May 2012
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Why I deleted @pixable
When they came on the scene I really loved the concept - get to the most interesting content on your fb feed without trawling thru the less interesting stuff. Still love the concept but pixable damages the sacrosanct contract that fb has with its users, i.e fb will never reveal to your friends your activities on fb. When you view pictures on pixable, it inserts an item in your newsfeed that reads...
November 2010
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August 2010
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April 2010
2 posts
Sinister motive behind Apple approving Opera's... →
I was wondering why Apple who doesn’t play nice to apps that compete with their won, would approve this one. This explains it - when the trust-busters come calling it is not like they didn’t allow competition to play on their turf. Just happens to be that competition isn’t that competent, which ironically may have been the reason they got approved.
iPad v. Kindle - I think I'm keeping my kindle
Kindle wins because it is designed to be a dedicated reading device for reading books and little else. Note that I say as a device dedicated to reading ‘books’, I don’t say magazines or blogs (the iPad is probably better at these). Why?
- Ergonomics: call me a wimp, but I can’t hold the iPad like I would hold a paperback - using one hand, shifting from one to the other...
March 2010
6 posts
Apple's iPhone 4.0 software to deliver... →
Brilliant move on AAPL’s part. As an anomaly in the hardware business (30% operating margins compared to 5% for Dell or 3% Motorola), this will really drive profits for AAPL.
Here’s how: the PC replacement cycle fostered by MS-Intel was essentially predicated on incrementally beefed-up hardware chasing ever-hungry software. In other words, users were browsing the web, watching video,...
Google’s Chief Economist: “Newspapers Have Never... →
Right, they made money from placing ads next to the news. GOOG would like the newspapers to keep the news going, but place the ads themselves - sounds good.
Palm to release tool to port iPhone apps | It's... →
Why you should get into micro-blogging #twitter...
Assuming you know why you should blog, this post is about why you should instead choose to micro-blog (Twitter, tumblr etc)
- most ppl don’t have the time to write a 2-page post every day
- most ppl don’t have anything interesting to say that’s longer than a paragraph - I’ll be the poster-boy of that thesis
- most people don’t have the time to read a 2-page post - most ppl are getting their...
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Facebook's most relevant (missing) feature...
IMO of course, but a ‘social calendar’ could be the most relevant new feature on fb. I have most of my friends on fb (shocking, but I do have friends) but I have no easy way to stay informed about everything that’s going on offline - sure I get event invites and if I install the spammy birthday reminder app I get reminders and all that. But what I’m looking for is a...
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First Google Buzz iPhone App Hits The Store – It’s... →
With AAPL permitting publishers to charge in-app ‘add ons’, it doesn’t make a lot of business sense to set up a price barrier. My bet is a ‘freemium’ model will result in higher revenue.
February 2010
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10 Ways Palm Could Make a Comeback. Me: How about... →
I think the folks at Palm had a pretty good thing going when they announced the WebOS platform last year, but I think they missed the point on software. No new Smartphone platform has a chance of breaking through until it can get to a critical mass of applications. Today the marketplace of applications has been created, pricing has played out and the best ones have already bubbled to the top on...