January 2010
10 posts
“The thing that bothers me most about the iPad is this: if I had an iPad rather...”
– Alex Payne — On the iPad
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Is iPad the end of ebook readers?
The iPad came with a brand new offering from Apple: iBooks. Apple is entering the book industry and immediately becomes the 800-pound gorilla for Amazon and Sony. A few blog posts have discussed iPad’s implication to the Kindle. This TechCrunch post is one example. The New York Times Bits has opposing views on whether the Kindle will survive. A common question is whether Amazon and...
Mobile Trends 2020
via slideshare.net Rudy De Waele at m-trends.org has a very good compilation of mobile predictions for this decade. It’s 62 slides of great thoughts and ideas, so definitely check it out when you have the time. My comments: I agree with Timo Arnall that eventually we’ll see backlash to the always-on, reachable-everywhere culture. People are not robots. (Right?) We’ll...
The Apple iPad
via engadget.com Obligatory blog post. Click the Engadget link for more goodies. Posted via web from And You Wanna Be My Latex Salesman? | Comment »
Comparing Google, Microsoft, Apple and Yahoo in...
via bits.blogs.nytimes.com The New York Times Bits has a really interesting chart comparing different products and services offered by the four tech heavyweights. The chart is a nice overview, although it does not differentiate the importance of the segments (for example, I would rather dominate in Mobile App Store rather than in RSS Reader). Yahoo is obviously in pick-and-choose mode. Are they...
Comparison chart: Nexus One vs iPhone, Droid &...
via billshrink.com When I look at this chart, two things come to mind. One, there is no Windows Phone — justifiably. We’re so used to seeing Microsoft in all facets of technology, but they are noticeably absent in smart phones. Two, Palm is clearly under-resourced compared to other leaders in this space. If only Palm could launch the Pre sooner after 2009’s CES and if only they...
Singapore welcomes back Wendy's
Singapore is a food-crazy nation and a hub of South East Asia, but until recently you can’t find international chains Wendy’s, Chili’s and TGI Friday’s here. They were casualties of the 1997 Asian financial crisis (which apparently hit Singapore harder because those restaurants survived in Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta). These restaurants are back and nothing is as happy as my...
Books I read in 2009
Compared to 2008, my production is down in 2009. I had a target to read 24 books and despite a valiant effort in December (reading 7 books, mostly during the holiday season), I fell short. I blame it on social media. Here are the 18 books I read in 2009: General business: Free (Chris Anderson). This book is a required reading for today’s business. You don’t have to agree with the...
My own 2009 posts that I like the best
Here’s a secret: The reason I maintain this site is so that I will come up first if my name is Googled. If I were called a blogger, then I would be a casual one as I decided not to spend a lot of time writing at this point in my life (it’s also the reason why I picked Tumblr as a platform rather than Blogspot or Wordpress). That being said, I did write a few original posts in 2009 and...
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