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On the ‘Doomed’ E-ink Reader
Matt Alexander, regarding e-ink readers and full-blown tablets:
As much as you or I might enjoy the e-ink experience, people are not thrilled about buying a device that does one thing very well when they can buy something that does that one thing fairly well along with dozens of other features. And once that “fairly well” becomes “very well” as technology progresses, how could dedicated e-reading devices possibly remain relevant?
Guest Post: The New Genius Bar
Editor’s Note: This was sent to be by a reader of the site who shall remain unnamed, in response to the discussions this week of the shift at Apple’s Genius Bars. The writer’s thoughts closely track with mine at how the Genius Bar — and Apple Retail on the whole — has shifted. It is re-printed here with permission.
Change
Even at training (Early 2009) our instructor warned us about ‘Old School vs. New School’ Geniuses. His emphasis was that the needs of the business change. He advised us to keep our eyes on the Credo, and not to get hung up on the way things used to be. Consumer electronics is a fast-paced world.
BGR Throws More Crap at the Wall
Kill Launchpad with Terminal
While this a good tip, I bet removing all permissions to Launchpad’s database would keep it from re-spawning when new apps are installed.
MacStories to go Comment-less
Commenting leaves a lot of baggage that we simply don’t have the time to maintain, and that’s not a good thing for us or our readers. Instead of putting readers in danger by failing to moderate a malicious link, or failing to moderate an offensive opinion, we’re simply going to remove comments and leave commenters the choice of using Twitter or their personal blogs to write informed and well spoken opinions that our comments section doesn’t provide room for. The answer isn’t as simple as, “We don’t like comments.” There are a lot of reasons behind why we’ve reached our decision, and we hope our contribution to the discussion provides an ample explanation for when we eventually remove the feature.
‘A Modern-Day Abolitionist’
Marilyn Sadler, in a piece on my friend Ryan Dalton:
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation reports that more than 100 cases of sex trafficking of minors have been documented in Shelby County over the last two years. Victims as young as 13 have been beaten, raped, and tortured into submission. The same number of adult cases have been documented. “But many more cases go undocumented and without rescue,” emphasizes Dalton.
The Simple Via Rule
My criteria for via links are simple: If someone points me to an article I did not find on my own (either through my RSS reader or at its original source), I’ll include a via.
Chris’ post is a lot more succinct than mine was.
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The Almighty Via
In writing, sources are everything. As early as grade school, we’re told to list our sources at the end of book reports. In journalism school, you’re taught how to find, cultivate and protect sources.
Many writers on the Internet aren’t great at listing their sources, though.
The Internet has far more material than any school or public library. You can find anything online. There is simply too much content out there to process it all.
Chrome-Sponsored Google Results
“Don’t be evil” doesn’t apply to business partners, it seems.
Eight Years of Roving
The golf-cart-size Spirit rover landed on the Red Planet eight years ago today (Jan. 3). Its twin, Opportunity, touched down three weeks later, on Jan. 25, 2004. The two robots were originally supposed to spend 90 days searching for signs of past water activity on Mars.
They found plenty of such evidence, dramatically reshaping scientists’ understanding of the Red Planet and its history. And the rovers just kept chugging along, continuing to make observations years after their warranties expired. NASA declared Spirit dead just last year, and Opportunity is still going strong.