January 2011
41 posts
How exclusivity distorted the US smartphone market →
kennykelloggfanclub:
The iphone is going to be humongous on Verizon. How exclusivity distorted…
“This is America, where a white Catholic male Republican judge was murdered on...”
– Mark Shields (via azspot)
“We have waited for more than three hundred and forty years for our God-given and...”
– Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” was published in the August 1963 issue of The Atlantic. Read the whole thing here. (via theatlantic)
When Smart People are Bad Employees // ben's blog →
I love ben’s blog.
“In the tech world, patents don’t foster innovation; they inhibit it.”
– word
Let’s Compete on Innovation Rather Than Patents
(via fred-wilson)
Marco.org: Too much hardware choice →
marco:
From my Verizon iPhone post:
Even the gadget blogs have a hard time feigning enthusiasm for this week’s hot Android phone because they still haven’t taken the shrinkwrap off of last week’s.
Not enough Nick’s response:
Wait, the stream of high-quality, constantly improving hardware with…
Daring Fireball: Simple Questions for Google... →
474. If you choose not to own a TV, keep it to...
“To even casual technology observers, it’s always been obvious that Blu-Ray is a...”
– Subtraction.com: Blu-Ray Blues
“In fact, aside from the fact that Blu-Ray’s high definition picture is so...”
– Khoi Vinh
Agreed. I’ve only used Blu-Ray on a PS3, which is probably better than most standalone players, but all of the consumer-hostile “features” of DVDs — unskippable logos, previews, warnings, and disclaimers, long animation delays before menu activation, custom-themed interfaces that make...
Hey bartender, I'll have a Michael Vick! →
via @spetranoff
“I am standing in the aisle at Costco when I found out my Congresswomen,...”
– Commenter on Andrew Sullivan’s blog (via hork)
“Kara: You like to sell companies, though. Dick. Yes, I had two companies that I...”
– humor is so important when you get asked a stupid question
Interview With Twitter CEO Dick Costolo | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD
(via fred-wilson)
Marco.org: Google's decreasingly useful,... →
marco:
Jeff Atwood, in Trouble In the House of Google:
People whose opinions I respect have all been echoing the same sentiment — Google, the once essential tool, is somehow losing its edge. The spammers, scrapers, and SEO’ed-to-the-hilt content farms are winning.
(via Anil Dash’s nice roundup…
Continuations: The Private IPO →
continuations:
Yes, I realize that’s a contradiction, but it seems to capture the essence of deals such as Goldman’s investment in Facebook at a $50B valuation and Groupon’s half-complete $950 million fundraising effort. These deals are designed to provide significant liquidity for insiders (especially early…
