February 2009
12 posts
“Consumers are increasingly avoiding newspapers — and books, too — because the...”
– Randall Stross
WatchSliding House, by dRMM Architects
“It is almost impossible to look and read at the same time: they are different...”
– Gerard Unger, While You’re Reading
WatchPixar University’s Randy Nelson on how they hire and collaborate
Favorite line:
The core skill of innovators is error recovery, not failure avoidance.
Jason Kottke
WatchThis demo by Stimulant, integrating Microsoft’s Surface with Apple’s iPhone, is great eye-candy.
Unfortunately, it treats the iPhone like a dumb terminal, and doesn’t attempt to use any of its unique strengths (besides a high-quality screen and WiFi). For this interaction, a Surface-specific implementation of Sony’s Data Tiles would seem more appropriate. Cult of Mac, Ars...
The Permission Problem →
When intellectual and property ownership rights collide, hampering innovation and the greater good. Tim O’Reilly, Jason Devitt
Did Ad Standards Kill the Online Ad Business? →
Communicating with code →
Paul Buchheit, one of the original developers of GMail, makes a case for rapid prototyping + editorial decisions as an alternative to the traditional hand-wringing John Gruber
iPhone users ten times as likely to play games vs.... →
College web design courses fail with bosses →
The Economics of Giving It Away →
Plus, an excellent followup article by VC Fred Wilson Tim O’Reilly