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First employee or co-founder?

If you’re good at what you’re doing and you have friends in the start-up scene then there is a chance that at some point you will be offered the chance to join a newly minted company. Imagine two guys, one has the idea for a product, the second can sell it. They incorporate, maybe they have a bit of savings, maybe they have a third guy with some money as an initial investor. Now all they need is to get a guy to build the thing.

Worth to read!

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Mediocre Entrepreneurs

That said, all entrepreneurs should be so lucky. We can’t all be grand visionaries. We want to make our business, sell it, make some money, raise a family, and try to be happy. My feeling, based on my own experience, is that aiming for grandiosity is the fastest route to failure.

MPEG Drafts New Video Standard Twice As Good As h.264

h.264 has been a boon to video producers and consumers. It allows high quality video content to be compressed, decompressed, and stored very efficiently. Well, everything comes to an end, and it looks like MPEG is moving forward on their next generation video spec that delivers the same quality content in half the space.

Flash for Android Officially Gone from Google Play

Adobe officially pulled Flash for Android from the Google Play store on Wednesday, all but ending the dream of mobile Flash as a viable platform. The move was announced on an Adobe blog post on June 28th, but Flash remained available on Google Play until Wednesday.

Everything You Could Want to Know About Mountain Lion

Whenever Apple releases a new version of OS X, the blogosphere goes wild, typing tens of thousands of words about the latest features and changes in the operating system we all love. There’s always new core features that are hidden to most of our eyes, as well as the more subtile changes you might not notice in the UI without a reviewer pointing them out.

Good Article!

OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion: the Ars Technica review

Apple's traditional desktop computing business has suffered many indignities over the past decade. Once Apple's flagship product line, the Mac first found itself playing second fiddle to the iPod—a mere music player—in the early 2000s. Today, matters are worse; on a graph of Apple's revenues, the Mac now appears as a thin strip of earth while iOS devices are the mountain that sits upon it.

Thanks John!

Installing Mountain Lion: Our complete guide

Just a year after Lion (OS X 10.7), Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8) is here. And just like Lion, getting Mountain Lion is as easy as downloading an installer from the Mac App Store—a few clicks (and some patience) is all it takes to install OS X 10.8 over your existing copy of Lion or Snow Leopard. But that doesn’t mean you should make the jump without any preparation, or that there are no important decisions to make along the way.

Getting Started With Dreamweaver CS6 Fluid Grids

The disruption was “Responsive Web Design” and “Mobile First” which were first presented to an unsuspecting web industry in 2010. Think about it, the concepts of Mobile First and Responsive Design really weren’t solidly on your radar until a year or so ago.  Then, disruption happened. 

Apple Confirms OS X Mountain Lion Launching Tomorrow

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As part of Apple’s Q3 earnings press release today, CEO TIm Cook has announced that OS X Mountain Lion will be launching tomorrow, available only in the Mac App Store. We’re thrilled with record sales of 17 million iPads in the June quarter,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “We’ve also just updated the entire MacBook line, will release Mountain Lion tomorrow and will be launching iOS 6 this Fall. We are also really looking forward to the amazing new products we’ve got in the pipeline. OS X Mountain Lion is set to cost $19.99, down from the previous $29.99 for OS X Lion and Snow Leopard.

Game of Thrones special features at HBO GO

When you watch Game of Thrones full episodes at HBO GO you can access special features such as the Guide to the Houses, Map of Westeros and commentary from the Creators while you watch. Additionally, get an exclusive look at weapons, armor and relics in amazing detail from every angle.

“Portlandia” nominated for two Primetime Emmys

It’s a good day to be Fred and Carrie. The nominees were announced for the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards this morning and “Portlandia,” still hot off its second season, was nominated in two major categories. Considering that only 16 episodes have been aired between the show’s two seasons, that’s pretty impressive, especially given the show received one Emmy already for its first season.

New In-app Purchase Receipt Code May Block Theft

Following reports of a hack that lets users bypass payments when making in-app purchases on their iPhone or iPad, developers found a new addition to purchase receipt files referencing unique identifier codes. While Apple isn’t saying exactly what the codes will be used for, developers are speculating that they will be used to help block systems that let users make in-app purchases without paying.

Park Mobile

Neat idea to pay the parkking with your iPhone.

IESA soirée de gala 2012

Remise de diplômes et parrainage sur le site du domaine de Chantilly aux grandes écuries. Penseur de prod en partenariat avec l'IESA a proposé une projection monumentale, et son concept lightbox Event comme animation audiovisuelle.

Neat concept, nice event.