My 2nd blog (prof have to urge me T.T)
First of all, happy Lunar New Year everybody (Do not tell me it’s Chinese New Year). Have a very good year ahead.
2nd of all, It’s blogging time.
A little bit more about me: I HATE writing. That is the reason why I got 4.7/10 average score in my high school, and it’s because I got caught while cheating in the exam. So I lazily force myself to finish this blog so I can enjoy the New Year’s Eve.
So last lecture, we met some guys from Micro$oft. They showed us some cool and new (?!) thing coming next year and in the future. But I highly doubt about their newness of their idea.
First, Xbox 360 and its new way of buying games seems like the old Itunes Store (which is about 10 year old), just instead of music, it allow people to buy games. Only good news they got is, we can develop games, upload and sell (and M$ will take some of your $, of course). But then it become not-so-good news, when people need a few millions $$$ to make a cool game. And last but not least, why the hell M$ don’t hire people who know how to design? Too expensive? Or like Steve Jobs once said “The problem with M$ that they don’t have any taste” (See the documentary “Triumph of the nerds” for more information)? The Xbox 360 menu is so so bad that I really want to scream out loud. Look at PS3 or Wii interface plz..
Second, it’s WPF and Silverlight. Look quite cool and and neat and smart. But bad news, I have to install Windows to develop WPF. No @*& way! I’m thinking I will borrow my girl’s laptop instead.
Third, It’s the M$ Surface. I saw that before, and well, to me, it’s a giant Iphone, no less. Ok, to be honest, it’s look cool, but ‘Apple cool’. And got a few good features too, like the visualized connection between ur phone and your cameras and your whatever. But let’s hope that I don’t have to install Windows on these devices.
And the M$ imagine cup, wow, it’s so remind me of the time I went to Korea for the robot competition (show off, people). It’s really is..
So that’s everything I want to say..
Oh, one more thing, Apple rulezzz (yes, I’m a big mac fan boy).
And I forgot, Henri Cartier-Bresson is really a true artist, and Ansel Adam is merely a technician.
“A little bit more about me: I HATE writing.”
Tell us more: WHY do you hate writing?
One of the things that students don’t seem to appreciate is the importance of writing in working life. If you hate writing, then all the more your should write more so as to improve your writing.
“First, Xbox 360 and its new way of buying games seems like the old Itunes Store (which is about 10 year old), just instead of music, it allow people to buy games.”
While I too am a Big Apple fan, I must say that in terms of business models, there are unfortunately almost no new creations, but instead, slight adjustments of the old models or transplanting it across different industries. The iTunes App Store took its model by fusing the Facebook platform, which in turn can be said to be similar to the SalesForce open platform model, WHICH can be attributed as a copy to the Enterprise Software Platform which M$ is well known for, you get the drift. M$ cannot be faulted for daring to attempt to jump into user-generated games, but instead I totally agree with you that we should scrutinize the quality of their games and test if “user-generated” works well in the gaming world where design is quintessential.
http://techreport.com/discussions.x/13303 although it probably doesn’t matter since it’s evident you’re too prejudiced anyway
@HT: From my point of view, the iTunes apps store is totally different from facebook apps. Both of them are user-generated content, yes, but that’s a concept of the web 2.0, it does not belong to any particular person or organization. With facebook apps, you can’t sell, you can’t distribute, you only can make money from adv/selling cash in your game. iTunes Apps store allow you to reach a huge market, you just need to write good apps. Thus, the marketing process is simplified (this is very important). iTunes apps store is also user friendly, easy to install/uninstall,…
Btw, user-generated content does not mean 1 person, it could be company, so I think this model can be apply for all application in general.
“Tell us more: WHY do you hate writing?”
I don’t know the exact reason, i guess it is basic instinct.. Like I hate pineapple and rat.. Ha ha
“While I too am a Big Apple fan, I must say that in terms of business models, there are unfortunately almost no new creations, but instead, slight adjustments of the old models or transplanting it across different industries.”
Yeah, I totally agree. I really like this quote from Picasso “Bad artists create, great artists steal”. In fact, most of the successful products of those software companies aren’t from the original inventors. That’s why M$ and Apple are the “Pirates of the Silicon Valley”.
I don’t tell those M$ is good or not.. I just don’t think they are original (which is really common, like you said)