September 4, 2008 Posted by alan

iPhone App-onomics and prospecting for gold

Thirty minutes after installing 2.01 on my iPhone 2G I had purchased and downloaded 21 new iPhone apps. The whole experience – from finding to buying to downloading and installing – was so quick and easy that my credit card barely warmed up as the money drained away. I had to force myself to stop before I blew it. It was clear there was going to be quite a market for iPhone apps. Later, I was... read more

March 27, 2008 Posted by alan

AT&T: if I have to learn your interface, you’ve failed

  Why do so many people in tech management find 3D interface so strangely addictive, when it’s clinically proven to be idiot-forming? Techcrunch reports that AT&T has been developing a new web 3D browser, Pogo, based on Mozilla. I’m amongst the readers who reacted with a strong WTF? at the news, though it brings up some important points about interface design, following trends, and... read more

February 2, 2008 Posted by alan

Can the snake swallow the elephant?

Microsoft swallowing Yahoo! is either going to be fast and ugly, or slow and ineffective. And I’m being positive! Scott is even less hopeful.Good friend Goonker said it best. Referring to Steve Ballmer’s quote that he feels “putting these things (Microsoft and Yahoo!) together with a great integration should be quite an accelerant to progress.” Goonker says, “accelerant as... read more