Archive for June, 2008
« Previous EntriesHow Badly do Canadians Want an iPhone?
Monday, June 30th, 2008Now that the dust has settled on Rogers’ voice/data packages for the 3G iPhone, the question is how badly do Canadians really want the iPhone, and how many of them are willing to pay for the privilege?
Casting aside the entry-level $60 plan as a non-starter (150 voice minutes during the day is a joke), the [...]
The Digerati’s Love Affair With Friendfeed
Sunday, June 29th, 2008First, I’m not a regular Friendfeed user.
In theory, I get the idea of having everything (RSS feeds, Twitter, blog posts, comments, etc.) aggregated in one, convenient place - something described as social media aggregation. It makes sense as the digital world becomes busier and more scattered.
In practice, Friendfeed is just too busy and loud. There’s [...]
The Week That Was
Saturday, June 28th, 2008After a short absence, my weekly review of the week that was is back. Here’s some of the news, views and other stuff that caught my attention:
- Are Twitter users finally ready to abandon ship?
Michael Arrington suggests Twitter users - tired of Twitter’s technical woes - are moving their conversations to Friendfeed, which has become [...]
Rogers Unveils iPhone Pricing
Friday, June 27th, 2008With the iPhone finally making its official appearance in Canada in two weeks, Rogers has unveiled its underwhelming pricing packages - see the chart below.
While Rogers proclaims its iPhone voice/data packages start at a reasonably-sounding $60, its entry-level plan makes no sense given you only get 150 voice minutes/month during the day.
This means you [...]
.mark, anyone?
Thursday, June 26th, 2008As much as the ongoing Yahoo-Microsoft soap opera and Microsoft’s apparent acquisition of Powerset are dominating the headlines, a particularly fascinating development is ICANN’s decision to radically liberalize the “top-level” domain structure.
Since the Web emerged as a mainstream vehicle, there’s been a lot of back and forth about who controls the domain landscape, and which [...]
Sorry, the Mouse is Not Dead
Thursday, June 26th, 2008A few weeks ago, my mouse died so I purchased a new, wireless one made by Logitech.
In browsing through the different models, which range from $10 to $100, it struck me that the mouse is the under-appreciated workhorse of the personal computing industry. It’s an essential piece of equipment that gets little or no glory.
I’ve [...]
Twitter’s Mysterious Mystique
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008Does it strike anyone as terribly ironic that on the day that Twitter officially raises $15-million in venture capital, the service continues to be plagued by technical problems?
Forget about Twitter surviving the Steve Jobs’ most recent love-fest, it would have been better if Twitter had been able to stay up today as a sign of [...]
Trying to Get the Genie Back in the Bottle
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008J.C. Penney is learning the hard way that once something is released on the Web, it’s nearly impossible to get it back.
A fake ad features two teenagers (a boy and a girl) timing themselves on how quickly they can get dressed. The subtle message is they are preparing themselves to do “the nasty” in the [...]
Think, Breath…Then Hit Reply
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008We live in a world of instant-gratification and instant communication.
We want things and we want them now. We want to communicate with people and we want to communicate instantaneously and continually.
One of the major challenges within the always-on, always accessible world is the belief that if someone is able to contact you, you’re obligated to [...]
Step Away From the Keyboard…and Breath, Think
Sunday, June 22nd, 2008I’ve been thinking a lot about Fred Wilson’s post a few days ago on his search for inspiration and the challenges he sometimes faces coming up with ideas for blog posts.
What was particularly interesting was Fred’s regular sources for inspiration are delicious/popular, digg, techmeme, hacker news and reddit.
The common thread is they’re all online resources. [...]