Interesting feedback on my first Newsweek column, “One Bad Apple.” The column argues that Apple has become what Microsoft was 10 years ago — a Bigfoot to smaller companies, throwing its weight around and treating its ecosystem partners not very well. A hardcore Kool-Aid drinker inside Apple sniffs that, “Your column didn’t piss me off, just… Read more »
From Yahoo. Check out the teaser below the headline. Yes, friends, even Paris Hilton, that super sophisticated computer user, has been duped by online tricksters. Who knew? (Also: as much as I despise the head-in-the-sand print mentality of people like Roger Ebert — see previous item — I do often yearn for the good old… Read more »
So Jay Mariotti, a sportswriter from the Chicago Sun-Times, quit and commented on the way out that newspapers are dead. Roger Ebert pens an open letter to the sportswriter in which he argues that newspapers are vibrant, wonderful institutions that just happen to be going through a bit of a tough time because of the… Read more »
Sorry for the darkness lately. I was in NY this past week learning the ropes at Newsweek, and there are a lot of ropes to learn. Then I got home and wanted to spend a little time with my kids. But please, please keep sending along the pissed-off email and comments telling me how much… Read more »
There are some days when I really, really, really wish I were still writing Fake Steve, and friends, this is one of them. In case you haven’t heard, Bloomberg accidentally ran Steve Jobs’s obituary today, and then retracted it. Luckily, Gawker decided to humiliate Bloomberg by publishing the entire obit, including the list of people that… Read more »
Silicon Apartment speaks truth to power. See the full comic strip here.
Much love to the anonymous reader who spotted Woz at the Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco over the weekend — and quickly snapped a photo and sent it to me. Anyone know who the lady on the Segway might be?
See here. Microsoft plays evil practical joke on potential customers, then humiliates them with online video. Fantastic!
That’s what it says here, and even though it’s Fox News I’m still inclined to believe it, since it originally was reported by Reuters. Orange, the carrier for iPhone in Poland, is paying people to form lines outside stores and generate some hype. Woz apparently has leapt at the offer and is already on his way… Read more »
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