Best of 2010
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Events
- South Park Studios apologizes for copying Inception spoof and gets sued over What What (In the Butt) parody. EA denies plans to sue over Tiger Woods parody.
TV
- Louie starring Louis C.K.
Films
Books
Theater / Other
- Scottsboro Boys musical
- Wayson Choy: Are We There Yet? The Laurier Institute 7th Annual Multiculturalism Lecture
Music
Albums
Electronic
Pop
Indie
- Arcade Fire
- Stars 2010 album: The Five Ghosts
- Phoenix
Mixes
Videos
- Truckers Delight (I guess 2009, but I didn't see until 2010)
Technology
Games
- Angry Birds (iOS) Had to be on top!
- Trainyard (iOS)
- Rage HD (iOS) Short, but worth $1.99
- Cut the Rope (iOS) Fun puzzle game with just enough challenge to keep you interested until the end
Hardware
- Apple MacBook Air (2010) Not as revolutionary (over an MBP with SSD) as the Jobsian RDF would have you believe, but the smaller size is well worth it.
- HTC Aria Goes with Yelp and turn by turn navigation to make an impressive travel aid.
- iPad
- iPhone 4 with fancy Retina Display, 2 cameras, and controversial antenna design
- Kindle 3 with smaller size, better battery life, comparably decent display, usably fast display refresh, and only lacking epub support
- Samsung EX1/TL500 with fast f1.8 lens, RAW support, articulating AMOLED display, excellent Lightroom support, and pocketable size
Software
Desktop
- Adobe Lightroom 3.2
- Parallels
- Launchbar
- ExpanDrive (still needs webDAV!)
Mobile
- Cyclemeter (iOS) Pretty sweet activity tracking tool for only $5.
- Navigation
- MyTracks
- Yelp
Cloud Services
- Airbnb low overhead short term rental accommodation
- Couchsurfing lower overhead short term accommodation
- Google ebookstore had a book I couldn't find anywhere else, and I only had to remove a little bit of annoying Adobe DRM to get it to work on the device of my choosing
- Google Voice somehow didn't make it into the list back in 2006 when it was GrandCentral. Being able to send and receive SMS from a computer or phone is _fantastic_, as are voicemail transcriptions. Integration with Android is key.
- Netflix comes to Canada - streaming only (no discs by mail) and with less selection compared to US, thanks to licensing restrictions
- Pandora still not in Canada, but the iOS app is fantastic for listening on the go, plugging into your car, etc.
- DropBox Perhaps yesterday's news.
