Religion
The reason people use a crucifix against vampires
The reason people use a crucifix against vampires is that vampires are allergic to bullshit. Richard Prior, 1972, quoted on LOL god
Entrepreneurship
Always blame yourself
Always blame yourself. Its the only way your problems get solved. Mike Markson, in his Note to Entrepreneurs: It’s Your Fault (Wayback Machine)
Cloud computing
Every dollar you spend on software from Microsoft
Every dollar you spend on software from Microsoft, you spend $6 trying to get it to do anything. Microsoft’s Ron Markezich, interviewed on the day Office 365 Hits Public Beta
User experience
The only problem Chromebooks appear to solve
The only problem Chromebooks appear to solve is the user problem. Datamation, Chromebook: The Computer for the Rest of Them
Usability
Apparently splash screens are super-vampires
Apparently splash screens are super-vampires that can haunt users from beyond the grave Jakob Nielsen, on iPad Usability
Cognition
I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working
I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. Stephen Hawking, interviewed in The Guardian, There is no heaven; it’s a fairy story
Apple
Tablet makers are racing to get products to market
Tablet makers are racing to get products to market, but they are missing a key factor to get consumers to buy them. James Kendrick explains, on tablets and why Consumers simply must “get it”
Open
The question about pay walls
The question about pay walls is whether they are the *best* way to make the *most* money. Jeff Jarvis, with a great list of Hard economic lessons for news
Bookmarklet apps like Instapaper are pointing us toward a
Bookmarklet apps like Instapaper […] are pointing us toward a future in which content is no longer entrenched in websites, but floats in orbit around users. A List Apart explains, in Orbital Content, what most publishers can’t seem to grasp
Private cloud is a diversion and a distraction
private cloud is a diversion and a distraction from the task of embracing cloud computing in the enterprise Phil Wainewright, arguing against Private clouds on ZDNet (Wayback Machine)
People aren’t understanding it
How can something be so popular and widely discussed and visible, and yet people aren’t understanding it? Noah Glass, Twitter’s Forgotten Cofounder, on what could be improved
What “identity” means
it’s ambiguous in most discussions what “identity” means Twitter founder Evan Williams, on Online Identity (Wayback Machine)