Wii News Channel

I woke up this morning to a flashing Wii. Like the launch of the Wii News Channel, I had figured NIntendo decided to release early.

After the obligatory system update, I launched the Wii News Channel. I have to say that I am impressed by the user experience. The globe really gives context to each story. There is a slight edge case though, as most of the international and domestic stories come out of New York (a place of news distribution, not the origin of the story).

All in all, the News Channel is a channel for news. As polished and interesting as the user interface may be (resizing text gives an interesting animation), it isn't part of a stellar community-based online initiative I had hoped from Nintendo at this point.

Ghostbusters Trip Redux

Things have been a bit crazy lately. Lucky for me, my colorful friend Jae was able to post pictures and a fitting overview of our visit to the Ghostbusters landmarks in Manhattan.

Lots of change is currently happening, I will be making some announcements soon. Until then, lots of work being done on something I'm really looking forward to.

In The New York Public Library

Jae and I are at the NY public library doind a tour of al the
Ghostbusters filming locations. Expect pictures soon.

Mind The Details

Given this year's Macworld keynote, which featured zero newly introduced or refreshed computer products, Apple's name change from "Apple Computer, Inc" to "Apple, Inc" doesn't surprise me. However, after refreshing their new post-keynote website the footer still reads "Apple Computer, Inc.".

They made a very large impact, it has now clear that they are no longer a computer company with one solid selling consumer electronics device (iPod). They have established, through sales, marketing, and a powerful new product presentation that they are a true lifestyle company that is technology oriented.

Given all of this, they still did not mind the details. I normally wouldn't put up such a fuss about something like this, but this is Apple, Inc. we're talking about.