Surprisingly, the iPad received more hype than the iPhone did. Even more than with the iPhone, Apple is taking a huge risk. With the iPhone, Apple created a completely new device, but it was still fundamentally a mobile phone, and it was a well-established market. The iPad, however, is
Like Jorge Quinteros, Ian Hines was in the process of interviewing me for his weblog, but had to shut it down for personal reasons before we finished it. Below is the full interview. Ian: First of all, thanks for agreeing to be interviewed. I think this is going to be
Ed Catmull spoke on how a creative company should be managed at The Economist’s Innovation Conference in Berkeley: He also spoke about management, and how as a manager of a creative company, things are chaotic and happen out-of-order. He can’t possibly know everything that’s happening
The Democrats are proclaiming their (apparently) final version of health care reform as fiscally responsible, because the CBO scores it as reducing projected deficits by $138 billion over 10 years. But those “savings” are illusory. Former CBO Director Donald B. Marron explains: Similar problems afflict the other prominent claim: that
Since Apple released the iPod, mobile has been an important part of Apple’s business. The iPhone, for perspective, accounted for a third of Apple’s revenue in the first quarter of 2010. While mobile devices have played an increasingly important role in Apple’s business, the Mac was still
Robert Baer explains his view on the Dubai assassination. His conclusion is that it wasn’t a failure in the operation’s tradecraft that allowed Dubai to find out the team members. They did everything right — for the 1990s. Mossad didn’t appreciate the technology at the police’s disposal.
Clive Crook nails the Obama administration’s central political problem: Sadly for the president, the left objects to his pragmatism more than it applauds his ambitions, and the centre and right object to his ambitions more than they welcome his pragmatism. He’s positioned himself left enough to enrage centrists
Keith Hennessey on the difficulties Democrats face in trying to pass the Senate health care bill through the House, and an accompanying reconciliation bill through both Houses. It’s going to be difficult for them. It’s difficult for the same reason passing the House or Senate versions during the
Marco Arment just released Instapaper Pro 2.2. It brings pagination (!), in-app browser, and a built-in dictionary. Instapaper is easily my favorite iPhone application.
Jeremy Olson is making his development and marketing plan for his new iPhone application public. Neat idea.
Subtitle: I’m hoping for a Content Store, but since we may not get it, what are your thoughts on the best way to do this? I love writing. I write for my own benefit; writing forces me to develop the thoughts I have every day into a coherent whole,
Omni Group is bringing five of their applications to the iPad, including OmniGraffle and OmniOutliner. They’re excited about the iPad because: Remember how Macintosh was intended to be the computer “for the rest of us”? That’s what we feel Apple’s iPad is: the best computing device for