Joseph R. Jones

Politics, economics, and other mental flotsam from the mind of JRJ

Adobe PM, former Microsoftie, recovered serial entrepreneur, Geek. Posts are my views, do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer.

I'm still transitioning content from the old site, go there for older posts.

What Guy Kawasaki learned from Steve Jobs

It's always amazed me that more companies don't follow Apple's path of eschewing market research. Of course, it helps if the guy steering the ship has exceptional taste and judgement. More...

Solid State Drives cannot be securely erased? Who Cares?

It's nearly impossible to securely erase a Solid-State Drive. My question is this: Who cares? If you need to perform a secure erase then you're doing it wrong. More...

WikiLeaks, Assange, and Manning - a Nuanced View

I've had a lot of discussions--both online and off-- about WikiLeaks and Bradley Manning. My opinion on the subject is somewhat nuanced: WikiLeaks is generally a positive force for transparency and accountability, but Manning committed a crime. Contrary to popular belief, these are NOT mutually exclusive views. More...

@JRJ's Top 10 Twitter Jokes About the Financial Crisis...

From the early days of the financial crisis of 2008: A little levity in honor of a crazy market: I share my 10 favorite twitter comments I've made about the economy over the last few months. More...


A video shot on the iPhone 4S

This is incredible-- very nice to see phones starting to be able to capture at this level of quality. Having a device in your pocket that can record and edit 1080p video is really amazing, particularly at this level of quality. The image stabilization works very well to smooth things out.


A video shot on the iPhone 4S from Benjamin Dowie on Vimeo

Holy cow. Time to throw my 7D in the bin. Got an iPhone 4S yesterday and got up this morning to go for a surf. No surf, so thought I'd shoot some stuff to see what the new camera is like on the 4S. Got home, looked at the footage, and couldn't believe...

Amazing quality. And it obviously helps test the boundaries to have some film school student making some sort of noir journey short with it. ;-)
Indeed.
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