Zach Scott

Post a link when it is done. - Russellreno

I think I'll go get a Red Bull and head back to my Mac for a little while and come back in an hour on my PC and see if it's made any progress. - Thomas Hawk

Ya it works pretty well. This was my test. http://www.firephil.org/2008/p... - Zach Scott

I'll definitely post a link if it works. - Thomas Hawk

The only MS product I've actually been interested in for as long as I can remember. - Aaron Krug

ok, it's progressing. I'm using 187 full size high res files from my 5D so that might be why it's going so slow. I have UVerse fiber though so the connection can't be that much of a bottleneck. It will be interesting to see if this will work or not, I'm excited about it if it does, but I suspect I may need to practice and experiment a bit before I get what I want out of it. - Thomas Hawk

Very cool demo Zach! - Thomas Hawk

I wonder if they're ever going to have it for the mac. Bah. - elissa via Alert Thingy

ok, it now says 55 minutes remaining. hopefully this works. - Thomas Hawk

Yes We Can! - Alex Scoble CISSP

Agreed. The Democrats lose the election if it becomes about Sarah Palin, rather than the economy, Iraq, energy, education, and constitutional freedoms. - Chris Baskind

o crap - Amber aka SDA

Look at the by-line. Nuff said. - Eric P

Should've pointed out that the piece was by Karl Rove. 'Nuff said. - steplow = Steve Lowe

This viewpoint, even if it was written by Karl Rove, resonates with me. - Robert Scoble

Holy crap. Karl Rove can make up his own reality and spread it via WSJ. Squillions of businessfolks are going to read this and remember it and tell their friends. I'm glad WSJ puts in the sidebar and footnote that reveal Rove's political leanings. - Daniel J. Pritchett

But he's right. Palin cannot become the subject of this election. The subject is that GOP junta has run the country like a banana republic for eight years, and now says the next four would be different if we return them to the White House. - Chris Baskind

I agree Robert - the campaign has completely changed, she may be president in 4 years, keep that in mind - Jason Kintzler

Once again, Karl Rove is right. - Kevin Porter via twhirl

Karl is entitled to his math. - Beebo Wallace

@AlexScoble No you can't ~wags tongue~ ;) - Peter Simard

Love the Obama quote about how him running for president counts as experience points that qualify him for President. By that logic, Al Sharpton is qualified. - Mark Jaquith via twhirl

Love him or hate him Rove's political acumen is unparalleled. - Peter Simard

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Obama running against McCain? - Jeff P. Henderson

With Palin on the GOP ticket,the experience question is moot. Enough. - Chris Reed

@Jeff - not anymore ;) - Jason Kintzler

Yeah, she's the most experienced of all of them - Peter Simard

OK, lets here some discussion about issues from the candidates now. - Jeff P. Henderson

Jeff, you wouldn't think it, the way he's been going after her specifically. - Mark Jaquith via twhirl

I'm not going to honor Karl Rove by responding line by line to his drivel. Either party can write articles like that, they never give a full picture. Maybe it just comes down to values for me, ie., I don't share hers, although perhaps the Undecideds do. - Marko Bon

Consider the source. Karl Rove. Obama hasn't been going after Palin. Rove wants him to. - Mark Logan via twhirl

I can't believe I just wasted my time reading this propaganda. I further can't believe the Wall Street Journal chose to publish it. - Carlton Northern

It's evident that Palin was selected to counter Obama. GOP musta figured folks might not vote for McCain, but they will vote for Palin. Definitlely cynical. Possibly successful. - MikeAmundsen

I agree with Rove on this. Obama just needs to stay clear of Palin. - Russellreno

It is interesting to see how peoples views are clouded by preconceived political ideas. - Zach Scott

I'm not surprised that the WSJ printed it. They are just catering to their customers, most of whom are conservative. - Alex Scoble CISSP

@Zach Your preconceived notions about people's views is interesting. - Mattb4rd

WSJ = Ruport Murdoch = Fox News = Karl Rove's Boss - Darrell Bell via twhirl

Dinosaur girl? - Steve Chou

Enough is enough! Less political garbage - more debate on issues. I'll start - do you believe in trickle down economics? - AJ Kohn

yep, Palin is the 'red meat' for Dems. Palin is cast as the 'victim' that the left-wing media abuses, that the liberals denegrate, and the democrats don't understand. great story for running a campaign. and the Dems have a hard time keeping away from it. like others said, Palin is not the election issue. the GOP/McCain is. any press on Palin is press *not* covering GOP/McCain. Dems need to figure out how to make her a non-issue. - MikeAmundsen

@alex It's obviously just an opinion piece. Don't be too scared of opinion. :) - Mattb4rd

Karl Rove should talk about failure of Bush Admin instead of Obama - imran

It's funny how an inexperienced Democrat can be a "change agent" but an inexperienced Republican is a "bad Disney movie". :| - John Denver

You're right @AlexScoble, Yes We Can! - Paula Moore

No, it's a fact that trickle down economics hasn't worked for the bulk of Americans. It results in the rich getting richer at a faster rate than anyone else. It doesn't pull us up all equally. - Alex Scoble CISSP

"I hate him, therefore he's wrong" is a logical fallacy. Democrats ignore Karl Rove at their peril; he is an absolute political genius. A stinking, slimy weasel, but a political genius nonetheless. - Glen Campbell

it's true, if this becomes about Palin, we Dems are screwed. But Obama and Biden *have* been talking about issues. The Repubs can't win on issues, so they take random quotes out of context and try to refocus it on Palin. Look at what they did with "lipstick on a pig." The media is complicit in this. - Victor Ganata

I think Rove makes some good points here. The question is, why is he giving free advice to the enemy? My thought: he's trying to reverse psychologize the Obama ticket into taking on Palin. It's win-win for him; if they take his advice, he can claim victory, if they don't McCain might win. - John via twhirl

@AlexScoble, is it a fact? I credit much of the economic boom of the '90s to Reagan's economic policies. Reagan let the rich keep their money and, no, it didn't do much for everyone else at the time. However, there were no good investment opportunities in the '80s, so the rich horded their cash. Then, when the WWW (and other technology-related industries) took off in the '90s, the rich invested and everyone else benefited. - J. McConnell

Good thing that Obama and Biden are totally doing the grassroots thing. The media generally fails to provide substantive coverage of what they're doing, and what they're doing is really resonating with a lot of people. Anecdotally, everyone I know is voting for Obama, and i'm in freakin' San Diego, certainly one of the most conservative cities in the country. People really aren't as stupid as the Republicans and the media want you to believe. When you're getting screwed hard enough, you pay attention. - Victor Ganata

The thing I find most interesting is that Karl Rove once helped determine policy from the inside the Bush Administration. Now Mr. Rove works in media now. He gets to help to form and shape public opinion now. The WSJ and Fox News are his platforms for doing so. Am I the only one that finds scary? He has managed to cover all of the bases for promoting his school of thought. - Darrell Bell via twhirl

They've got Palin doing all the PR gigs, have hardly seen McCain in the past week. The Democrats need to (and I want them to) play smart. - Chris Dahl

Yeah, those reps aren't as stupid as we thought, eh? Of course it was the only viable opportunity and seems to be working. so far. - Alex von Halem via twhirl

Tagged both this debate and the story with Delicious. - Roberto Bonini

I agree with Alex on trickle down economics. The gap between rich and poor is wider than ever, in part because of this practice. And at it base you need to think about it this way. If you were to give WalMart a tax-break, would they increase employee wages? - AJ Kohn

Alex, have you ever considered that the rich may be rich because they are smarter and make good decisions? Stupid broke people, if given a lot of money, will soon be broke again. "Life is hard. It's harder when you're stupid" - John Wayne - Mattb4rd

But...um...he's NOT running against Palin. Are the mass electorate really that stupid? - Steve

LOL that's laughable Matt...there are plenty of stupid people with money. You don't necessarily need intelligence to make money. To think that you do is laughable, just as it's laughable to assume that you need intelligence to get a degree. If our problem with poverty was as easy as that it would have been fixed long ago. - Alex Scoble CISSP

The hype usually wears off 30 days after the convention. - Bob

@AJ Kohn, I'm not disagreeing that trickle down economics might not work, I'm wondering aloud if it should be considered a "fact" that it doesn't work. In your example, I don't think it's fair to ask if Walmart would increase employee wages if given a task break. The fair question is, given a tax break, would Walmart invest that money in a way that benefits the many more than if the government had taken it in taxes? - J. McConnell

Alex: Laugh this off too, if you will: Socialism has failed every time is has been tried. - Mattb4rd

What I'm looking for isn't socialism. - Alex Scoble CISSP

A rose by any other name... - Mattb4rd

I've always liked this technology but it doesn't support the RAW file format which is a deal killer for me. - Thomas Hawk

Oh damn, I didn't know that Thomas. This is still a really cool idea, but they need to support that format or professional photogs (like you) won't touch it. For the standard point-and-shoot users I can see the value, though. - Haggis (Sean)

I recently got one for my Nikon DSLR and love it. I normally take 'Fine JPEG' format pics so I'm not too concerned about the RAW limitations. I also like the fact it uploads to Smugmug. - Jonathon

I want one of these for xmas. - Tad, TV's Patrick Duffy

@Thomas, Does the card not support the RAW format or the Eye-Fi uploading services and geo-tagging? - Wizetux

Do they make a CF version with Raw if not they are leaving out a large part of the market. I don't see someone with a point and shoot putting another 130 into a 300 dollar camera. - Zach Scott

Well, I can see the problem with the service supporting RAW because there is no real standard of RAW format. So they would have to support the Nikon, Canon, Sony, and Pantax (along with any new forming companies) RAW formats which is a hard thing to keep up with as a business. - Wizetux

This is a giant leap forward. I just hope maybe this technology can be canned for come kind of VR use. - Zach Scott

I think that it is 100% okay that Microsoft makes this Windows only. This is a legitimate avenue to add value to Windows. If Apple can make things like iPhoto mac only as a value add to their OS, why shouldn't it be okay for Microsoft to do something similar for Windows? - Joe Beda

@ Joe Beda perhaps because the OS is not the value add - seriously, competition is great but you running Vista yet? All of this user generated content App rush (don't forget Adobe & flash issues) is good for users generating content ... fwiw not an apple v msft issue when downstream app cos are historically crowded out by Windows OS - creep - Scott Moskowitz

Love. Quality idea - James Tenniswood

I should be clear -- I think that it is in Microsoft's best interest to have the player work everywhere (ala silverlight). However, on the creation side of things, I think it is a great way for Microsoft to make Windows more compelling. Obviously as a user we'd like to see everything be cross platform, but I think it is legit for MS to only offer the creation software on Windows. (Can I get Apple's Aperture on Windows? What about Final Cut Pro?) - Joe Beda

I see nothing wrong with Microsoft making PC only software. But it still doesn't mean I can use it on my Mac. - Thomas Hawk

It doesn't seem to play well with Parallels/XP either. Once I installed the plug-in, every visit to the Photosynth site crashed IE. On an unrelated note, the language of the notice regarding their lack of cross-platform support is very un-Microsoft (not in a bad way). Anyway, looking forward to giving it a shot once they get a handle on the traffic spike. - Tom Harrison

Re: #2. My main beef with Vista is the loss of control. I have to phone MS for permission to use my OS after a re-install. Unsolicited balloon tips popping up everywhere, providing me with useless information. Rebooting my machine without permission, or pestering me every 15 mins to reboot. - Paul Grav

I like Vista - andy brudtkuhl

Right on the money. I think for developers like myself, Vista is utterly attrocious. I just doesn't gel with anything else other than developing on .Net using Visual Studio. Sure you can run Python & Ruby on Vista, but the "method of development" and the interface to those technologies is sooo much more clunky than on Mac OS X or Ubuntu. - Ijonas

Isn't the rapid release of the next windows and the support extention pretty much saying that MS expects Vista to never get picked up by enterprise? - Aram Zucker-Scharff via twhirl

The answer is no. Vista is selling incredibly well with new PC's and the installed base is already huge by any reasonable measure. The adoption rate is well within the ballpark set for other major OS upgrades like XP. There have been no major security flaws and in fact Vista's track record on this is great. What would define "failure" then? It sells. It sells well and the adoption rate is good. There is a PR problem - but that is soluble. - Soulhuntre

Better question - when did Vista "jump the shark" or what feature pushed it over the edge? - Wayne Schulz

Anyway, even if it fails in the sense of sales, I still think that--for all the bad PR--Vista is a pretty good OS, I love using it on my laptop. - Aram Zucker-Scharff via twhirl

@Soulhunte. You mean, PCs are selling well. End users don't have a choice, unlike businesses. According to HP: "What we have been able to do with Microsoft is ship PCs with a Vista Business licence but with XP pre-loaded. That is still the majority of business computers we are selling today." - Paul Grav

Another thing -- in the 90s, before blogging was big, Microsoft had a big outreach program to build buzz around its products. It was really impressive. Now that blogging is established -- nothing -- silence. Esp when there's so much buzz around Apple, this may be the biggest mistake they're making with Vista. - Dave Winer

LOL @Brent Logan. Vista is the reason our soon-to-be purchased laptops will be Macs. It will be the first time in 25 years. I will use a mac on purpose or without getting paid/forced to do so. We're running XP on all of computers and we know we'll have to "upgrade" soon. - Anika Malone

@Soulhuntre: Seconding @Paul Gray; Arguing that Vista's install base is huge, and that it's commercial adoption rate is high (and the product is therefore 'successful') is much like arguing that cramped, uncomfortable seats continue to be the most popular ones in air travel. And re: 'PR problem': I have to agree with you there. Thousands of pesky users vociferously hating your product is a real PR nightmare. - Derrick Burns

Assuming Windows 7 is on schedule, we'll be seeing RTM in a little over 12 months. So for the users currently on XP, what's the point in upgrading to Vista when it'll soon be obsolete. @Soulhuntre. I don't think MS have enough time to solve their PR problem. The damage is already done, and MS will be busy selling Windows 7 by the time they get anywhere close to fixing it. MS are just limiting the damage at the moment. - Paul Grav

Media Center on Vista works really well and is a great improvement over the previous version. - Thomas Hawk

Dave? It's 404 =( - Mona N.

MS still actively promotes its products; it may be Dave's just not getting freebies or phone calls or other coddling from them anymore. Must be a slow news day. As for biz use, Vista uptake isn't really much slower than XP's was, or any other Windows version for that matter. Considerably more secure by default, Media Center's greatly improved... lots to like. I think the MS logo is the biggest mental hurdle for most people to overcome. An Apple logo on the box would have people vigorously humping Vista. - abacab

seems a bit unfair to slam windows for malware and then refuse to try the version that attempts to do something about it. Personally, I like Vista. I use it and OS X daily, and can't really say I prefer one too much over the other. - Rob

@Thomas. My experience of Windows Media Center has always been positive but according to Paul Thurrott, it doesn't seem like MS is putting much resources into it anymore. http://twit.tv/ww67 - Paul Grav

404 for me too. - Art

The permalink is 404'd but its the first story on http://www.scripting.com/ - Jesse Wolgamott

If we aren't going measure success in objective terms like adoption rate, sales, market share or income generation then what possible measure do we use? Do things fail just because the vocal A-list pundit-o-sphere doesn't like it (and usually hasn't tried it?). That makes no sense. The HP thing is a non-issue as well.. at this point in XP's life biz was still buying new machines with the old OS as well. - Soulhuntre

BTW - the best current information points Windows 7 as targeted for 2010 which is well in keeping with the release cycles we see from MS. We will see widespread beta availability at least 12 months before an RTM release. There is no financial or technical reason to try and rush Windows 7 out the door. Once again, Vista is doing just fine (despite attempts to paint it as a failure) so it's not necessary to push W7 ahead in the time line. Besides, releasing R7 in 12 months wont SOLVE any PR problem. - Soulhuntre

@Paul - don't agree that "end users have no choice" when they increasingly do choose other PCs running Mac OS, Linux, etc. And if you admit that some users choose not to purchase Windows PCs then you have to admit that the rest *are choosing* to purchase Windows PCs. - Alan Cheslow

Vista is better than XP, except in the case of older machines. I think most people bitching about Vista simply don't remember the early days of XP - an OS that brought the spyware plague upon us and didn't become remotely usable until SP2. Against XP in the same time period of its launch, Vista is *considerably* better. - Eric P

I agree with Eric, I wish that my old desktop could run Vista. - Aram Zucker-Scharff via twhirl

It already did. Agree that MS will just do minimal damage control until they hump out Windows 7. - Indio Apache via twhirl

But in the mean time, once you try Mac, you never go back. Why Apple is currently blowing their second chance in a few decades to sell their OS to everyone is beyond me. I guess they just can't break out of their comfort zone of selling notebook hardware in various pacakges. Pity. - Indio Apache via twhirl

Vista feels like it was built with the noob in mind rather than the power user. Once UAC is turned off, it's not too terrible. I'm happy to see the OS fade into the background so I can get back to productive activities like Facebook and Twitter. :-) - Brett Nordquist

@Steve: That's because Apple would then have to support all kinds of new hardware. You know, the same kind of issue that hardware vendors made Vista have... - Jordan Hofker

@Eric Rice, but I do remember the early years of XP. I was so excited about it, installed it and got nothing but headache. It took them almost 2 yrs. to get it working right, but I had gone back to WinServer 2000 or whatever it was called. That forced my hesitation of acquiring Vista. After last year's rollout and watching my friends/clients being frustrating over some of the same issues that bugged us early XP adopters, I was fine with waiting. - Anika Malone

@Alan. Well if you want to be pedantic, then "end users have no choice when buying a Windows machine". - Paul Grav

Vista has the feel of an operating system at the end of the Baroque era. The human interaction layer is migrating up the stack into the browser; the requirements for an OS can be much simpler. More Bauhaus. MSFT seems to sense this with Mesh and Midori. They need to establish a new cash machine before formally winding it down. - Cliff Gerrish

YES VISTIA WILL FAIL - Victor via twhirl

@Alan Cheslow: Keep in mind, though, that a large number of 'average users' barely understand that options like Mac or Linux exist, or, if they do, are afraid of stepping outside their computing comfort zone to learn a new system. Consequently, the 'choice' of operating system, for many people, is an illusory one; - Derrick Burns

"I think Microsoft is in bed with Hollywood" - And Apple isn't? What's with you guys who go on and on about being 'open' and 'free' but continue to use Apple products? Is there a more closed company than Apple? I don't like using XP anymore. Vista is a lot more usable *once-you-get-used-to-it* -- just like OS X and KDE/Gnome/Others on Linux. - Dileepa Prabhakar

If we are measuring success by OS usage figures, then Vista is a complete flop. 17 months after its release, XP was already at 29% usage. Vista in comparison is only at 11%. http://bit.ly/CKKl - Paul Grav

And @Everyone comparing Vista to early XP: yes, the first two years of XP were a disaster. And, yes, Vista at this stage is probably better all around than that first iteration of XP. But arguing that this makes Vista a good operating system is, to use yet another metaphor, like arguing that being shot in the foot is a really good thing because it hurts so much less than being shot in the stomach. Besides which, when did we resign ourselves to accepting "less painful than it could be" as good enough? - Derrick Burns

@Dileepa, you're absolutely right. I used to think MSFT was the dark side, but recently I watched Star Wars episode V with my kids. Yoda said that the dark side is "quicker, easier, more seductive." We all know who that is! - Bruce Lewis via fftogo

I have only been using Vista extensively for the past week or so (I actually went out and bought a copy of Home Premium). The installation went pretty much without a hitch and I have been using it without problems so far.I get why developers and such would find that working on Vista would be a pita, but for average users, it's just fine imo. - Haris bin Ali

I agree with a developer's post on your blog Dave. I run Vista 64-bit with 10GB RAM on a MacPro (desktop) and it runs extremely well. On notebooks it's a mixed bag--it depends what device you have as to whether everything installs, runs, and is as easy to use as it should be. There are some things that I find better than in XP though. For example, WIFI config is better (EVDO config still lags though), sleep and hibernate are MUCH more reliable (w/SP1), and battery monitoring is improved. The problem for low end notebooks with limited resources is another challenge to Vista. Here you don't have much choice but to use XP or strip down Vista using a 3rd party tool which I think breaks the license. To me the issue with Vista is that processors/RAM haven't caught up with it on the notebook side. Maybe with the convergence going on w/smart phones this won't happen for awhile and Vista will struggle till it gets thinner. - Loren Heiny

I will say it then, Vista is GREAT - Stephen Edgar

I think Vista is great and I actually use it. You in your post really had nothing concrete besides media speak that would lead anyone not to use Vista. You sound like most blogger s, you are quick to kill something that you don't use. I know many people that have this preconceived notion about vista and if you use it on a daily basis like I do you see its relevance. - Zach Scott

I use Vista on a daily basis. It irritates me. - Neil H