Archive for April, 2010

One afternoon in Cupertino

Steven P. Jobs: Those fuckers are out to kill us, Phil. Philip W. Schiller: I know, Steve, I know. Android keeps gaining, and OS 4 is just catching up to those assholes. SPJ: And, really, how long can our magical revolution last before there’s a tablet that the Windows-box-buying slobs champion as open? And the [...]

Why the old model is dying: a case study

Earlier this year, a reporter from US News & World Report got in touch with my wife. The reporter was working on a story for the magazine’s annual graduate school rankings issue, which is a Big Deal for both the magazine and the schools. After several e-mails back and forth and a few phone calls [...]

Metaphors: carriage races

A race that doesn’t matter Cody Brown on Twitter Winning a Pulitzer Prize in 2010 is winning a carriage race in 1910. There is no prize yet for the people making the biggest impact on J.

Metaphors: the space program

Mercury astronauts Sam Whitmore and Mathew Ingram on Twitter @samwhitmore: iPad: @mathewi criticizes the Mercury astronauts for not reaching the moon http://bit.ly/aP56Vz … it takes time, Mathew. @mathewi: I’m not criticizing them for not reaching the moon, @samwhitmore — I’m saying their spaceship looks like an old Buick :-)