Tom Altman’s Wedia Conversation

Lifehacker had this post a couple of days ago and I thought it would be perfect for today “What products or software are you looking forward to in 2008?“

My thoughts:

• Hardware winner:  Apple.
  I think we will see some innovative things at Mac World Expo in Jan. and many will be trying to catch up.
• Software:  Microsoft.
  Yea-yea, I know.  But IE8 is coming gonna lead the way with some interesting things.  I think they (Microsoft) is being way to quiet about a lot of things.  Maybe this is a new business strategy!  :)

Take a look at the comments on the link…good interesting stuff.

Wow - some big words from PC Mag talking about the new version of Apple’s OSX - Leopard.

“like truly automated backups, preview images in folders, and notes and to-do lists integrated into the mail program”

Here is a link to a “Windows Guy” (but one I have found very level headed) with his thoughts, Paul Thurrott.

And then a link to an Apple Fanboy - with a Leopard post - which really turns out to be a Microsoft bash.

Either way you cut - Apple is definetly making a stir in the “OS Wars”

I was just talking with Kim H the other day and explaining some of the “hot” topics I have been hearing the most about…they were IPTV and Apple.

IPTV - is the internet protocol television, where shows are “broadcast” over the net. Apple - in the context that Microsoft is dead and the Mac is moving in and I have to say - the new mac books are very intriguing, especially for those who need to use programs which are “mac” and also those which are “PC”.

But what these podcasts and websites are saying is the Mac is rolling over the PC and back up before you get it too.

An article in the NYT doesn’t agree:
“The official line from Apple is that all has gone swimmingly. The company said it shipped 1.52 million Macs in the first quarter of this year, up 35 percent from the year-ago quarter. In the second quarter through June 30, it shipped 1.76 million Macs, up 32 percent from a year ago, an all-time quarterly record.

Funny thing, though: based on the ratio of Windows and Macs actually in use, no gains can be seen for Apple. “

So, depending on which set of fanboys you believe - it’s Mac or PC.

Sometimes - innovation takes a giant leap, with both feet. It happened when Apple invented the iPod and I think it happened when Nooka invented the dot watch. Click here - then click “nooka story” (remind me to tell you how much I like Flash interfaces)

It is just really cool to see a guy say “Hey, there has to be more than 2 ways to tell time!” So he invented this dot watch - and how cool is that.

Now, how can we take a look at our content and do the same thing - there has to be more ways to use this content than JUST TV and newspaper.