The Magazine
Once in a while, something comes along that in retrospect seems so obvious as to be almost inevitable. Marco Arment's new venture The Magazine is one of those things. The…
Whither Feedburner?
Is Feedburner going away? It depends on who you ask, but there sure seem to be changes afoot at the highly popular free RSS service. What is clear is that…
RIM’s Marketing Mess
If I had a chance to give beleaguered RIM one piece of advice, it would be this: Stop! Stop the scattergun of conflicting messages you're sending, step away from the…
It’s All About The Batteries
It's a frequently unappreciated fact that the form factors of our mobile devices are largely driven by the batteries that power them. Not the shape so much, but certainly the…
The Curator’s Code
There's been quite a dust-up in the last few days on Twitter and various blogs over Maria Popova's (@brainpicker) Curator's Code initiative. The Curator's Code proposes a standardized system of…
The Sparrow Migration
I ditched an old friend last week. He's been more than a friend to me, often a business partner, he's brought me good things and bad, entertained me and helped…
The Future of 3D Printing
My recent post about 3D printing argued for the idea that it's a technology that will soon produce some, but not all of the goods we use. So if that's…
3D Printing
3D printing has been getting a lot of buzz recently, its evangelists have been cranking up the rhetoric with some pretty heady predictions of a brave new world of home…