I noticed the in application browser used in iPad (and iPhone) apps doesn't reveal the URL when you visit it. A shortened URL displays in the title bar until the redirect is completed, then the <title> is shown.

It might be a good idea to allow the URL to be revealed by tapping the title, so you can tell if you're being duped.

These examples are taken from Twitterific iPad.

I've never been disappointed by a Ridley Scott movie until this weekend. Robin Hood was a total piece of shit.

Even if I do reveal the plot as spoilers in this, I'm sure you'll thank me later. The movie isn't worth the price of discount bin rental.

Essentially it's something like this:

• Robin isn't Robin at all, he's Robert Longstride the forgotten son of a stone mason and philosopher. At a certain point he takes up the mantle of Robin of Locksley to avoid being executed.
• England seems to be having some kind of Dark Ages revival. Everything is muddy, shitty and poverty stricken. The King is a hapless child with a penchant for French tail (all of this seems reasonable now that I think about it)
• There are children in the woods of Nottingham. Later we find they're orphans. I thought they were the kids from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome until that revelation is dropped on us. They steal grain from a village that'd probably take them in if they'd put on some shoes and stop wearing masks.
• Marion doesn't like that Robert (now Robin) is impersonating her dead husband. Until she realizes he's Russell Crowe. Then she's cool with it. And to make us feel better that she's mourned her husband for 32 minutes before falling for Longstride she goes through an awkward dialogue about how she hardly knew him. But you know; waited ten years for his return anyway.
• A member of the English court is a traitor and tries to spark civil war so the French can invade. He does this by making the English poor through taxation. Of course, they're already poor from taxation and ready to revolt anyway. So all he ends up doing is giving the English something to occupy themselves instead of their poverty.
• Robert... Robin... Remembers how awesome his dad was and convinces all of Northern England that what they need is a declaration of independence.
• The French land on the beach and are met by Marion and the orphan children. The orphans are riding ponies and fighting with sharp sticks (I'm not kidding). Marion apparently had some black chain mail and a lot of knightly training at the English Women's Liberation Camps when she was a kid.
• Robin Hood rises in slow motion from the water on the beach in England. That's right: England has beaches.
• The traitorous villain gets killed.
• The King betrays his subjects.
• Robin moves in with the orphans.
• I try to slit my wrists with the edge of a popcorn bag.

• Wants a client login area. Isn't sure what happens in there.
• Lots of growth coming. And lots of work for people who help get them there.
• Was hoping for three options in budget. Doesn't have a budget in mind.
• Content management system primarily for making press releases.
• Animation to make it pop.

If you had to figure out what I was like entirely based on my use of e-mail here's what you might conclude:

Yesterday's flurry of coverage of the Apple vs. Adobe on Flash debate got me thinking about something I saw at SXSW. A panel with a rep from Adobe and a bunch of web developers talking about Canvas (HTML5) vs. Flash.

Right now I think Adobe's got their hands full trying to push Flash out to as many mobile platforms as possible. That's the Flash Player, not Flash tools. That's a pretty crippling position to be in.

I think the first software company to get to the table with an awesome development tool for Canvas is going to make a shitload of money.

Right now Microsoft is probably better poised for this than anyone else. If they can get Canvas development tools in their Expression suite of products they're going to be a mile ahead. They've already said they're going to support a lot of the HTML5 spec in IE9. It might be their shot at bringing in market share they've lost to Firefox, Safari and Chrome over the last few years.

Will Adobe have the sense to start building on Flash so it can make Canvas happen for the designer/developer segment? I'm not sure. They seem pretty hell-bent on Flash Flash Flash. 

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This week I am going to swear off IM, Twitter and Campfire (a chat system) during working hours and see how it affects my workday (and workload).