“All of our stories that do well on Hacker News share one thing: they are written. By written, I mean that someone took the time and effort to examine individual sentences, to think about word choices, to create transitions between grafs, to describe things precisely. You know, writing! But a lot of what gets posted in the tech blogosphere doesn’t fit this definition of writing. It’s more in the tradition of the wire services, where speed rules over creativity.” – alexismadrigal

I was browsing Amazon this afternoon looking for some speakers for my office. Obviously – these Ultron Sonic‘s stood out.

They even look like they’d be great for when I’m on the go.

While I jest – I think this page is an excellent example of how integral getting both the product info & images correct is within Amazon.com. Oh sure – there’s a little bit of confusion on our (the human) end. A quick look around the rest of the page shows Amazon’s robots aren’t sure what to recommend or cross-sell.

“I’d also argue that Apple is breaking an implicit promise it made with buyers of the first 150 million plus number of iPhones, iPod Touchs and iPads. We wanted the next great personal computing platform, not Disney World in our pocket.”

Plus, just thinking about iOS’s hub-and-spoke-UI makes me tired.