February 2012
18 posts
“So we researched how people were doing online what they previously used The...”
– Andrew Rashbass
The Future of Interaction Design
To follow up on an earlier post here, “The Future Will Be Made of Glass & Silicone”, Bret Victor writes that the problem with such visions of the future is that they aren’t, well, visionary. “Why limit the future of interactions to models and ideas that have been around since at least 1968?” he asks, pointing out that “pictures under glass” visions...
“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old,...”
– Socrates (via psychotherapy)
We Can’t Wait: Obama Administration Unveils...
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
February 23, 2012
We Can’t Wait: Obama Administration Unveils Blueprint for a “Privacy Bill of Rights” to Protect Consumers Online
Internet Advertising Networks Announces Commitment to “Do-Not-Track” Technology to Allow Consumers to Control Online Tracking
WASHINGTON, DC – The Obama Administration today unveiled a “Consumer...
California leads the way, again
Ms. Harris said Wednesday that Apple Inc., Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Research In Motion Ltd. agreed that California law requires apps to have privacy policies, and that they would begin asking app developers who collect personal information to include them.
“No, let’s put the blame where it belongs, on us, the users of the...”
– Thomas Claburn
How Higher Education Is Going Digital... →
People are talking about digital tech’s opportunity to improve the classroom. Much of the discussion has been focused on digital textbooks. Apple’s recent announcement of iBooks for education has caused a stir over whether texts delivered on an expensive and propriety device like the iPad are rea…
Stowe Boyd: MG Siegler Says 'Most Of What Is... →
MG Siegler confesses that he and many other tech writers have been doing a piss-poor job:
MG Siegler, Content Everywhere, But Not A Drop To Drink via ParisLemon
Most of what is written about the tech world — both in blog form and old school media form — is bullshit. I won’t try to put some…
“A person’s contacts are so sensitive that Alec Ross, a senior adviser on...”
– Disruptions: So Many Apologies, So Much Data Mining
Apple Controls 75% Of The Profits In The Key... →
Speaking of crazy charts… these great ones by Horace Dediu of Asymco are just bonkers.
In the first, you’ll see that Apple retains the top rank in profitability among mobile phone OEMs for the third straight year…
In the second chart, you’ll see that Apple snatched the revenue crown back from Samsung last quarter.
But the third one is the best. It’s not just that Apple is ahead in profit...
Just doing it for the world, is all...
…Facebook exists to make the world more open and connected, and not just to build a company. We expect everyone at Facebook to focus every day on how to build real value for the world in everything they do.
- Mark Zuckerberg (from ‘The Hacker Way’ letter to investors)
“There is a big structural problem for both Google and Facebook as they...”
– Keith Teare
