Category Archives for Computers
→ Zittrain in Technology Review: The personal computer is dead
Must-read piece by Harvard Law School Professor Jonathan Zittrain.
→ The future of technology means making the computer disappear
Mathew Ingram highlights a common trend among speakers from the recent GigaOM Roadmap conference (emphasis mine): [...] one thread that ran through many of the different presentations, from mobile and design to health and communication, was the idea that successful … Continue reading
→ Whatever works for you
Marco Arment: I choose to fit myself into most of Apple’s intended-use constraints because their products tend to work better that way, which makes my life easier. But that requires trade-offs that many people can’t or won’t make. The mere … Continue reading
→ Pricing a Tablet
Tristan Louis uses HP’s (involuntary) “experiment” with TouchPad pricing to examine tablet pricing. It seems the HP touchpad has given the industry an idea of what the market is willing to pay for a tablet not produced by Apple. [...] … Continue reading
→ The Post-PC era will be a multi-platform era
Horace Dediu: The post-PC era is characterized by an explosion of ideas and application of new talent to software. It’s an era of immediate gratification and painless, one click distribution. App production is a cottage industry not something entrusted to … Continue reading