My copy of Steve Jobs biography was delivered to my iPhone and iPad a short time ago. I pre-ordered it a couple of weeks ago.

Apple made the video of its celebration for Steve Jobs available from its Web site. It’s about 80 minutes long.

My friend Anthony Stauffer is celebrating his fourth anniversary of running his blues-based guitar Web site, StevieSnacks.com.

Stauffer is one of the best blues guitar teachers I’ve come across on the Internet. He delves into the legends like B.B. King, Albert King and of course, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and teaches you everything from the basics to more advanced playing.

Stauffer has lessons available online and DVD, including a new offering called B.B.’s Influence.

Congrats Anthony!

CNN:

People describe the app using female pronouns. Her gender has even prompted some users to flood blogs and online forums with sexually suggestive questions for Siri such as “What are you wearing?” (Siri’s baffled response: “Why do people keep asking me this?”)The fuss over Siri’s sex also raises a larger question: From voice-mail systems to GPS devices to Siri and beyond, why are so many computerized voices female?

Siri isn’t universally female, either – Siri’s voice is male in its British and French implementations.

Apple, for its part, isn’t saying why Siri’s apparent gender assignment is as it is. But experts suggest that people are hard-wired to find female voices more pleasing than male voices, and many associate female voices with communication and relationships.

Walter Isaacson recounting a conversation with Steve Jobs about an Apple HDTV

“‘I’d like to create an integrated television set that is completely easy to use,’ he told me. ‘It would be seamlessly synced with all of your devices and with iCloud.’ No longer would users have to fiddle with complex remotes for DVD players and cable channels. ‘It will have the simplest user interface you could imagine. I finally cracked it.’”

For those that had doubts that Apple was working on an HDTV. Of course, it doesn’t mean we’ll ever see one, but they worked on it.

With SoundCloud baked into Pro Tools 10, audio producers from all fields can share their sounds privately with collaborators for feedback or share polished works to the world. Throughout the creative process, Pro Tools and SoundCloud make audio production and promotion easier.

This is a great move for both companies.

Nielsen’s infographic of the most valuable digital consumers.

Jeff Sonderman for Poynter:

Since Apple launched it last week in the latest version of its iOS operating system, its impact has been immediate and significant. Many Newsstand apps now rank among the top free apps overall, and magazine and newspaper apps are benefiting from a surge of downloads and subscribers.

And some people said the App Store wouldn’t impact magazine and newspaper subscriptions at all.

MacProVideo:

The Clip-Based Gain feature in Pro Tools 10 provides a much quicker and visually appealing solution. Using the clip gain line you’re able to adjust the gain for individual clips and match their relative levels. You’ll notice right away how the waveform view updates in real-time to reflect the clip gain changes. Very impressive!

There are some great looking features in Pro Tools 10 — this is just one of them.

A fun read for a Friday.

I’d like to thank Smile and PDFpen for sponsoring this week’s RSS feed on The Loop.

PDFpen is a great application for editing your PDFs. You can add signatures to PDFs and email them back, instead of resorting to printing and faxing. You can even make corrections and edit images. There’s also OCR for scanned documents — essential for those going paperless.

Download a fully-functional demo of PDFpen. At $59.95, it’s the affordable alternative to Acrobat.

An excerpt from Walter Isaacson’s book looking at a meeting between Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt:

“I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple’s $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong,” Jobs said. “I’m going to destroy Android, because it’s a stolen product. I’m willing to go thermonuclear war on this.”“I don’t want your money. If you offer me $5 billion, I won’t want it. I’ve got plenty of money. I want you to stop using our ideas in Android, that’s all I want.”

Consumerist:

Reader Matt tells the story of how an Apple store manager broke a little rule so as not to dash the hopes of his 10-year-old daughter, and, in the process, made a little bit of retail magic happen.

A really sweet story about a girl who wanted an iPod when the Apple Store was closed, and the Apple Store manager who helped make it happen.

(Hat tip: Curious Rat)

2011 marks the 30th anniversary of Blizzard Of Ozz (U.S. release) and Diary Of A Madman. Both landmark albums took metal in a new direction in the early 1980’s, inspiring new generations of rock bands and fans. Both of these Hard Rock Masterpieces showcase Ozzy’s musical collaborations with late guitar hero Randy Rhoads. These Limited Edition Picture Disc LPs have been restored and remastered from the original source tapes and feature the original cover artwork printed on the LP itself.

Two classic albums with Randy Rhoads on guitar.

The MobileMount is a universal mount/kickstand for virtually any hand held device with a flat surface, like smartphones and tablets. Comprised of two twist-to-lock suction cups and one ball joint, this device’s unique design allows for superior suction and durability. The “Patent Pending” Twist-to-Lock suction cups can hold devices for weeks at a time rather than simply a few hours like other competing mounts. Additionally, the universal design allows for users to mount their phone without removing the case.

This is the best looking idea for a mount I’ve seen. Support the project if you can.

It takes 15 steps to sync this device with iTunes on Windows. Compare that to the steps it takes for the iPhone:

1. Plug your iPhone into the computer.

Usability and user experience testing is vital to creating a successful website, and only more so if it’s an e-commerce website, a complex app or another website for which there’s a definite ROI. And running your own user tests to find out how users are interacting with your website and where problems might arise is completely possible.

Great list of tools. I didn’t know about most of the services and tools on the list.

In just the three episodes that have aired thus far, it has become clear that Bloomberg had a character in mind for each of us – and edited footage according to the story they choose. I happened to get it the worst in Episode 3, but I’m sure another victim will emerge in future episodes.

And that’s reality TV.

iZotope has greatly expanded Ozone 5’s modules with a focus on pristine sound, enhanced DSP, optimized workflow, and an updated interface. Ozone 5 Advanced builds on the product line’s reputation for superior sound quality with extended features and controls, including new innovations in visual feedback.

I know a lot of people that use Ozone and like it a lot.

AT&T said it is “the most successful iPhone launch in the company’s history.”

Masayoshi Son, CEO of Softbank:

Son said, “I visited Apple for the announcement of the iPhone 4S [at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California]. When I was having a meeting with Tim Cook, he said, ‘Oh Masa, sorry I have to quit our meeting.’ I said, ‘Where are you going?’ He said, ‘My boss is calling me.’ That was the day of the announcement of the iPhone 4S. He said that Steve is calling me because he wants to talk about their next product. And the next day, he died.”

Steve was involved until the end.

freebieber.org:

A new bill in Congress makes posting a video containing any copyrighted work a felony — with up to 5 years in prison.But wait… didn’t Justin Bieber get famous by posting YouTube videos of himself singing copyrighted R&B songs? Yep. If this bill passes, he could get 5 years in jail.

Um…