Chris Anderson

It’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s house. Oh yes.

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:52:45 -0400

It’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s house. Oh yes.

Joss Whedon to Direct The Avengers, Project Clearly Doomed

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:43:07 -0400

Joss Whedon to Direct The Avengers, Project Clearly Doomed:

Based on the track record of Joss Whedon in the world of television, film and other things that are visual and entertaining, it is likely that any project to which he becomes attached is going to go…

Five ways Keynote for the iPad badly misses the mark

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:49:43 -0400

Five ways Keynote for the iPad badly misses the mark:

You’d think Apple would make Keynote for the iPad work well with the desktop version. Sadly, you’d be wrong.

Five ways Keynote for the iPad badly misses the mark

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:31:00 -0400

Five ways Keynote for the iPad badly misses the mark:

My first EVER post on TUAW! All about Keynote and the iPad’s foibles. Check it out!

iPhone OS 4.0 and multiple user accounts

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:02:00 -0400

After sharing one iPad amongst my coworkers for two days now, I’d bet money that Thursday’s iPhone OS 4.0 announcement will bring multiple user accounts to the iPad (and possibly the iPhone). The iPad is too pricey for Apple to reasonably expect every person in a household to own one (though I’m sure they can dream). But because it’s so portable, it’s ridiculously easy to pass from person to person and thus makes multiple user accounts needed, much more than they are on an iPhone. The kids can have the user account with the games, while the parents can have the user account with the news apps (and, of course, the games). Coupled with iTunes content eventually hosted in the cloud (from Apple’s Lala purchase) each user account could directly access the entirety of their individual content without worrying about managing manual iTunes syncs.

With apps and iTunes content currently tied to a single iTunes account, it’s difficult to allow multiple people to purchase content on host it on the same iPad. If I want to buy and read a book on a coworker’s iPad, I would have to login as them on the device, which can mess up syncing and other app settings. Or I’d need to ask them to buy it, pay them in cash, but realize that the book will be forever tied to their iTunes account, not mine.

A user account system could even sync to individual iTunes accounts on a computer. The admin on the device could set how much space each user is allocated, and iTunes would fill each account to the allotted space.

In practice, I think it would be remarkably easy to implement a multi-user system on an iPad. You could tap your user account on the lock screen, enter your password, and view your own person home screen. You’d be able to log out, or the iPad could prompt a user to re-login after a certain time period.

I’m not sure if such a system would be quite as useful on an iPhone or iPod Touch, but if Apple would implement it on an iPad, I’m sure it could easily carry over. I think multiple user accounts on an iPad would be a HUGE feature and would make managing a single iPad much more convenient among households and businesses. Sounds exciting to me!

How I'd Hack Your Weak Passwords

Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:40:47 -0400

How I'd Hack Your Weak Passwords:

Internet standards expert and blogger John Pozadzides knows a thing or two about password security and he knows exactly how he’d hack the weak passwords you use all over the internet.

Dead Man Driving

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:25:26 -0400

Dead Man Driving:

Car crashes happen to other guys, right? Maybe they don’t have your quick reaction time or uncanny ability to multitask behind the wheel. Or maybe they’re simply lesser drivers. If you believe that,…

Ricky Gervais Calls Out Weirdness of The Marriage Ref [VID]

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:09:29 -0500

Ricky Gervais Calls Out Weirdness of The Marriage Ref [VID] :

Gervais: “I feel like someone’s put crack in my drink! What is going on? This is the weirdest show I’ve ever been on.”

Great white sharks more endangered than tigers

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:57:15 -0500

Great white sharks more endangered than tigers:

Great White Sharks are now even more endangered than tigers, according to a leading marine biologist.

YouTube Launches Support for HTML5

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 12:39:40 -0500

YouTube Launches Support for HTML5:

YouTube has just revealed that it is rolling out a new video player that supports HTLM5, one that can be accessed via YouTube’s TestTube idea incubator.

20 Photoshop Tips and Tricks That You Should Know About

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:32:21 -0500

20 Photoshop Tips and Tricks That You Should Know About:

Photoshop is a heck of an amazing software. You can do all kinds of things with images and go as far as your imagination can take you. Once you are past the beginner level and understand what the…

Top 10 Tracks from the Halo Universe

Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:25:46 -0500

Top 10 Tracks from the Halo Universe:

Ten Halo franchise songs that will please your ears

iPhone and Snow Leopard Server's failure to communicate

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:36:16 -0500

iPhone and Snow Leopard Server's failure to communicate:

With Apple pushing the iPhone as a full-featured smartphone for the enterprise, you’d think it would work perfectly with its own enterprise-focused Snow Leopard Server. You’d be wrong. The iPhone…

iPhone and Snow Leopard Server's failure to communicate

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:11:47 -0500

iPhone and Snow Leopard Server's failure to communicate:

So excited!! My first ever published tech article is now up at Ars Technica. Incredibly nerdy stuff, but fun nonetheless. Very pumped!

Colbert's Best Crackups

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:18:13 -0500

Colbert's Best Crackups:

One of the things that makes Stephen Colbert so beloved is his ability to stay in character under the most difficult circumstances. Which is probably why it’s so funny when he does break.

NASA - LCROSS Impact Data Indicates Water on Moon

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:18:55 -0500

NASA - LCROSS Impact Data Indicates Water on Moon:

Got Water? Yes and a Whole Lot More!

Joss Whedon writes An Open Letter to the Terminator owners

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:54:46 -0500

Joss Whedon writes An Open Letter to the Terminator owners:

The Terminator franchise is for sale. Joss Whedon makes a bid for it.

49 Amazing Resources for Free Vector Graphics

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:41:19 -0400

49 Amazing Resources for Free Vector Graphics :

Your search for free Vector graphics is over. Below we have compiled a list of the best free web sites to freely download Vectors, most of the sites don’t qualify into a category, we’ll call them…

Fish Bump

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:18:56 -0400

Fish Bump :

High-fives with a 50ft humpback whale.

How Sam Adams Helped Save Craft Brewing

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:44:31 -0400

How Sam Adams Helped Save Craft Brewing:

Making and drinking beer is serious business, says Boston Beer Founder, Jim Koch. But he’s just as serious about doing right by his neighbors and his band of craft brewing brothers.