Apple's Design Inspiration + iTV

Kevin Rose, founder of Digg, notes Apple's design inspiration Dieter Rams and iTV. For more on iTV, see the TechMeme cluster centered on his comments [and a Yahoo article]; here's the video he posted on Apple design:

Dieter Rams: Less and More Interview from Gestalten on Vimeo.

Dollhouse opening uses tilt-shift

Catching up with the DVR... the new Joss Whedon Fox TV series Dollhouse has opening credits that use some tilt-shift; for background see Tilt-shift photography meme (Zoic didn't seem to do the titles but did do the Dollhouse Mind Wipe effects):



Plus another time-shift item, The Simpsons get new titles (Idents.TV has some better viewing options):

AppleTV resources

Last100 has a nice roundup in A collection of AppleTV resources.

Apple TV & iPod video specs

Apple posted Podcaster Tech Specs which contains comprehensive info and links for creating, submitting, and troubleshooting feed listed in the iTunes Store. (via John Dowdell and TechCrunch, which had healthy commenting)