Archive for the ‘Business’ Category



$200-Billion Whopper

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

The LA Times has this to say about Apple's crossing into the major, major leagues: Apple joins an exclusive club that includes Exxon Mobil, Microsoft and Wal-Mart Stores. But some analysts are starting to wonder if now may be a good time to sell the company's stock. Right before the iPad is ...

• Mobile Advertising

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

Matt Buchanan at Gizmodo, citing a single Tweet from Craig Hockenberry as their motivation, talks a bit about Apple's recent note that apps using geolocation to provide targeted advertising will be rejected. So it's not too much of a stretch to see Apple's ad platform in the future being the best ...

A Dipshit IT Guy’s Thoughts on the Tablet

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

InfoWorld's Randall C. Kennedy trolls for hits: Assuming a third-quarter ship date, this fruity new wonder could prove to be the hottest item under the Christmas tree. And that means that, come January 2011, IT shops will be inundated with idiot users lobbying to hook their iPads/iSlates/iTablets (iBricks?) into the corporate ...

Corporate Culture

Monday, January 25th, 2010

James Tauber posted a piece back in August about corporate culture, linking to a popular presentation from Netflix about their internal policies and culture. It is very much worth a read, but I would add this one point: If the economy means you're afraid to give your employer an honest evaluation ...

Competing With Apple

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

An extremely succinct explanation of why there was no iPod killer, there is no iPhone killer, and why there will be no tablet killer, from Penny Arcade of all places: You made a "product" to compete with their "product," tastefully arranging your regiment, only to discover that they hadn't made a ...

Netflix Losing New Releases

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

First those annoying pop-under ads, and now this? So long, Netflix.

Last Day for Amazon Christmas Shopping

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Amazon's two-day shipping option will only guarantee arrival before Christmas through today. If you have Amazon Prime, two-day shipping is free.

Red Sweater Grants Wishes

Monday, December 21st, 2009

Daniel Jalkut fancies himself a genie. Mention Red Sweater products on Twitter for a chance at free stuff. My favorite part is at the bottom. I REALLY HOPE THERE ISN’T ANY NEED FOR FINE PRINT BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME STUFF AWAY AND HAVE NOBODY RAISE A BIG LEGAL ...

Fake Steve’s Masterpiece

Saturday, December 12th, 2009

Pitch perfect.

Mark the Spot

Monday, December 7th, 2009

AT&T has released an iPhone app which allows you to select, on a map, where your service sucks. I expect this one to hit #1 quickly.

• Pretty

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

Motorola has released a new ad for the Droid which asks if a phone should be “pretty”. What follows is my reaction to the advertisement specifically, and my thoughts on the Droid in general. The question. First, let's define “pretty”. 1 a : artful, clever b : pat, apt 2 a : pleasing by ...

Girly Phone

Friday, December 4th, 2009

A new Motorola ad paints the iPhone as feminine in hopes of luring men over to the Droid. The desperation intensity index is high. A "the iPhone is for fags" commercial can't be far off.

A Reason to Blog

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Daniel Jalkut makes the case that, for developers, blogging can be a connection to customers and community alike. Now I just need to start charging for software.

What Comcast Means to Hulu

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

Fake Steve sums up the Comcast/NBC deal quite nicely: That means NBC gets thrown to the lions, and two dying business models — a broadcast TV network and a big dumb cable operator — have found a way to sink faster, by tying themselves together.

They Should Call It a “Tablezine”

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009

As much as I hate linking to TechCrunch, I couldn't find a better source for this story about Time Magazine's tablet magazine concept. The demo was shown on an HP table computer with a touchscreen, but it could easily be ported to an iPhone or an Apple iTablet, whenever that becomes ...