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Productivity nerds rejoice. iPad OmniFocus, $40, is now available. I was a beta tester and have been using iPad OmniFocus for several weeks. So does OmniFocus’s much awaited iPad incarnation live up to the hype or fall flat on its face? I’m pleased to report the Omni Group succ

Congratulations to Jay Rosen, whose PressThink won the 2005 Blog Freedom Award […]

Brainstorming in a group became popular in 1953 with the publication of a business book, "Applied Imagination." But it's been proven not to work since 1958, when Yale researchers found that the technique actually reduced a team's creative output: the same number of people generate more and better

He is one of the greatest comic actors alive. A man who's navigated his career with a peerless instinct for quality and self-respect. The man behind movies—from Caddyshack to Stripes, from Rushmore to Lost in Translation—that seem to have defined a dozen different moments in our cultural life. But he is also a man beholden to no one, not the studios, not the audience, not even an agent. And as he sits down with Dan Fierman to discuss everything from the lameness of Ron Howard to the genius of Kung Fu Hustle, you can be pretty sure he's going to tell you exactly what he thinks

In Defense of the Fourth Estate [tweetmeme source=”jolieodell” only_single=false] In the mind of many a startup hacker, the journalist is a vulture, a jackal: a predator that would feed on anything…

On Friday morning, Apple gave 11 journalists a tour of its once-secret wireless testing lab. Here's a report from the scene.

New research suggests that misinformed people rarely change their minds when presented with the facts -- and often become even more attached to their beliefs. The finding raises questions about a key principle of a strong democracy: that a well-informed electorate is best.

"Credibility in Mobile space is further eroded, as if that were even possible!"

The Gnomon School of Visual Effects teaches both students and professionals …

Here's one for all the platformer fans out there. Alessandro Andriani has recently released Omino [App Store], a cute little retro-inspired platformer with a look reminiscent of Super Mario Brothers on the NES. It features bright colors, simplistic "8-bit" graphics, and a rather primitive chiptune s

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Since our piece on Wednesday, we've had more trusted sources step forward to fill in some blanks and clarify the story behind the amazingly swift fall from gr...

Previously, I did some simple testing of reception strength on my iPhone 4 and concluded that I couldn’t see any problems. I’ve now done some more thorough testing, however, and have reason to think I was wrong. Warning: this is very long and nerdy.

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The recently announced iPhone 4 includes a feature called FaceTime; it's wifi videophone functionality. In Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace wrote that within the reality of the book, videophones enjoyed enormous initi

Along with iOS 4 and iPhone 4, Apple has also released a portable version of its iMovie video-editing application. Christopher Breen has installed iMovie for iPhone on his new iPhone 4 and walks you through the ins and outs of this mobile app.

iTunes does a great many things, but to be really great, it should do a few things better.