January 2009
12 posts
5 tags
3 tags
3 tags
4 tags
3 tags
6 tags
“Why do I get so tangled up in the speaker decision? I’m as dumb about ohms...”
– @hodgman
4 tags
2 tags
“So now I’ve said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say,...”
– Letter from Apple CEO Steve Jobs
Dan Benjamin - Regarding The Personal Web →
A very insightful essay into the changes that Web 2.0 trends, summed up here as the “personal web,” have meant for thoughtful writing, and content creation as a whole, on the web.
I think Benjamin strikes the right balance between a celebration and a lament: these new applications are brilliant for their ease of use and relatively frictionless integration, but being turned on to so...
“I don’t think about that,” he said. “When I got back here in...”
– Steve Jobs from 25 Years of Mac: From Boxy Beige to Silver Sleek
This attitude has doubtlessly contributed to Steve Jobs’ peculiarly innovative career in high tech, but it also sometimes leads to senseless contrarian positions such as his famous “people don’t read anymore”...
