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WSJ is reporting Netflix bagged the rights to exclusively stream Mad Men. This is great news.
Mad Men is a critically acclaimed series. I have not watched one episode so far but I know I am going to watch all seasons when they come on Netflix. It was the same case with Weeds.
Apparently Netflix stocks took a nose dive after the deal was announced. For once, I am really happy that someone at a big company actually cares about customers and not the stock holders. I admire Netflix for having the guts to do what is best for customers and not the investors.
I have always believed the first and foremost concern for any company should be customers, followed by employees and last comes investors. These days, it seems to be the other way around. Companies only care for their stock price (investors, stock holders), then maybe customers and absolutely last is the employees. Such is the sad state of companies these days. How can one forget the age old driving principle - customer first. Your company is in the shape it is today because the customers patronage and because of the hard work of your employees. Any how, I am digressing.
I hope Netflix continues to be the great company that it is today and keeps it focus on doing what it wants to do. It is amazing the kind of focus they have. They dont want to be a VOD service, they dont want to sell discs, they dont want to do something else. I wish more companies were like them and they continue to be like them when they stop growing and start to taper off.
The information seem to suggest Mad Men will be available for streaming starting July 1st.
Have fun with those mad men
Friday, April 8, 2011
Mad Men streaming exclusively on Netflix
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WSJ is reporting Netflix bagged the rights to exclusively stream Mad Men. This is great news.
Mad Men is a critically acclaimed series. I have not watched one episode so far but I know I am going to watch all seasons when they come on Netflix. It was the same case with Weeds.
Apparently Netflix stocks took a nose dive after the deal was announced. For once, I am really happy that someone at a big company actually cares about customers and not the stock holders. I admire Netflix for having the guts to do what is best for customers and not the investors.
I have always believed the first and foremost concern for any company should be customers, followed by employees and last comes investors. These days, it seems to be the other way around. Companies only care for their stock price (investors, stock holders), then maybe customers and absolutely last is the employees. Such is the sad state of companies these days. How can one forget the age old driving principle - customer first. Your company is in the shape it is today because the customers patronage and because of the hard work of your employees. Any how, I am digressing.
I hope Netflix continues to be the great company that it is today and keeps it focus on doing what it wants to do. It is amazing the kind of focus they have. They dont want to be a VOD service, they dont want to sell discs, they dont want to do something else. I wish more companies were like them and they continue to be like them when they stop growing and start to taper off.
The information seem to suggest Mad Men will be available for streaming starting July 1st.
Have fun with those mad men
WSJ is reporting Netflix bagged the rights to exclusively stream Mad Men. This is great news.
Mad Men is a critically acclaimed series. I have not watched one episode so far but I know I am going to watch all seasons when they come on Netflix. It was the same case with Weeds.
Apparently Netflix stocks took a nose dive after the deal was announced. For once, I am really happy that someone at a big company actually cares about customers and not the stock holders. I admire Netflix for having the guts to do what is best for customers and not the investors.
I have always believed the first and foremost concern for any company should be customers, followed by employees and last comes investors. These days, it seems to be the other way around. Companies only care for their stock price (investors, stock holders), then maybe customers and absolutely last is the employees. Such is the sad state of companies these days. How can one forget the age old driving principle - customer first. Your company is in the shape it is today because the customers patronage and because of the hard work of your employees. Any how, I am digressing.
I hope Netflix continues to be the great company that it is today and keeps it focus on doing what it wants to do. It is amazing the kind of focus they have. They dont want to be a VOD service, they dont want to sell discs, they dont want to do something else. I wish more companies were like them and they continue to be like them when they stop growing and start to taper off.
The information seem to suggest Mad Men will be available for streaming starting July 1st.
Have fun with those mad men
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Having moved recently to Mac, less than a year now, I am still discovering what works for me and what doesn't. Frankly, I dont see whats the fuss about macs. I dont know if being a lifetime Windows user has biased me for ever or if there is really nothing appealing to me in a mac. Well, thats the topic for some other post.
One of the first things that I was not very happy about on the mac was the built in terminal. Coming from years of Linux & Solaris use, the mac terminal was just not enough. It fell short in a number of ways. It does support tabs, which is great. I am a heavy user of Ctrl+PageUp, Ctrl+home, Ctrl+arrows etc on the PC platform. As many know, the default key board on the Mac does not provide those keys. That was my first annoyance. It took a while to figure out what keys to use instead and till this day, almost a year after I started using it, I am not yet comfortable. Maybe its just me.
Another I found lacking was the support for profiles. Although the terminal does support multiple color profiles, there is no way to save multiple machine profiles.
And this is coming from someone who was very happy with Putty. Go figure.
So I was searching for a better terminal application for Mac. I came across a number of recommendations:
Having moved recently to Mac, less than a year now, I am still discovering what works for me and what doesn't. Frankly, I dont see whats the fuss about macs. I dont know if being a lifetime Windows user has biased me for ever or if there is really nothing appealing to me in a mac. Well, thats the topic for some other post.
One of the first things that I was not very happy about on the mac was the built in terminal. Coming from years of Linux & Solaris use, the mac terminal was just not enough. It fell short in a number of ways. It does support tabs, which is great. I am a heavy user of Ctrl+PageUp, Ctrl+home, Ctrl+arrows etc on the PC platform. As many know, the default key board on the Mac does not provide those keys. That was my first annoyance. It took a while to figure out what keys to use instead and till this day, almost a year after I started using it, I am not yet comfortable. Maybe its just me.
Another I found lacking was the support for profiles. Although the terminal does support multiple color profiles, there is no way to save multiple machine profiles.
And this is coming from someone who was very happy with Putty. Go figure.
So I was searching for a better terminal application for Mac. I came across a number of recommendations:
- Visor - A "hack" to the built in terminal.app to make it more useful
- Coda - This app is not specifically designed to be a terminal emulator. It is more directed towards a holistic web development tool.
- iTerm2 - A separate app for terminal emulation
- Terminator - JAVA based terminal emulator
The following may also be considered alternatives:
- Screen for mac - Type screen in your terminal
- Terminator - Not sure if this is available for mac
Given the choices, I decided to try iTerm2.
It lets you create multiple login/machine profiles, multiple color profiles and lets you remap keys. To be fair, Terminal.app also lets you remap keys.
Please note, iTerm2 is still in Alpha but do not let that scare you. It is very usable and the developers are very prompt and responsive to any issues you let them know about. I filed two issues and both were answered within a couple of hours. Being a Alpha stage code, it is surprisingly stable and slick.
Highly recommended.
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