Author Archives: Guillaume Laurent

As everybody could see, one thing obvious from Google I/O 2010 is : Google is after Apple. At least on the mobile market, and, with the announcement of Google TV, on the home appliance one too (as nascent as this … Continue reading →

I like Twitter, find it practical for many a thing, and use it myself. At the MIDEM 2010 it really was the lifeline of the event. But in between the ‘RT’, ‘@username’, and ‘#keyword’, there’s even less space to express … Continue reading →

A quick recap : that section enforces the use of Objective C, C or C++ for iPhone app coding. First reaction is obviously hostile (quite legitimately, IMHO). More interesting, however, are the following short exchange between an iPhone developer and … Continue reading →

Following up on this post I had written about the iPhone becoming the ideal universal remote, I’ve just come across this other post about the iPad’s even bigger potential as a remote control. Although I believe Android’s openness will make … Continue reading →

Aperture 3 is a huge breath of fresh air for me, opening up photo retouching to so many new possibilities while doing it faster. Pretty much all the requested and hoped-for features are there (first of foremost, brushes, and curves), … Continue reading →

Sooo, for once I’m going to blog about current news Like almost every geek out there, I’ve been rather disappointed by the iPad. However, as many others have said, the iPhone had already revolutionized the way we think of computer … Continue reading →

So the MIDEM 2010 is closing today. I attended as a press photographer, mostly did concerts (some great stuff), but also a couple of press conferences. Anyway : the industry is definitely moving towards other non-repressive solutions and alternative models … Continue reading →

Now that basic (very basic) editing, recording and playback are in, I can show a quick demo of EdenX (that OS X would-be Rosegarden clone I’ve been working on). At this stage there’s really not much point in demonstrating it, … Continue reading →

Another tweet, another milestone : edenx recorded its first notes on sept. 24th. Notes sent by a quickly hacked MIDI client which sole purpose is to create virtual MIDI sources at will, and send NoteOn/NoteOff events on them. This was … Continue reading →

All my pet peeves against Linux rolled into one. From Google and Adobe engineers, no less. And of course, most of the replies are “yes but we’re free, we have choice, etc…”. *sigh*.