I recently posted a quote from Steve Ballmer discussing a key difference between Apple and Microsoft, which I titled A Complete Experience. Having spent a bit more time thinking about it, I thought I would capture some of those thoughts…
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A Complete Experience
9/16/2008 – 11:35 am
In the competition between PCs and Macs, we outsell Apple 30-to-1. But there is no doubt that Apple is thriving. Why? Because they are good at providing an experience that is narrow but complete, while our commitment to choice often…
Burning Chrome
9/2/2008 – 10:12 am
Google Chrome Comic
Google plans to release a new browser soon, based on Webkit, but with a new JavaScript engine, which is expected to be significantly faster than most browsers and will be sandboxed to ensure that a crash in one tab…
SproutCore: Apple’s Flanking Move?
6/16/2008 – 10:46 am
I wasn’t all that familiar with Sproutcore, Apple’s JavaScript framework prior to reading this article, but after thinking the arguments over, I think Apple has been flanking the other players in the application marketplace (both online and desktop) for a…
The Beatles, Radiohead and Our Musical Tastes
2/26/2008 – 11:25 am
Michelle has posted a great wrap up of Tim Westergren’s speech at Pandora’s Get Together here in Austin. Pandora sent me a number of reminders about the event, but I chose not to go, which is a shame because it sounds like it was…
Politics and Open Source
2/9/2008 – 8:49 pm
Whurley has created a poll to gather feedback on the question of who would be an ideal candidate for those of us who rely upon and value source software. As he says, “Assume for a moment that a knowledge of open…
Secure Passwords and Your iPhone
1/31/2008 – 9:58 am
1Password, an amazingly useful password manager for the Mac has just released a beta version which provides the ability to auto-fill and submit your passwords on the iPhone. This is a massive improvement for anyone who uses even slightly secure…
Print to PDF on Windows Without Acrobat
1/15/2008 – 3:15 pm
I recently needed to produce a PDF on my XP box at work, but as I didn’t have Adobe Acrobat Professional installed I had to do some digging. Luckily it didn’t take too long to find a convenient solution. Even…
Sandy Twitters
1/7/2008 – 9:09 am
Sweet, I Want Sandy, which I’ve covered previously supports interactions via Twitter! This makes it even easier to quickly capture something that should be remembered later. While the supported options are a subset of Sandy’s full capabilities, all of the major…
Giving Purpose to Old Flash Memory Cards
12/31/2007 – 1:35 pm
On the Refresh Austin mailing list, Paul asked a really good question - what to do with old Flash Memory cards that are small compared to today’s needs. Often these are just thrown in a drawer, box or backpack and forgotten about, but…