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Sensible thoughts on the iPad version of WIRED magazine

May 28, 2010

Let’s make this clear once and for all: at the current surface and resolution of the iPad, multi column layouts for long screen texts are sentimental nonsense. And the more columns you use, the worse it gets. via iA » WIRED on iPad: Just like a Paper Tiger….

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Steve Jobs posts his thoughts on Flash

April 29, 2010

But the mobile era is about low power devices, touch interfaces and open web standards – all areas where Flash falls short. via Thoughts on Flash.

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An Open Letter to Steve Jobs Concerning the HTC Lawsuits

March 3, 2010

I always thought of you as a guy who’d say, “Well, copy me if you can, because you’re copying what I did years ago, and what I’m working on now is EVEN cooler!” I like it when competitors copy me because it means they aren’t about to leapfrog me: they’ll always be playing catch-up. Some [...]

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The Ten Billionth Tweet is coming soon

March 1, 2010

According to the GigaTweet tracker that @Nathan Reed runs, the 10,000,000,000th tweet is about three days away. Apple just crossed their 10 billionth music download last week and they rewarded the winner with a $10,000 iTunes store credit. Maybe twitter should come up with something similar. GigaTweet – Counting the number of twitter messages.

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Well when you think about the price of privacy that way…

February 17, 2010

Also worth considering: We charge $99 per year for a MobileMe subscription. Google gives you the same stuff and all they ask for is, um, permission to totally invade your privacy and to “monetize” (God I hate that word) your personal information. You think your personal information is worth less than $99 a year? Then [...]

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The best two paragraphs that John Dvorak has written in last 20 years

February 12, 2010

I’d advise people to look into the history of Nokia. Here is a company, unlike any other in the world, that can change its business model and structure on a dime. It began as a wood pulp mill, then paper manufacturer, then tires, then raincoats and clothing, then cables and on and on. More recently [...]

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