This is well worth a read…

“But really, what are we shedding tears over?

We’re losing the throwaway paperback.
The airport paperback.
The beachside paperback.

We’re losing the dregs of the publishing world: disposable books. The book printed without consideration of form or sustainability or longevity. The book produced to be consumed once and then tossed. The book you bin when you’re moving and you need to clean out the closet.

These are the first books to go. And I say it again, good riddance.”

Books in the Age of the iPad — Craig Mod.

Many years ago, almost all my electronics were made by Sony.

Then two things happened. First, they started implementing DRM, I couldn’t copy a CD to a MiniDisc and getting my Sony Viao to play music was a nightmare.

Then Apple got into the music business.

A decade later, the only Sony object I use every day is a basic alarm radio.

I’m not the only one. Check out the Gizmodo article and the comments here…

Great hardware, shame about everything else. Guess who! – Boing Boing.

Publishing something in public that is this critical takes real guts…

“In the Supplier Responsibility Report they state, “when social responsibility performance consistently fails to meet Apple expectations, [they] terminate business.” In many of the cases of violations the wrongs have been righted, for instance underpaid workers have been paid for the discrepancies and the underage workers are all now at the legal working age.”

Apple Announces it’s Suppliers Violated Company’s Workers Rights Rules | Inhabitat.