Cloud computing
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.
Technology
Life
The human could be translated out of its body
The human could be translated out of its body and into machines, free of the meat, of the flesh. We would hang there, wired into a reticulation of phosphorescent splines. Paul Ford, Just Like Heaven, in his elaborate answer to the question Is there an afterlife?
Apple
It’s not about killing off tinkerers
For Apple, it’s not about killing off tinkerers, but ensuring that not everybody who wants to use a computer has to be a tinkerer. Dan Moren, explaining why The iPad isn’t a third device, but a third revolution
Psychology
As our jobs (and lives) get more cerebral and less physical
As our jobs (and lives) get more cerebral and less physical, our misunderstandings about the mind (and the self-defeating miscalculations each of us make every day) become ever more important. Seth Godin, Multiple minds
Work
Yesterday’s technology
This is the double life many people lead: yesterday’s technology for work, today’s technology for everything else. The Wall Street Journal: Why You Can’t Use Personal Technology at the Office
User experience
When technology delivers basic needs, user experience dominates
When technology delivers basic needs, user experience dominates. Donald A. Norman, The Invisible Computer (1988)
Technology
Some companies say
Some companies say, What product should we build with this technology?Some companies say, What technology do we need to build this product Some companies say, What product would this customer buy? Evan Williams, What companies say