Apple
The rest of the market
The rest of the market, […] insists on peddling either outright crap or cheap imitations of Apple’s aesthetic Loper OS, Non-Apple’s Mistake
Innovation
Work simply in the present
it is the people who figure out how to work simply in the present, rather than the people who mastered the complexities of the past, who get to say what happens in the future. Clay Shirky, The Collapse of Complex Business Models (Wayback Machine)
Apps
The 10 Golden Principles of Successful Web Apps
Speed, Instant Utility, Voice, Less Is More, Programmable, Personal, RESTful, Discoverable, Clean, Playful Fred Wilson, The 10 Golden Principles of Successful Web Apps (slides)
Blogging
Living on someone else’s platform requires that you understand this
Living on someone else’s platform requires that you understand this stuff really well. Charles Hudson, Three Reminders about Platform Businesses (Apple, Twitter, and Facebook)
Apple
It made technology go away
With the iPad, Apple has done the same for personal computing as it has done before with the iPod: it made technology go away. Jürgen from Cultured Code, An Empty Canvas
Multi-tasking
Sometimes they actually enhance the device
Sometimes they actually enhance the device. Mostly, though, they’re like a third nipple. Good for conversation, but functionally useless. Andy Ihnatko’s on hardware features, iPad and Multitasking (Wayback Machine)
Apple
When Apple looks at a fingertip
When Apple looks at a fingertip, they see a warm, living thing that can feel. They don’t see a poor substitute for a mouse. Andy Ihnatko, iPad is pure innovation - one of best computers ever (Wayback Machine)
Finally, the industry is fun again
Finally, the industry is fun again... Unfortunately, some CIOs would rather retire than go faster. Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO of salesforce.com, on TechCrunch: Hello, iPad. Hello, Cloud 2.
People like to consume. They also like to produce
People like to consume. They also like to produce. And they like to share. ... Media that’s targeted at you, but does not include you, may not be worth sitting still for. Clay Shirky telling about the cognitive surplus and why television helped masking it
HTML5 apps, which are web-based and far more interoperable
HTML5 apps, which are web-based and far more interoperable already than any native apps, will oust native apps in the long run QuirksBlog, on the economy of mobile app development, The payment argument is nonsense
if you are running a media site
if you are running a media site, if you’re having trouble making money, it’s your fault. Don’t blame your readers. Techdirt, arguing Don’t Blame Your Community, in response to Ken Fisher’s whining on Ars, Why Ad Blocking is devastating to the sites you love
The idea of “user interface” patents
I can’t speak to the hardware and “architecture” issues, but I despise the idea of “user interface” patents. John Gruber, Apple Sues HTC for Patent Infringement