Daniel Langendorf of Last100 has a few good thoughts on why Google should have produced their own phone, rather than producing Android for others to use. Good thoughts, but not too many that I agree with. Here’s why I disagree, picking off his arguments in order…
It makes sense from a design and development perspective
I think [...]

Response: Let's face it, there's simply not enough oil and gas to go around | Comment is free | The Guardian
A very clearly-argued piece responding to a leader column on oil and gas price regulation
(tags: economics oil_prices gas_prices regulatio)

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I don’t consider myself an internet pundit, but I do think Caterina Fake’s latest move is a smart one. She co-founded Flickr, saw it bought by Yahoo! and has since left. What to do? She’s joined the board of Hunch to be chief product officer (as reported by Jemima).
Why do I think this is a [...]