Bookmarks for 21 Dec 2010
- Spotted: TFL introduces new measures to help deal with delays… on Twitpic
(photograph tfl humour ) - Publishers take note: the iPad is altering the very concept of a ‘book’ | Technology | The Observer
"The concept of a "book" will change under the pressure of iPad-type devices, just as concepts of what constitutes a magazine or a newspaper are already changing. This doesn't mean that paper publications will go away. But it does mean that print publishers who wish to thrive in the new environment will not just have to learn new tricks but will also have to tool up." (ipad kindle publishing books ) - Yahoo Just Killed… Consumer Confidence In Them
"Yahoo may not be killing Delicious, but they have killed something else: consumer confidence in them." That's insightful. "Yahoo is all about the shareholders now. It’s all about the bottom-line. That’s all that matters. It’s not about the users. It’s not about building or maintaining great products. It’s about finding the ones that make the money and slicing the rest." That's reality. (yahoo delicious business_strategy ) - Ron Burk: Cash Cow Disease: The Cognitive Decline of Microsoft and Google
"Watching the recent product retraction of Google Wave convinced me that Google is fully infected with the same protracted, end-stage wasting disease that has consumed Microsoft for years: cash cow disease." Not sure I agree with this thesis — I think it's just the way things are with big companies — but an interesting read nonetheless. (google microsoft innovation entrepreneurship ) - Why I won’t buy an iPad (and think you shouldn’t, either) – Boing Boing
"Then there's the device itself: clearly there's a lot of thoughtfulness and smarts that went into the design. But there's also a palpable contempt for the owner. I believe — really believe — in the stirring words of the Maker Manifesto: if you can't open it, you don't own it." (ipad apple technology culture ) - 3D printer kits – a great gift for the geek in your life | Technology | The Observer
"A US firm is selling affordable 3D printers and says we will all have these machines in our homes some day soon" Very cool, though the output objects look a bit rough. (printer 3d printing )
