February 2012
6 posts
Pirate Bay: The RIAA Is Delusional and Must Be... →
“The recording industry is like a kid screaming for candy. The problem is that the kid has diabetes.”
I love this quote.
RIAA Totally Out Of Touch: Lashes Out At Google,... →
Excellent teardown by TechDirt of RIAA’s op-ed piece on SOPA and PIPA.
The RIAA & MPAA are increasingly looking like dinosaurs, old monolithic organizations failing to adapt to the new generation, the way music & entertainment is now being sold around the world.
If RIAA had their way, I would still have to buy an $18 piece of plastic with 10 songs just to listen to one.
5-year-old Analyzes Logos →
"Programmer" is an Overgeneralization →
It is no longer enough to simply ask someone if they are a programmer. Saying a programmer writes programs is like saying a scientist does science. The difference is that botanists don’t design nuclear reactors.
Apple's iPhone business alone is now bigger than... →
Not Windows. Not Office. Microsoft.
The iPhone did not exist five years ago. And now it’s bigger than a company that, 15 years ago, was dragged into court and threatened with forcible break-up because it had amassed an unassailable and unthinkably profitable monopoly.
The iPhone also appears to be considerably more profitable than Microsoft.
In the December quarter, Apple’s...
Facebook IPO: What are the most notable aspects of... →