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If I were in charge of Adobe

Posted on 2010-05-18 by J. Pablo Fernández

Clearly, Adobe is losing the battle with Apple. There’s no Flash on the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad and there’s no sign that there will ever be. Apple is not a company that can be easily influenced. They do things … Continue reading →

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A message to kids: what is your passion?

Posted on 2010-01-26 by J. Pablo Fernández

This message actually applies to everybody but I think it’s obvious how it applies to adults. What most kids don’t realize is that it applies to them too. If I ask you “What is your passion?” and you don’t give … Continue reading →

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An intelligent music player

Posted on 2009-12-09 by J. Pablo Fernández

I still haven’t found a good music player, for my computer that is. The one that got the closest to it was Amarok, but still it was very far away. My problem is that I don’t know what to listen … Continue reading →

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Breaking the Monopoly-design monopoly

Posted on 2009-12-02 by J. Pablo Fernández

I am talking about the game, you know, Monopoly! There are so many versions of it but the other day I’ve seen the most interesting one. No, not the Esperanto one: Monopolo. A do it yourself Monopoly, or a Make … Continue reading →

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Fiction blogging

Posted on 2009-11-25 by J. Pablo Fernández

As stories can be told in first person, or third person, in the form of a diary or a tale, as book or comic or movie; I was thinking that blogging could be a literarly style as well. I can … Continue reading →

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The tracker for movies

Posted on 2009-11-18 by J. Pablo Fernández

For showing what music I like, keeping track of what music I listen to, discovering new music and finding people with the same tastes I use last.fm. For doing that but with books I use aNobii. Is there anything like … Continue reading →

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A feature we need for the post-PC era

Posted on 2009-11-11 by J. Pablo Fernández

The post-PC era is when we stop having PCs because we move to something else. You may think that’s unlikely and unrealistic but look at the evidence. At one time we had desktop computers and laptops started to appear. They … Continue reading →

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Papers books are going away, and so does signing them

Posted on 2009-11-05 by J. Pablo Fernández

Let’s face it: paper is dying. It’s going to be a slow death, but for some purposes it’s dying faster. Newspapers find themselves not being able to print anymore due to costs and books are starting to be digital. I’ve … Continue reading →

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If I were in charge of Audible

Posted on 2009-10-06 by J. Pablo Fernández

I have one little idea to implement for Audible: make it free for blind people. I’m sure there are channels to verify whether someone is (legally) blind: government certificates, associations, or something like that. On third world countries, audio books … Continue reading →

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It's time for search and replace

Posted on 2009-09-17 by J. Pablo Fernández

Web browsers, like Firefox or Chrome, are no longer document viewers, but application platforms. I’d like to see browsers start to implement search and replace. Of course not modifying the page, just replacing the matching strings in forms. I’m really … Continue reading →

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