iCheating to exams

Interesting post here on the 10 unexpected use of an iPod
1. Train Doctors to Save Lives
2. Bring Criminals to Justice
3. Get Yourself Into Serious Shape
4. Tour Around Great Cities
5. Calculate the ight Tip
6. Record Flight data
7. Throw a Meaner Curveball
8. Learn Foreign Languages
9. Learn to Love and Buy Wine (hum, must another cultural gap. I confess not needing an iPod to learn to Love Wine...)
but my favorite is
10. Test cheating as this very serious article on CNN states: iPod are become a great tool for cheater. After all, a little music to get focus on my exam can't harm ;-)

Your video store is a click away

Summer in the Valley will be hot. At least regarding Video distribution.
After Microsoft efforts to push its Media Center and recent launch of Apple iTV, a Silicon Valley startup, Vudu will unveil its Vudu Box over the summer.
Pushing the promise further, the Vudu Box, like iTV, doesn't require a computer, just an ethernet connection to hook to the net and voila. A sleek box and a remote control promises to get you the latest blockbusters directly to your sofa. Articles here and here.
Vudu seems like David in front of the Apple Goliath but is showing serious motivation with experienced management with Chairman Alan Rossmann (WAP, phone.com, EO...), CEO coming from AT&T labs, COO and VP Engineering from TiVo and strong VC backup from Benchmark and Greylock. Sounds like the WebTV story...
Let''s add to this last week announcement from Steve Jobs made to iTune partners to push for DRM free content, both audio and video

I'm a strong believer of a more connected TV, more intelligent, more like a computer with a bigger screen and a lighter, more mainstream user interface. As the computer is taking longer than expected to morph into this, a box might be taking on the whole game...

So, between a PS3, an iTV, a Vudu box... we should less and less opportunities to walk or jog to the video store near by...

Digg as a distribution vehicle

We knew peer to peer to distribute content. It's always suspicious and even if some torrent sites have discussions, there is always this feeling of suspicion.
Why not using a well commented, well respected social networking site for distribution: In less than 15 hours, this company, over one single Digg comment got more than 2500 Diggs, placing it at the second most popular spot over the past 24 hours.
Nice and easy (and way cheap) way to promote icons.
That should give ideas... and influence sites like downloads.com and the like.

The eMini Blog is born

The eMini Blog is not the English version of Le eMini Blog. Both will continue to live separately and unless real interest, posts will be different. I've been doing Le eMini Blog for 18 months now, in French, my native citizenship language and since we moved back to the US few months ago, I believe it makes sense to post in English.

Here is it. voila. :-)