Digital Living

Twitter has a new feature called LIST!

With it you can organize people and information that you follow. You can group them into relevant context.
Such feature makes the tweets more meaningful. It also makes it more attuned to your mood, wants and needs -- at that particular time.

Do check it out!

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I think I'll buy a B&N's Nook e-Book reader over Amazon's Kindle (and here's the reason why) ...

Although I love Amazon's Kindle for its look, its great innovation, its  pioneering effort in popularizing the e-book concept and in terms of its thinner size and lighter weight, I think I will buy Barnes & Noble's Nook e-book reader for my daily usage and purposes.

Here's the key reason why:

1. Nook can store and read PDF, EPUB, eReader files. (And I have alot of PDFs, EPUBs, eReader files to load, referenced to, and carry around everyday).
   
2. Nook can download books via Wifi. (While Amazon's Kindle has to rely on its proprietary WhisperNet [a.k.a 3G service] only).
3. Nook screen comes with matte screen-cover available -- which would make reading the e-book more convenient. (I love "matte screen and matte paper look and experience". Matte finish is more pleasing to the eyes. My first Apple Powerbook G4 comes with Matte screen, and I still love its reading experience until today -- even more than what my MacBook Air's screen experience can provide).
   
4. The battery can last for 10 days (if its wireless radio being turned off). While the battery live is 4 days shorter than Kindle, a device that can live without charging for 10 days -- even for 5 days only -- is enough and sufficient for me (as of now). Such long lasting battery capacity would be sufficient to endure long-time travel journey, or  long day conference and/or long term discussion session.
   
5. The interface is touch-screen based -- which would make it easier for me to browse and navigate the book/pages.
   
6. It provides expansion slot -- with capacity up to 16Gb -- which essentially would allow me to store 17,500 e-Book or PDFs!
7. It allow me to upload pictures and photos, which would become my personal screen-saver. Yikes, I love this feature too! It would make my Nook more 'personal'. I love being able to see my family photos everyday. I don't mind at all to carry those everyday!
8. It comes with replaceable battery (with separate battery charger add-on available) -- which I think someday in the future would come handy, as: (1) I can buy a second battery that I can fully charge everyday, so incase my Nook's battery is low after 10 days use, I can replace it immediately with the other fully charge battery which will immediately work for another 10 days!. (2) Incase one day my Nook battery is dead, I can replace it easily with a new battery, wich makes my Nook's lifetime and 'return on investment' longer.
9. It allow me to use it as an MP3 player or audio book. (Nook have capacity of 26 hours of audio or music). Which could be useful in 2 ways: (1) I would be able to listen to the audio book or the 26 hours of music while driving or waiting in between meeting. (2) I would be able to listen to the [background] music, while reading and browsing my PDF and books!
   
10. Nook's operating system is Android -- which gives big hope that future software & operating system upgrade would be easier to do. This also opening up possibility that Nook someday could -- perhaps -- even become my "first tablet" too!

Of course B&N Nook is slightly thicker and slightly heavier than Amazon Kindle (196.2 x 126 x 12.8mm vs 203.2 x 134.6 x 9.1mm; 317gram vs 289gram), however in terms of what we can do (today and in the future) with the device, I feel Nook provide better capability (for today) and extension possiblity (for tomorrow).

I think once Nook is available I will go for a Nook. It's less pretty than Kindle, it's slightly thicker and heavier than Kindle. Yet it comes with more 'open capability' that would make the device more useful for my daily activity.

Incase one day Amazon's International Kindle more or less able to do the same to what Nook provide today, then -- at that time, when such happen to the Kindle -- I'll buy a Kindle too. It coould become Nooks' best buddy and companion -- or its loveable replacement.

If you're interested to see the complete comparison list, pls.click here: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/nook/compare/

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DILARANG Belok Kiri Langsung! -- peraturan baru berlaku sekarang

Pasal 112 Ayat 3 UU no 22 Tahun 2009 menyebutkan bahwa pengguna jalan dilarang belok kiri langsung. I don't know yet whether this applies to Bandung only, or includes Jakarta, or Bandung Jakarta, or the nation as well as a whole.
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Windows 7 WOW Factor (according to Mr. Ballmer)

On a recent interview with engadget, Mr. 'B' of Microsoft explain that the first time user see Windows 7, they'll go "Wow!".
And the "Wow factor" that he's talking about is:

• Wow, because 7 is faster.
• Wow, because 7 is more responsive.
• Wow, because 7 is simpler.

Hearing that I go Wow too! My reaction is: WOW! how could this be a WOW?? Fast, responsive and simple to use operating system is a must.
WOW, would that means that the predecessor to 7 -- a.k.a Vista -- was really screwed up before!??

That's really a WOW!! (Remembering that -- at that time -- those 'sales people' keep 'bravely', 'blindly' and 'daringly' [and selfishy ??] insist that Vista was really that GHOOOOD" -- makes me sometimes feel like I am the the only 'few man on planet earth' shouting 'Vista is lauzy'.).

I still go WOW WOW WOW re-hearing and remembering those sales people's 'remorse' ...

This time, I really hope Windows 7 is really excellent. Big hope for Windows 7. Bye bye Vista.

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Invitation to Google Wave!

I happen to get an invitation for Google Wave. This is how overall it looks like.

Happy 'Waving!'.

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Telkom Indonesia New Logo

As I understand it so far, the logo marks Telkom Indonesia's transformation (and vision) to become a T.I.M.E (Telecommunication, Information, Media, Edutainment) company.

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Bye bye Vista

Windows 7 is being released today. Hopefully '7' will be a really good operating system (at least: fast, memory efficient, user friendly, easy to use) that would remedy Vista's embarrasing sins.

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A better mouse! (again from Apple!) ...

1. Take a look at the latest "mouse innovation" from Apple!

Such an ingenious idea! Why 'modern mouse' shall still have those sticky buttons, and scrollable wheels?
Apple think they shall not. Hence come up the new mouse design.

The look of the Apple new mouse is definitely better!
What a great, awesome, ingenious idea!

2. People say, "a BMW is a BMW to the tiniest detail".

If Apple could be meticulously detail in 'small matter' and 'small object' such as a 'mouse', don't you think they are going to as high quality and as detail as well in other aspect of their system, application and operating system?

That's probably why Apple computer, iPod, iPhone and many other stuff look and feels definitely meticulously better. They build it all with highest quality, meticulous detail, and deepest passion. You can feel it through the look and feel of the object that they brought to the market.

Seeing all that perhaps now we can (also) say: "an Apple is an Apple ... to the tiniest detail". :-)

Enjoy!

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Apple release its new "MacBook" today -- More beauty, more power, $999 only!

Today Apple introduce it's new line of MacBook.

Come up with even more beautiful polycarbonate unibody enclosure, equipped with 7 hours battery capacity, and enhanced with more spacious new trackpad, this machine definitely is a wonderful thing to adopt.

The price tag is $999. And my sense: if 'saving money down to the penny' is not the objective, there's no reason people shall stick with their "virus-ready" Windows machine; and continue living with those troublesome, annoying, power wasting "anti virus" software anymore.

Go for a Mac! (or adopt Linux for your netbook instead). Enter the world of 'virus free' ecosystem. And enjoy the machine's meticulous ergonomics, convenience and beauty. There's no need to be 'virus friendly' any longer.

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Tomorrow Barnes & Noble will release its first e-book reader to the market

I guess if Johannes Gutenberg see this moment, he will be (again) so proud! Knowledge & information becomes even more accessible and portable to many, as he envisioned in the past, when he created his first 'moveable type' printing device.
We'll see tomorrow how the B&N device really looks like!

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