“And, obviously, such a meta-platform would be out of Apple’s control. Consider a world where some other company’s cross-platform toolkit proved wildly popular. Then Apple releases major new features to iPhone OS, and that other company’s toolkit is slow to adopt them.” – John Gruber Substitute “toolkit” for “website”. Now, remember when Jobs proudly announced: …
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“…in order for a cap and trade scheme or a carbon tax to yield significant declines in our consumption of hydrocarbon fuels, policies would have to be geared to push the price of oil to at least $100/bbl. Meanwhile, however, our economy has done a tremendous job of becoming more energy efficient…” – Scott Grannis
How do I make a contribution to the U.S. government?
“Citizens who wish to make a general donation to the U.S. government may send contributions to a specific account called ‘Gifts to the United States.’ This account was established in 1843 to accept gifts, such as bequests, from individuals wishing to express their patriotism to the United States. Money deposited into this account is for …
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“YouTube is behaving like a television network and not like a tube for you.” – Christian Sandvig
The Apple iPad is an Ambient Information Device
Update 26 May 2010. Video proof of my position. iPad + Velcro from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo. The keyboard + dock for my iPad arrived today – which marks what I’m considering the start of my actual evaluation of the device’s strengths. The Apple iPad is quite comfortable in the dock, and both sit quite …
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I’d like to suggest Apple license ‘Frustration Free Packaging’ from Amazon. Just like they did w/ 1-Click Checkout.
Apple iPad – First Impressions
My iPad arrived on Saturday, and as I mentioned in my iPad Prediction post – the Apple iPad does feel like the third attempt at Apple TV. And like all third installments of sequels – it continually risks becoming a parody of itself. Since the iPad is a member of the iPod family of products …
I’m Garrick and I’ve Been Twitter Free for 30 Days.
“You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You’re the same decaying organic matter as everything else.” – Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, Chapter 17 At some point in late February – after 7,367 posts – I stopped visiting Twitter and deleted all the Twitter apps from my machines. My world suddenly …
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NASDAQ Reaches Sept 2008 Levels
I’ve got a couple target thresholds for the markets. I see these thresholds as milestones of forward looking confidence and stability in the economy – signs the markets have recovered and are getting back to work. For the DJIA – my threshold is 12k. For the NASDAQ – it’s 2400. Which was passed today. Simultaneously, …
Download Source
‘View Source’ was responsible for the hockey-stick growth of past 10 years of the web. ‘Download Source’ will be responsible for it’s hockey-stick growth in the next 15 years.