Category Archives: Technology

Apple, Technology

So, what have we learned here?

“That Apple decided not to put 3G in the first model, and they had record sales. Then they decided not to put a physical keyboard on the phone, and they had record sales. Then they decided to not make a removable battery, and they had record sales. Then they decided to keep the screen size the same, and they had record sales. In fact, a good strategy for Apple would be to do the opposite of their competitors, and they will have record sales.”

 

The Cycle Wherein Apple Creates A Product And People Copy It And Then “Improve” Upon The Design And Then People Ask Apple To Do The Same “Improvements” And Apple Doesn’t And Then People Get Mad At Apple And Apple Keeps Making More Money Than Everyone Else « Atomic Trevor.

Politics, Technology, US

Space Shuttle…

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In the 1981 we were taken by a teacher and sat in a small hot room and watched the first shuttle countdown on TV. The room was too hot and we didn’t see the launch because it happened during the European night. It was a massive let down.

Watching the news the following day there was nothing we couldn’t build. Sci-fi seemed to be possible and real.

A few years later I was given a copy of this.

Pages and pages of countdown instructions, specs and plans. Again, my mind exploded with the possibilities. Whenever I see complexity I know that it’s possible to get it in order. After all, others have done it before.

I didn’t see a launch or witness a landing; I looked into it, but the timing was never right. However, the shuttle showed what was possible and gave hope in the middle of the Cold War.

I’ll miss it.

But more than anything I’ll miss being able to share the hope with my kids.

Space Shuttle: The complete missions — by Nature Video – YouTube.

 

 

IT, Technology, Uncategorized

The future of the corporate computer…

The future of the corporate computer – One Man and His Blog.

OK so we all agree that this is the future of corporate computing. It’s what the users want and the good employees want this flexibility. Do we know of anyone that is actually implementing this today rather than just openning up Outlook to iPads?

As an interesting aside; the corporate move to HTML was initially sold to allow a move this sort of flexibility. The move to HTML is now almost complete and there is no no excuse. Wonder what reason they’ll find at HQ to push this down the road?