Safety…

“Two nurseries in Kent, England are fingerprinting parents as they drop off and pick up kids “for safety.”

English nurseries fingerprinting parents “for security” – Boing Boing

You have to ask the question. Why can’t they just remember the faces of the parents? How many kids are there in this place? Hardly sounds like a personalized service for your child; do they have to wear name tags?

Cars by Apple…

“An absolutely superb customer experience and once again gives a lot of weight to what Jobs says: when you control the hardware and the software (and, it turns out, the point of sale) then the integrated experience you can give to the consumer is nothing short of superb. I bet there is not a single phone on the market made by anyone else that could reproduce this experience.”

Parisblog: Apple Fanboy moment

What this actually shows is how bad most customer experiences are. You spend tens of thousands of Euros on a car and you can’t get service like this!

The truth…

I maybe odd but hasn’t he just shot himself and his profession here?Every article has to have a single point of view, and in this case it has to fit with the general preconception of the subject! He can’t find”news” as defined as something, he has to print a confirmation of what we already know.And the point of the press is?

“One of the good things about blogs is that they allow you to add nuance. In the news business, there is little space to tell a story. To earn the limited slot you usually have to stick with one angle. That’s a preface for expanding a little on the article we wrote in the newspaper today on France’s embrace of New World methods for selling its wine.The story fits into the classic category of “French tradition surrenders to superior Anglo-Saxon forces”. The enlightened reader smiles at another Gallic retreat in the face of globalisation but feels a twinge of regret that obstinate French excellence is again compromising with the modern world.The reality is a little more complicated.”Charles Bremner – Times Online – WBLG: France fights back with better wine

Will interface matter?

Adobe’s Acrobat.com could be an Office killer; Will interface matter? | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com

Yes, of course it matters but…

What amazes me is how good the interfaces looks compared to Office; this is an online app and it looks lovely to my offline application. I’m used to the online applications looking like Google Docs; basic, blue and boring. This is something very different and, in fact, so good that I’m itching to use it but I don’t want to go through the transition process.

http://www.acrobat.com