Just goes to show that Microsoft does have people or at least did that can create something 'beautiful'. The talent is there, they just have to harness it.
Clearly he hasn't haha. Well it's still a great deal when you consider the price of the actual book. The only unfortunate thing is the fact that it's the 'at home' edition and not the regular modernist cuisine. It's still a great deal though. And it's from inkling. Which is the same company that makes the CIA's (Culinary Institute of America) the professional chef app. Which is also based on their text of the same name. And that one is $49.99 I believe. Also cheaper than the real text. And having these on an iPad would make 'lugging' them around a hell of a lot easier on the back lol
We'll you don't necessarily have to spend a dime to get it. Just do a little research and grab the PDF of it. Then upload to your iPad and viola! All done. It won't be interactive whatsoever. But at least you'd have the text and it won't cost you a thing.
Uh oh, did my two posts not reply to the users I meant to reply to? The first was for Macky the Macky and the second was to macsimcon. Oh well, as you all can clearly see. I'm new at this lol
Really, a review based on expectations? That's like Obama getting the Peace Price for what he said he would do in the future. How stupid!
Also, 9 months to create this app? 10-15 Developers (what, he does not know how many he hired?) and the result was only
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The result is a interactive work that includes 37 technique videos, 416 recipes and 1,683 photos.
I'm not purchasing this just to see how 'stunning' it is, but I can't see how it took that long to create a cookbook app. I should have stopped reading at Microsoft.
Looks like synchronised reporting. I saw an article about this app on iLounge as well. That had a picture of the app showing cooking using the Sous Vide method.
I know a restaurant in India that bought the Sous Vide cooking appliance for $45k. Looks like it is not just the cooking method and accessories, but also the recipes that are really expensive!
Who was the Microsoft VP who said if he weren't working for Microsoft, he'd be using a MacBook? Anyone remember that?
Longtime Windows development chief James Allchin wrote in a January 2004 e-mail to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and company co-founder Bill Gates that the software vendor had “lost sight” of customers’ needs and said he would buy a Mac if he wasn’t working for Microsoft.
I would like to be able to support Modernist Cuisine, but Myhrvold's "real" job as co-founder of Intellectual Ventures (aka one of the biggest patent trolls) means no thanks.
That's an utterly irrational argument. More likely, you have no need for a haute cuisine/molecular gastronomy cookbook anyway.
I can't believe the shoddiness of the writing of this "article" --
1) First off, anyone who claims to be a "journalist" should know that there are two Modernist Cuisine products -- the original multi-volume set that was aimed at professionals and cost hundreds of dollars. Which this app is NOT.
This app is actually the singular (although still pretty spectacular) volume for home chefs called Modernist Cuisine...at Home. That book, which I own, is around $100.
2) I don't know how this product announcement totally derailed into some crazy rant about the failure of the Surface. I read AppleInsider because I like Apple products, but I really don't need the sensationalist nature that this site is increasingly taking to as the writing style.
2) is even more egregious because it seems no time was devoted to looking up what the heck the product is (just by a simple search on Amazon you'll see the two books! The trailer for this app even uses the "At Home" cover!) and yet so much time was devoted to writing another scathing, "oh look, another reason why Surface is failing" BS "article"
Those developers that need to eat would probably end up with more $$$ at the end of the day if they priced the app at $2.99. Millions would buy it as opposed to (at most) thousands.
Microsoft has confirmed the new CEO You can see his Genius face here http://ow.ly/qPsLd
I think it's going to be Alan Mullally. He's been an excellent CEO for Ford and he has an engineering background. Technology wouldn't scare him and he should be able to go after Microsoft's money losing divisions and sell them off or kill them without any problems. With an internal hire or someone with connections inside Microsoft, they would be less willing and able to make the tough decisions Microsoft needs now.
... if they priced the app at $2.99. Millions would buy it as opposed to (at most) thousands.
Thompson
That indeed must be the most difficult descision developers have to make: pricing. If they had a team of 15 working on it for 9 months @ 50k/year that could cost (over here, in NL):
50,000 x 1.6 (about the overhead costs for employers) x 15 / 12 x 9 = $900,000. Charging $80 would require 11,250 downloads. Charging $2,99 comes to 300M purchases. Excluding hardware, dev license, offices, photo & video equipment and and all that jazz.
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Who was the Microsoft VP who said if he weren't working for Microsoft, he'd be using a MacBook? Anyone remember that?
I do think that I remember somebody from Microsoft saying that a while ago also, but I can't recall who.
I do know that some higher up at Samsung uses all Apple products, and I do remember that.
I use a Mac, actually, at home. I’ve always used Mac, an iPhone, and an iPad…
http://macdailynews.com/2012/12/13/samsung-chief-strategy-officer-i-use-apple-mac-iphone-and-ipad/
Here you go: http://thepiratebay.sx/torrent/7153205/Modernist_Cuisine_-_The_Art_and_Science_of_Cooking_[Vol_1-6]_(HQ
Really, a review based on expectations? That's like Obama getting the Peace Price for what he said he would do in the future. How stupid!
Also, 9 months to create this app? 10-15 Developers (what, he does not know how many he hired?) and the result was only
I'm not purchasing this just to see how 'stunning' it is, but I can't see how it took that long to create a cookbook app. I should have stopped reading at Microsoft.
I know a restaurant in India that bought the Sous Vide cooking appliance for $45k. Looks like it is not just the cooking method and accessories, but also the recipes that are really expensive!
Longtime Windows development chief James Allchin wrote in a January 2004 e-mail to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and company co-founder Bill Gates that the software vendor had “lost sight” of customers’ needs and said he would buy a Mac if he wasn’t working for Microsoft.
http://www.macworld.com/article/1054364/allchin.html
The original set of cookbooks were extraordinarily expensive, so $80 is nothing in comparison.
That's an utterly irrational argument. More likely, you have no need for a haute cuisine/molecular gastronomy cookbook anyway.
I can't believe the shoddiness of the writing of this "article" --
1) First off, anyone who claims to be a "journalist" should know that there are two Modernist Cuisine products -- the original multi-volume set that was aimed at professionals and cost hundreds of dollars. Which this app is NOT.
This app is actually the singular (although still pretty spectacular) volume for home chefs called Modernist Cuisine...at Home. That book, which I own, is around $100.
2) I don't know how this product announcement totally derailed into some crazy rant about the failure of the Surface. I read AppleInsider because I like Apple products, but I really don't need the sensationalist nature that this site is increasingly taking to as the writing style.
2) is even more egregious because it seems no time was devoted to looking up what the heck the product is (just by a simple search on Amazon you'll see the two books! The trailer for this app even uses the "At Home" cover!) and yet so much time was devoted to writing another scathing, "oh look, another reason why Surface is failing" BS "article"
Microsoft has confirmed the new CEO You can see his Genius face here http://ow.ly/qPsLd
Yikes, the only time I eat food that fancy is when my work is paying for it due to wining and dining foreign visitors.
I have two iPad cooking apps, one by Jamie Oliver and one by Nigella Lawson, both of whom make more wholesome and hearty food than cuisine.
So I can offer my clients/customers a highly customized user experience, you dumb ass.
Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking by Nathan Myhrvold Hardcover $525.73 on sale at Amazon. w00t!!!
This is the single volume "at home" edition which is normally $140 in hardback.
The $500 version is a five volume set that is geared toward those whose kitchen is more of a laboratory.
I am torn over supporting this due to his patent troll ways.
Those developers that need to eat would probably end up with more $$$ at the end of the day if they priced the app at $2.99. Millions would buy it as opposed to (at most) thousands.
Thompson
And Tim Cook was recruited from Compaq. I guess Apple's doomed to fail now.
Microsoft has confirmed the new CEO You can see his Genius face here http://ow.ly/qPsLd
I think it's going to be Alan Mullally. He's been an excellent CEO for Ford and he has an engineering background. Technology wouldn't scare him and he should be able to go after Microsoft's money losing divisions and sell them off or kill them without any problems. With an internal hire or someone with connections inside Microsoft, they would be less willing and able to make the tough decisions Microsoft needs now.
That indeed must be the most difficult descision developers have to make: pricing. If they had a team of 15 working on it for 9 months @ 50k/year that could cost (over here, in NL):
50,000 x 1.6 (about the overhead costs for employers) x 15 / 12 x 9 = $900,000. Charging $80 would require 11,250 downloads. Charging $2,99 comes to 300M purchases. Excluding hardware, dev license, offices, photo & video equipment and and all that jazz.
Purely speculating here, obviously.