~ Reflections are the new drop shadows. Drop shadows used to dominate the graphic design spectrum, but as Apple goes, so goes the followers. When Apple started to use reflections in their OS, website, iTunes, etc…copycats have sprung up everywhere! Windows Vista utilized reflections, Obama’s campaign uses them heavily, in the last five minutes on TV it was used by Alltel Wireless, Coca-Cola, E-Trade, T-Mobile, and TD-Ameritrade. Keep an eye out for reflection overkill coming to a business near you!
~The Buffalo Sabres are hurting my soul. They’re up and then they’re down. They get hot and look to move back into the playoff picture and then play flat. There is not much heart left without Briere, Drury, and Campbell. Vanek has been disapointing, Miller has not been what he’s been in the past (And may end up the latest star Free Agent departure from Buffalo), and there isn’t any magic that made last season so great. Best outlook is they squeak into the playoffs and get hot at the right time to make a run at Lord Stanley’s Cup. But I don’t know if they have the determination to do so.
~With downtown’s Renaissance Square proposals being shot down, I can finally applaud the city of Rochester. I’m not saying Renaissance Square can’t be reinvigorated or flourish with new funding, but a little due diligence is long overdue with the Fast Ferry and Paetec Park fiascos. Speaking of Paetec Park and the Rhinos, I think Dan Williams was the man for the job to revitalize a once great franchise. Demolishing local housed to make room for parking and upscale residences would have gone a long way to bringing back the 13,000 person crowds the team once had. I don’t know if Soccer Sam is going to get the chance to takeover the team with his $2-4M offer from his investor group, but he’d at least be passionate about bringing the team back to it’s glory years. Doug Miller should have an executive role with the team regardless of its future owners.
~The Apple iPhone’s SDK press conference was finally today. We learned about a bunch of features long requested. Also integration with Microsoft’s Exchange. A bunch of app support releases and just generally another big step forward for Apple’s foray into mobile.
~Warren Buffett is now the world’s richest man at an estimated value of ~$63 billion. He leads Carlos Slim Helu who stands at ~$60B from his success in Latin American telecom, and Bill Gates who falls to third at a measly $58B, probably because MSFT’s hit after their unsuccessful unsolicited bid to buy YHOO.
~As for politics, what can you say. McCain finally locks up his nomination, let the VP guessing begin. Donkey side, there is just so much talent between these two that its tough to figure out. Either would have been a runaway winner over John Kerry in ’04, and both would be great Presidents IMHO. Mathematically, it is very unlikely that she can’t catch him in pledged delegates. Her wins the other night look pretty, but she only earned 4 delegates over Obama. Her choice is to accept defeat going into the convention or go ahead and take it to super delegates and subsequently rip apart the Democratic party. I hope she bows out graciously, but the Clintons are ferocious politicians that are not used to losing. Not to mention if she does become the nominee on super delegates, the backlash she will face from the younger generation will be catastrophic. For a movement like Obama’s campaign to be derailed, even as he won in pledged delegates would cause an entire generation to be disillusioned with politics and become completely apathetic. Your move Sen. Clinton.
