Tuesday, July 15, 2008

iPhone 2.0 development: looks like a death march ...

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iPhone 1.0 development must have been insane, but I'm guessing iPhone 2.0 development was a classic development death march . We can gat...

Britain leads on the post-oil economy - and positive feedback loop on corn prices

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Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown is persuaded that we're entering the post-oil world. The Oil Drum includes his speech and a su...
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In the Twins, the cops are bike savvy

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(via Ride Boldly ) Maybe it's the time on bike patrol, but Twin City police are pretty savvy about bicycles. This is from a press releas...

Investments: 1999 to 2008. Not quite what we expected.

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Back in the 90s we thought of ourselves as conservative investors. We didn't buy that NASDAQ blarney, when prices went crazy we bought l...
Monday, July 14, 2008

Businesses can advertise on Google Maps (hint: iPhone, GPS)

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Remember that the iPhone has a GPS built-in, and is very good at displaying Google maps. Now consider Google's new program to allow busi...

iPhone 2.0 not really ready for release?

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Every new Apple product I've known of has been rushed out the door before it was done. The one exception, intriguingly, was iPhone 1.0. ...

The law of unintended consequences: iTunes, the Nordic Track, NBC, and Babylon 5

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I'd file this one under 'everything is connected to everything else' -- a 21st century theme incorporating memes of complexity,...

Apple after Jobs: give reliability a chance

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Apple has given me good value for my money. That's why I buy their stuff. They could do better though. In particular, they could work on...
Sunday, July 13, 2008

Google is done talking with librarians

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Google apparently has rather cool relationships with the Librarian community. They've decided the best remedy for misunderstanding is to...
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Dapocalypse Now

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The Data Apocalypse, aka the Dapocalypse, is a favorite of science fiction writers. It goes something like this. Some evildoer plants a data...

Software as service: watch out for Data Lock

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Every method of selling software has its own Dark Side. Microsoft's traditional model favored proprietary data formats (Data Lock), feat...

Obama is the anti-Christ. Of course.

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This meme took longer to emerge than I'd expected. Aetiology quotes an email from a cousin ... Aetiology: Smallmindedness in small towns...

Medical treatment of the super-rich - a psychiatrist's view

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FMH responds below to a mildly annoying NYT article on psychiatrists who pander to their super-rich clientele. The discussion is relevant to...

Electing Obama: send money, stop listening

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Gail Collins mounts a spirited defense of Obama's reversals, with a concession on one point ... Op-Ed Columnist - Gail Collins - Obama’s...
Friday, July 11, 2008

Even Apple’s discussion servers are crushed …

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Apple’s iPhone authentication service is down. dotMac is down. MobileMe is up and down. To add insult to injury, even Apple’s discussion s...