Photo by David Geller, shared under Creative Commons Ok, Steve Jobs doesn’t hate the App Store. It’s a friggin’ blockbuster success as far as the pundits can see. It’s everything and more than anyone ever thought it could be. It’s the salvation of weak business models. It preserves the patriarchic walled garden hierarchy of app-lockin [...]
Some time ago I read Founders at Work and learned quite a lot about the early days of Apple, as told from Steve Wozniak’s perspective. What was most remarkable was how close Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Wozniak all were to one another, and to the early foundations of the personal computer. It seems like [...]
Ian might be right, but not because of Steve’s announcement today about opening up the iPhone. Indeed, my reaction so far has been one of quasi-resignation and disappointment. A voice inside me whimpers, “Don’t give up on the web, Steve! Not yet!” You have to understand that when I got involved in helping to plan [...]