Network neutrality is back in the news. Google and Verizon have put together some kind of “policy framework.” I don’t really have any problem with the framework. In fact, I think it captures the current status quo and later versions of these kinds of frameworks will look much worse for the average consumer. [Aside: I [...]
The key to the iPhone’s success seems to be that each phone a really awesome iTouch with some crappy phone-ware added on. What was missing from today’s presentation was a dropped call comparison between Apple and other (non-Apple) handsets. Even if iPhones drop more calls than other handsets, AT&T is probably happy to take the [...]
Today’s “quote of the day” is from an article someone on Twitter described as a poorly written attack on Gawker Media. I thought the piece made an important point about incentives in for-profit blogging. As of this writing, Carmon’s post has generated almost 1,000 comments and nearly 90,000 page views. It’s a prime example of [...]
I started blogging the summer before I went to college after reading an article in Time magazine that included, among other things, a bit about the rise in popularity of the proto-blogging platform Open Diary. A lot about my early history with computers is sort of fuzzy these days, but my progression through a cross-section [...]
I was digging through old documents looking for tax related stuff when I (re)-discovered this gem: In retrospect, I should have requested a hearing.
If I had the budget for one, I’d definitely buy one, so I can certainly understand why people with lots of disposable income are flocking to Apple stores today. That said, there is something sort of unseemly about reveling in the act of consumption. I guess this particular tweet captures what I’m trying to say [...]