May 22, 2013
"Analysts estimate that Amazon has sold more than one million Kindles in 18 months (Amazon has never said). We will sell more of our new devices than all of the Kindles ever sold during the first few weeks they are on sale. If you stick with just Amazon, Sony, etc., you will likely be sitting on the sidelines of the mainstream ebook revolution."

— Steve Jobs in an email to James Murdoch negotiating a deal to sell HarperCollin’s books on the iPad. Man, this guy didn’t mince words. 

(Source: qz.com)

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Filed under: steve jobs apple ipad amazon 
May 21, 2013
"We can blame price. We can blame availability. We can blame battery. We can blame the silly aesthetic. We can even blame it on the rain! But imagine if Apple announced their new iPhone, yet almost no one at Cupertino felt the need to carry one. Or imagine if Ford announced a new car, but their execs insisted on biking to work."

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Even Google’s Own Developers Won’t Be Seen Wearing Google Glass | Co.Design: business innovation design

On the absence of Google Glass being worn at the Google developers conference. (hat tip to daringfireball.com)

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Filed under: google google glass google i/o 
May 21, 2013
Love this poster. Apparently the movie is great as well. Looking forward to checking it out.

Love this poster. Apparently the movie is great as well. Looking forward to checking it out.

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(Notes: 2)
  
Filed under: film poster the kings of summer 
May 21, 2013
"MySpace was where you went in the past, WordPress and Movable Type were where people went if they had the patience and writing output to maintain a traditional blog, Facebook was where you went to define yourself by schools and checkboxes, and Tumblr was where you went to make your own identity and express your creativity."

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The One-Person Product – Marco.org

Marco Arment (Tumblr employee #2) on what makes Tumblr special. This is excerpted from a great blog post that covers the history of Tumblr, David Karp’s visionary role in the company, and it’s recent acquisition by Yahoo. 

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(Notes: 7)
  
Filed under: tumblr yahoo david karp marco arment 
May 16, 2013
(via http://www.insertmeanywhere.biz/) The marketing campaign for the new season of Arrested Development has been great so far - not that it really needed to be, the show pretty much sells itself at this point. 

(via http://www.insertmeanywhere.biz/)

The marketing campaign for the new season of Arrested Development has been great so far - not that it really needed to be, the show pretty much sells itself at this point. 

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(Notes: 1)
  
Filed under: arrested development tobias gobias industries tv 
May 13, 2013
Amazon Coins: A Terrible Idea For Consumers

“We already have money, it’s called money.”

Great take on Amazon’s recently announced currency Amazon Coins. The logic of these platform-tied currencies has always eluded me. Ostensibly they streamline purchase but I’ve never been able to wrap my head around them being an additional, unnecessary layer. 

(Source: maniacalrage)

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(Notes: 58)
  
Filed under: Amazon currencies amazon coins tech 
May 8, 2013
Love today’s Google doodle tribute to Saul Bass.

Love today’s Google doodle tribute to Saul Bass.

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Filed under: google doodle saul bass movies 
May 7, 2013
"We’re in the middle of a second software revolution, the core pieces are easier to build than ever because of the groundwork laid by the last two decades of the internet. As a result, a new breed of entrepreneurs can tackle interesting businesses in the real world."

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A whole new ball game | Making it up as we go along by Alex Godin

For me, these are some of the most interesting companies to have emerged in the past few years. When you look at a Airbnb or an Uber, there’s nothing particularly innovative about them from a tech perspective but what they’ve done  is tech-enabled and innovates from a business perspective. 

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Filed under: tech innovation startups airbnb uber 
May 6, 2013

Google knows all our deepest fears.

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Filed under: google search bummer 
May 2, 2013

Awesome Hockey Night in Canada playoff video from CBC. (Sens Gon Give It To Ya)

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Filed under: hockey canada playoffs cbc nhl