Thursday, March 22, 2007

Friday, March 16, 2007

More Langley Photos

sorry for not sharing sooner...
I created this new(er) Langley photo album a couple weeks ago.
I was trying to update some other parts of my website but decided it would just be quicker and easier to share the link here.

http://www.dady.us/Langley.html

p.s. This page is part of an iWeb project I was working on so if you try any of the links on the page, you'll probably notice that there are parts of the site that are not finished.

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

New designs

I'm toying with a few new site designs and I'm looking for feedback.
I don't want to explain too much in case what I say might influence your impression.

Please take a look at these two sites and then either email me or post comments (to this blog) to let me know what you think.

http://dev.dady.us/
http://students.washington.edu/bcdady/


Thanks for your help

Thursday, March 08, 2007

Jobs Gates innovators

I recently applied for a scholarship by writing a quick essay to answer the question:
"Whom do you think the better innovator is, Steve Jobs or Bill Gates? There is no wrong or right answer, we just want to see your creativity."
I rather enjoyed crafting my answer so I thought I'd share it with you.

Both Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are each phenomenal innovators in their own specialty. Bill Gates has grown Microsoft to a dominant position in business computing. Steve Jobs has revolutionized personal electronics and focuses on providing intuitive computers for consumers. Granted, Microsoft also holds a dominant market share of desktop operating systems in homes, but even Windows experts agree, the Mac is a superior product (http://www.scotsnewsletter.com/88.htm#mactest). Gates and Jobs each have applied their enthusiasm for innovation to make the world a better place.

Microsoft is most impervious to Apple in the enterprise, where Active Directory, Exchange Server, Office, Share Point, and SQL reign. In our free market economy, there are plenty of other players who would like a piece of the enterprise technology pie, but Microsoft is the main player. Gate's Microsoft also plays to the consumer market with Windows Media Center and the recent Zune, but these are feeble attempts to play catch-up in a market space where Apple reigns.

Jobs and Apple have created a substantial impact on American culture with the iconic iPod and iTunes. The iPod's achievements include the ability to purchase, download and view TV shows or movies and listen to podcasts, and of course, music. iTunes and downloadable songs may very well be the end of traditional music distribution like CD's. Then, as if that's not enough, Jobs has recently debuted the iPhone, which purports to invade the PDA, cell phone, and tablet PC markets with one svelte device.

Each of these men have raised the game of innovation and used their passions to advance our civilization. Bill Gates has clearly brought substantial innovation to the business world and the global economy owes he and Microsoft (and other technology companies) a debt of gratitude. Steve Jobs continues to pursue and provide easier, more attractive, more enjoyable gadgets and tools which can be integrated to improve our lives. According to their own priorities, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are each the consummate innovator in their fields.

Thursday, March 01, 2007

Bryan as a South Park character

I am a student at the University of Washington, majoring in Communications. Next quarter, I will be working with their Instructional Resource Center (I.R.C.), podcasting interviews of alumni (and others ) for the Master of Communication in Digital Media program.

While I was browsing the site and staff/faculty pages, I discovered a site with a South Park character; as a likeness of the professor. The bottom of her page referenced SP Studio as the source, so I went to check it out.

I had fun attempting to make myself as a South Park caricature and I wanted to share my creation with you.

Agent Smith works for Steve Ballmer, "Vader is a Mac Daddy"

I found this funny article last week that matched sci-fi characters with their preferred computer operating system. Here are two of my favorites:

Agent Smith(s)Agent Smith = PC: He's a machine that hates interacting with human users. He's almost unstoppable, unless confronted by an avatar of choice (the "bug" in the Matrix, according to The Architect, AKA Steve Ballmer). He wants everyone to look and act and work just like him, effectively converting the entire machine landscape into one standardized techno-clone army. He forcibly upgrades his old counterparts to become extensions of himself (XP to Vista?). And the only way to defeat him is to surrender to him. Seriously, could Agent Smith be any more of a Windows PC? The dude should have the Microsoft logo stamped on his lapel.

VaderPodDarth Vader = Mac OS X: When you boil the Empire down to its core philosophy, it's this: Order at any cost. Hate to break it to you Mac fans, but that's Steve Jobs' mantra as well. He'll build you the slickest personal computer in the world, so long as you're willing to give up any control over the inner workings of your tech. Besides, just look at the stormtroopers–they're walking iPods. Or take the Death Star: Clean lines, efficient design, impressive features–you could almost hear Jobs introducing it at some MacWorld expo in a galaxy far, far away: "One more thing…it blows up planets." The downside of this orderly, simplistic scheme is a that any R2 unit with a USB link can access your ultimate weapon and shut down all the garbage mashers on the detention level, any decrepit old Jedi can disable your tractor beam generators thanks to an intuitive interface, and your security-through-obscurity principles mean any consular ship or Bothan spy can intercept plans for this battlestation, exposing the inadequacy of your thermal exhaust systems (dude, you need more case fans). That is why you fail.

The full article is available here: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/geekend/?p=524