Other “Thoughts on Flash” from Apple’s Steve Jobs

Dennis — Sat, 01 May 2010 23:39:14 +0000

Steve Jobs recently published an open letter about Apple’s position on Flash which addressed the reasons behind not implementing Flash on the iPhone, iPod, and iPad. It’s very well written and has some great points, but contains many flaws as well. Apple is a great design company, and I understand they are indeed a company and must look out for their own interest; but that doesn’t excuse the act of misinforming and misleading people.

One of the first responses to the letter was byÂ Remy Sharp (@rem) who pointed out that:

HTML5 apps won’tÂ just work with touch devices, the code to handle touch events must still be written.
The H.264 video format is currently supported only by Safari and Chrome, but H.264 is notÂ supported by the two biggest browsers, IE and Firefox.

Remy’s tweet also points us to this video of a presentation from Jonathan Stark, App Store is For Suckers. Stark points out some not-so-good points about the Apple Store including the fact that they subjectively turn down many apps which applied to be in the store. For example, there are many games which including war and killing of animals, but a seal-clubbing app from PETA was rejected. (In response,Â PETA Sends Steve Jobs Vegan Chocolate Seals!)

Web accessibility veteran and friendÂ John Foliot of Stanford University tweeted these six “fallacies” from the letter:

The H.264 video format is closed & patent encumbered â€”Â not open.
WebKit is not the most widely deployed mobile browser; that belongs to Opera.
HTML5 is not finished & W3C anticipates a few more years before Ready For Prime Time.
WHAT WG (the incomplete HTML5) is not open either, it’s by invitation only: whatwg.org/charter
Two of the four major browsers do not support H.264. [see above]
If Apple is so open, why do they control IApp distribution with an iron fist? They don’t like your app? You’re toast. [see above]

What do you think?

30 Twitter Accounts for Tech Jobs

Dennis — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:31:13 +0000

Like Twitter? Need aÂ job in the tech/computer industry? Then follow some ofÂ the 30 Tweeps listed below! Lots of categories and locations to choose from.

By U.S. City

@sfmobilejobs – Jobs for the Mobile Web and Digital Media in Silicon Valley, Seattle, LA and NYC.
@AtlantaTechJobs – IT jobs in the greater Atlanta area.
@NewYorkTechJobs – IT jobs in the greater New York area from Careerbuilder.com
@LA_WebJobs – Los Angeles web jobs.
@ConnectionsNY – open tech positions in New York.

International, UK, Australia

@itweetjobs – IT jobs across Europe.
@ia_uxjobs – user experience jobs in the US, France, the UK, Ireland, and more.
@standoutjobs – India, Canada, USA and more.
@web20jobs – UK-based web 2.0 jobs.
@ITJobsLondon – IT jobs in London.
@ITJobsSydney – IT jobs in Sydney, Australia.

Company-Specific

@jobsblog – Microsoft
@JobsatIntel – Intel Corp.
@IBMUKcareers – IBM
@1984jobs (Apple-related, 1984jobs).
@HewittCareers – Hewitt career news and listings.

The Rest

@flashjobs – Flash development jobs.
@MobiJobs – mobile developer positions.
@seojobs – SEO job listings.
@37jobs – high tech jobs from 37signals job board.
@freelance_jobs – freelance positions.
@NetRecruiter – IT jobs.
@CentricsGroup – open position in IT.
@jobsintech – more high tech jobs.
@robojobs – even more high tech jobs.
@alldevjobs – design & development jobs.
@yourwebjob – mostly development jobs, but all are web-related.
@alldevjobs – Developer jobs.
@TalentInsight – IT job listings.
@Web_Design_Jobs – Web design and other graphics jobs.

Any other suggestions? Opinion on any listed?

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