Very few people get the chance to make history. Even fewer get the chance to make it twice. Perhaps that is why it is so fascinating to watch Steve Jobs as he tries to usher in the era of mobile touch computing today, just as he ushered in the era of the personal computer [...]
Tags: Adobe, Apple, Apps, Complete Product Design, Flash Developers, Google, Ignoring History, Iphone, John Gruber, Microsoft, Niche Market, Openness, People, Personal Computer, Pundits, Steve Jobs, Three Decades, Time Jobs, Top Jobs, Usher
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Fri, April 9 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
In the months following the iPhone App Store’s launch in July 2008, it became clear that the platform was turning into a gold rush. Success stories of one-man companies earning $250,000 in a few months became common. And even though the odds of striking it rich were clearly much lower than the media portrayed, a [...]
Tags: Applications, Car Locator, Developers, Downloads, Edward Kim, Five Months, Free Version, Glimmers, Gold Rush, Google, Iphone, Launch, Norm, Odds, Openness, Respects, Secret To Success, Success Stories, Success Story
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Tue, March 2 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Earlier today, in writing about Google buying the photo-editing service Picnik, we noted that the most interesting thing about the buy may be that Picnik is currently Flickr’s default photo editor. Upon hearing the news, we reached out to both Google and Yahoo (which owns Flickr) to see what it means for the future of [...]
Tags: Acquisition, Aviary, Dodgeball, Editing Service, Flickr, Google, Google Yahoo, Openness, Outcast, Partner, Partnership, People, Photo Editing, Photo Editor, Photo Service, Photo Sharing Sites, Picnik, Relationship, Third Party, Yahoo
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Tue, March 2 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Monica Keller, a MySpace Group Architect who has played a key role in advancing MySpace’s initiatives in activity streams and openness, is leaving the company to join Facebook. Keller announced the news in a blog post this evening. She will be joining Facebook as an Open Source and Web Standards Program Manager, where [...]
Tags: Activity Streams, Architect, Co President, Creative Freedom, Facebook, Fellow Engineers, Interoperable Standards, Key Role, Monica, Myspace, Nice Things, Norm, Open Initiatives, Openness, Parting Advice, Technical Aspects, Technical Leadership, Time Stream, Twitter, Web Standards
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Sat, February 13 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments