(Previous post: What is Firefox OS all about?) Hardware To get this out of the way first: this is clearly intended to be the lowest-end device that Firefox OS apps will need to support. It's distinctly bargain-basement. By far the best thing about this hardware is its soft-touch orange plastic rear cover, which is nice… Continue reading Firefox OS on the Geeksphone Keon
Month: June 2013
What is Firefox OS all about?
When I first read about Firefox OS, the ongoing project to make an operating system for phones and tablets that runs entirely in a Firefox browser, I thought: what a marvellously futile idea. The world isn't short on niche, provisional, or failed experiments in operating systems for phones: Sailfish, Tizen, webOS, BB10, Ubuntu-for-phones, Meego, (cough)… Continue reading What is Firefox OS all about?
Can the American be trusted?
I found a striking bit of cultural conditioning in my head today. I watched Apple's introductory video about iOS 7. That's this one: If you haven't seen it already, and have some minutes to spare, watch it now. The first half is narrated by Jony Ive, Apple's (former) top hardware designer and (now) chief Designer… Continue reading Can the American be trusted?
Performance Practice as Unanticipated Pit
Last Tuesday afternoon I went to the weekly meeting of my research group. (But this isn't a post about work.) The weekly meetings have a rotating series of themes: this week's was "Music Performance and Expression". Accordingly, the first part of this meeting was a bit of a concert. To open the subject, Elaine Chew… Continue reading Performance Practice as Unanticipated Pit
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