iPhone users pay for digital content, while Mac users are all individuals by Jonny Evans

Media law firm, Olswang, has its eye on the iPhone users which it highlights in its 2009 Convergence Survey, released today. It shows that the iPhone population is a new opportunity for media firms.

According to the research:

• 58% of people would pay to access online a film just released in cinemas,
• 52% would pay for access to a film that will not be on DVD for at least two months
• 40% would pay to access a film which is already on DVD or pay-TV.

However, within the iPhone users demographic, those figures jump to 73%, 67% and 54% respectively.

• 41 percent of iPhone users (as against 30 percent of the general online population) would already be willing to take out subscriptions to access their favourite TV shows.
• 19% of iPhone users surveyed said they access on-demand TV on their handsets
• 37% said they want to access on-demand TV on their iPhone in the future. 

The survey also shows 30% of people (42% of iPhone users) would pay for an online book; 32% (43% of iPhone users) would pay for an extract from a travel guide; and 29% (38%) would pay for a magazine.

Olswang surveyed over 1,000 adults and over 500 13-to-17-year-olds about their digital habits. John Enser, partner in its media, communications and technology team, said, “It seems to be that people get used to paying for content, such as an application on the iPhone because it is so easy and the idea of paying for something suddenly becomes much less of a barrier than it is online where people are used to getting so much for free."

Moving along to Mac user data (which we admit to being based on flimsier research than the above), decision-making site, Junch, is claiming that "Mac People" are more individualistic and design-oriented than "PC People.

Analysing aggregated data from 76,000 PC and Mac users asked about aesthetic preferences, media choices, and personality traits, the survey declares that Mac users want to be perceived as unique, prefer bold colors and retro designs, enjoy indie films, and consider themselves risktakers. Those PC users, on the other hand, are more likely to see the world as “different enough already” and appreciate “being in tune with those around them.”  This is reflected in their more subtle, “mainstream modern” (neither retro nor extremely contemporary) design choices and their practical choices in clothing, footwear, and cars that favor getting the job done rather than making an overt design statement.

From a personality perspective, Mac People are more likely to describe themselves as “verbal”, “conceptual”, and “risk takers”, with PC People countering that they are “numbers oriented”, “factual” and “steady, hard workers”.
 
Interestingly, PC users like John Travolta, while Mac users prefer The Wire.

Worlds Greatest "Booty Call" Song?

Don't agree? Check the lyrics

"If you feel like leaving
you know you can go
But why don't you stay until tomorrow?
And if you want to be free
you know all you have to do is say so"

He's saying.. Look, you can leave but let me tap that one more time before you go.
Then,  he wraps it all up in a pretty little bow of a song

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Twitter has Officially jumped the shark

This sucks more than and yet explains Twitters new re-tweet feature.

Mmmvelopes: Bacon-flavored mail! by Matt Hickey

I honestly can't remember the last time I sent something using conventional mail, but it may have been more than three years ago. I hate licking stamps and envelopes and risking a paper cut in one of the worst places I can imagine. But after spotting these Mmmvelope bacon-flavored envelopes from "bacontrepreneurs" J&D's, I might start looking for reasons to send random stuff out. And for as little as three packs of 25 for $14.99, I can send a lot.

The No. 10 envelopes themselves are regular paper but the glue has a bacony essence ("it's not real bacon, mind you, so you won't have to start storing your envelopes in the refrigerator," the creators stress).

We already have bacon vodka, bacon salt, bacon alarm clocks, and a Web app that superimposes a digital piece of tasty, tasty bacon over everything you navigate. So why wouldn't we get bacon envelopes too? When they make bacon-flavored stamps I might start paying those bills I keep getting. Then maybe I can make food (bacon!) in my oven because they'll have turned the electricity back on. Bacon. 

Alice in Scaryland

Here's my suggestion...

         

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My faux son Tyler (PreppyDude in training) scores the winning goal!

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Apex Goal.mpg (9357 KB)

I'll be proud of him as long he doesn't go to Duke.

Sushi @ Kabuki

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Umi Says Zero7 re-mix

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Scariest woman in soccer is from New Mexico