Tag: Technology
QuirksBlog – Twelve steps for saving webOS
Pretty good plan to take a webOS into a top tier platform for developers, though not much to get in the hands of consumers which would beat every other factor and practically guarantee bringing developers.
The Atlantic – Crazy: 90 Percent of People Don’t Know How to Use CTRL+F
It always astonishes how many people who use the computer every day for a large part of their daily lives know almost zero shortcuts.
Ars Technica – Does Apotheker need an apothecary? Why HP is exiting the PC business
Really smart take on this story by Ars.
Electronic Frontier Foundation – Open WiFi and Liability for Copyright Infringement: Setting the Record Straight
The line about “online debates” had me giggling.
Freedom to Tinker – Google+Motorola = Software Patent Indictment
That point is the reason patents are a blight on the software industry, you can’t just stop being a part of the system. Patents are a field of hidden landmines for any person/company that does software of any sort.
Harvard Business Review – Groupon Doomed by Too Much of a Good Thing
Oh Groupon, I feel like you just need to go back in time when it was cool if you weren’t making money.
This American Life – When Patents Attack!
Not upset enough about patents, spend an hour and you’ll get even more upset.
The Economist – Intellectual property: Patents against prosperity
Yet another in a long line of articles decrying the patent system.
Silicon Alley 2.0 – Why my Mom Bought an Android, Returned It, and Got an iPhone
His proposed solution is one that Google should really think about, though even that may not be right.
TIME – It Just Doesn’t Work: Why New Tech Products Are Increasingly Unsatisfying
Count me in the camp of disliking businesses that release half-completed products.