Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Daring Fireball: Working Backwards to the Technology

Daring Fireball: Working Backwards to the Technology:

At WWDC in 1997, Steve Jobs, having just returned to Apple, held a wide-open Q&A session. There’s video — albeit low-quality (VHS transfer?) — on YouTube. It’s a remarkable session, showing Jobs at his improvisational best.

Sunday, February 09, 2014

Neither Microsoft, Nokia, nor anyone else should fork Android. It’s unforkable. | Ars Technica

Neither Microsoft, Nokia, nor anyone else should fork Android. It’s unforkable. | Ars Technica

Excellent explanation of why it no longer makes any sense to fork Android...you lose all the advantages, as Google is making more and more of the 'good bits' close sourced.

Gates Spends Entire First Day Back in Office Trying to Install Windows 8.1 : The New Yorker

Gates Spends Entire First Day Back in Office Trying to Install Windows 8.1 : The New Yorker: REDMOND, WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Bill Gates’s first day at work in the newly created role of technology adviser got off to a rocky start yesterday as the Microsoft founder struggled for hours to install the Windows 8.1 upgrade.

Our Love Affair With the Tablet Is Over | Re/code

Our Love Affair With the Tablet Is Over | Re/code:

Tablets, I was convinced, were a third device category, a tweener that would fill the vacuum between a phone and a laptop.

Wednesday, February 05, 2014

I, Cringely The Secret of iOS 7 - I, Cringely

I, Cringely The Secret of iOS 7 - I, Cringely:

I see the iPhone 5S and whatever follows as logical desktop replacements. They, and phones like them, will be the death of the PC.