhone every year, assuming there’s nothing better on the market.

Hello Thelonius!

Peter — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:24:04 +0000

Pleased to say that this blog has been updated to WordPress 3 – ‘Thelonius”. So far so good. We’re going to get the Annunciation Interactive site updated soon as well. From what I’m seeing, WP3 continues the evolution of WordPress toward a more general content manager versus its blog-centric roots…

HTML5

Peter — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:38:40 +0000

Very cool infographic breaking down the advances pending in html5 as it is rolled out. Good stuff.

Speed Testing.

Peter — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:58:45 +0000

I’m such an idiot – just realized that Firebug has built-in speed testing. That would’ve come in handy.

Flash Wars.

Peter — Mon, 17 May 2010 15:12:08 +0000

Kind of funny back & forth this past week from Apple and Adobe. Adobe apparently debuted a strange passive-aggressive ‘We Heart Apple’ campaign – while conducting a flame war with Steve Jobs et al. Apple’s (apparently fake) response is below. Heh.

Power Users Dominate.

Peter — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:57:37 +0000

Interesting stats article today on mashable.com about Twitter users’ usage. I was going to link it up here, but the front-page PopURLs mention crashed mashable. It basically said something to the effect that only about 21% of users had actually tweeted more than 10 times. Something like 34% had only tweeted once. I’m intrigued by the Twitter phemonemon, but wonder if it will ever reach the mainstream penetration that mediums of the past once did. Perhaps, perhaps not… Will anything, ever again? Or is this fragmentation, in full view?

Mashable is back up – here’s the link.

State of the Web.

Peter — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:44:29 +0000

Great infographic re: web usage and demographic stats from focus.com.

iCarumba.

Peter — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:27:36 +0000

Like many, I’ve had a long, strange relationship with Apple. Since the 80s I’ve owned Apple II’s, Macintoshes, Performas, Quadras, G4s, G5s, Powerbooks, MacBooks, iBooks, iPods, iPhones, etc etc etc. My disposition toward the company teeters between unabashed fanboy-ism to outright fury.

Because we live in an age of rapid progress, I can’t find fault with Apple for replacing their products more frequently than I can seem to purchase them – these days, that’s the way of the world to some degree. Still, my ‘Apple graveyard’ could fill a garage. Premium-priced devices that never seem to serve me for more than two years before emerging hardware or software renders them obsolete.

So here comes the latest ‘insanely great’ earth-shattering product – the unfortunately-named iPad. My initial reaction is somewhat skeptical, though I love to see new form factors – I can’t wait to play with the interface. That said, from what I understand, it’s a iPhone on roids. No multitasking, no Flash, and no printing are all pretty big downers from my perspective, but I may end up caving and picking one up a bit further down the road. For now, I’ve got my iPhone for the road and my MacBook Pro for everything else, and I don’t feel like there’s a void in my life…

I guess I’m just not big on “Magic” when it comes with a price tag.