By roblord

Founder & CEO of Pioneers of the Inevitable, the developers of Songbird.

Songbird Roadmap Launched

By roblord roblord

Now that you’ve had a chance to try Songbird 0.6, here’s a view to the road ahead.
Today we are launching the Songbird Release Roadmap. Behold the next three Songbird release codenames and themes:

Fugazi: Improve performance and focus on usability.
Genesis: Continue to improve performance and add features consumers expect in a music player.
Hall: Integrate Web services.

The [...]

Return of the RIA?

By roblord roblord

Mozilla’s Mark Finkle recently concluded that the term RIA, Rich Internet Application, has lost its meaning.
RIA (the acronym) has jumped the shark. I find that I can no longer use RIA to describe anything anymore. The definition has been watered down and twisted to the point that nearly any application can be called RIA.

I agree. [...]

What I meant to say…

By roblord roblord

FYI, a recent and otherwise on-point LinuxWorld article on Firefox and XULRunner article misquoted me at the end.

My comment was that Mozilla Firefox browser gained market-share at the expense Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Firefox’s early success was propelled by its open source, open standards and Open Web approach, while Microsoft Internet Explorer’s proprietary, single vendor solution stagnated. Duh. =)

Thanks to Paul Kim at the Mozilla Foundation for catching it.

Rob

Apple and the Media Web, Part II

By roblord roblord

Ask Apple about the competition-obviating iTunes + iPhone tight-binding and it will be your last interview question. Valleywag has the story.

A Songbird Orange

By roblord roblord

“Yarbles, great bolshy yarblockos to you!”

Droogs and malchicks, come celebrate the launch of Songbird 0.3 with us! We’re co-hosting a real horrorshow party with the hooligans at Get Satisfaction!

Kubrick & Cupcakes: A Satisfaction Appreciation/Songbird 0.3 Party

  • Thursday Nov. 15 7pm-1am
  • Terra SF 511 Harrison St. 2nd floor San Francisco, CA 94105. Map
  • RSVP: Facebook and Upcoming.org

All-white dress, false eyelashes, and fancy bowler hats strongly encouraged.