February 2012
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January 2012
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All Aboard The Logic Express! →
I’ve mainly avoided looking into SOPA because I’m lazy and find politics to be more frustration than they’re worth. However, according to TechDirt, any dot-com or dot-org address is exempt from SOPA, meaning ThePirateBay.org, which is the biggest target the law is supposed to be going after, wouldn’t be effected. Oh, and RapidShare.com and MegaUpload.com wouldn’t...
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Platforms versus Services →
Hunter Walk:
The platforms we think about today (e.g. Twitter, FB, Android/iOS) all started out as services which attracted end user interest.
You can talk about websites calling themselves platforms prematurely, that’s fine. However, operating systems are “platforms” almost by definition - Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS, Android, Windows Mobile, Symbian, and Blackberry OS are all...
December 2011
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Research in Motion Directors Pressed to Exert... →
My favorite fact from this article: Tim Hortons, the famous Canadian doughnut shop, is worth more than Research In Motion. Really makes me wish the WSJ went with “Blueberry Muffins Beating Blackberry Phones” as the title, though.
Can you tell I’m really loving the schadenfreude here? ‘Cause I am.
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Someone Bring Me Some Monster Screen Clean,... →
Do I really care about Android versus iOS anymore? Nope. Do I like @parislemon and @joshuatopolsky? Yep. Did I just shoot juice out of my nose reading this:
In other words, the iPhone 4S is super-duper swell and the Galaxy Nexus is golly gee fantastic. Head-to-head, they’d probably hug each other to death while smiling the whole time. Free rainbow ice cream cones for everyone! Ain’t life...
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“There will be milestones along the way, but one thing I know about technology is...”
– Meg Whitman, from The Verge’s interview after the announcement that WebOS will become open source. It’s shocking to hear someone from HP who seems to have a clue lately, so this is a pretty nice change of pace.
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Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
I finished reading the recently-released biography of recently-deceased Steve Jobs last night and, I have to admit, I’m finding a lot of the criticism that I’m seeing from people like John Gruber of the book to be misplaced.
From Daring Fireball (referencing this edition of Hypercritical that discussed the biography):
After finishing Walter Isaacson’s Steve Jobs, I was disappointed...
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Proven: The More Poop a Chimp Throws, the Smarter... →
I’m pretty sure the same is true for humans on the internet.
November 2011
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Windows Phone 7 Demo →
Discovered via @daringfireball. It’s scary to admit, but if it wasn’t for the lack of 3rd-party app support, I’d probably consider switching to Windows Phone 7.
Seriously.
The interface is clean, new, and, most importantly, looks absolutely NOTHING like iOS or any other mobile OS out there. That’s something I never thought I’d be able to say about a Microsoft...
RIM to offer security features on iPhone, Android →
RIM: If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Just Roll Over And Take It
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The New TWILIGHT Movie Causing Seizures →
When @KristinC524 and I went to see this, no one had a seizure.
I never get to have any fun.
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Pizza Is A Vegetable →
This makes it a lot easier to hit the daily recommended 8 servings of vegetables, you know? And I wonder if extra cheese makes each slice count as a veggie multiplier.
Either way, all I know is that I now have 100% more healthy eating habits. Thanks, Congress!
Barnes & Noble's New Nook Tablet →
parislemon:
A few quick thoughts:
1) Barnes & Noble makes fun of the Kindle Fire, noting that it looks like a BlackBerry PlayBook — completely fair and true. The Nook Tablet clearly looks nicer.
2) But… the Kindle Fire is still at the magical $199 price point, while the Nook Tablet is at $249. The fact that Barnes & Noble wouldn’t match the $199 price shows you just how insanely low...