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Kurt Vonnegut explains drama - http://sivers.org/drama
Great insight to why people are drawn to drama in their life.
- James
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» Steve Jobs is in Memphis - http://www.pehub.com/42636...
"Steve Jobs is in Memphis Posted on: June 20th, 2009 Apple CEO Steve Jobs lives at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac in a swank part of downtown Memphis in a yellow house with white trim and a pool in the backyard. Or maybe he doesn’t. One thing is now for certain, he was in Memphis for a liver transplant. The Wall Street Journal has the story. We first reported that the Apple CEO was there on April 15. Like everything associated with the world’s most-secretive CEO, his whereabouts in the week Apple reports earnings have the air of mystery you’d expect to see in an episode of The X-Files. His location is so secret, in fact, Apple’s public relations team doesn’t even know where he is. “I don’t have that information,” Steve Dowling told me two months ago. “Steve is on a medical leave of absence and there’s nothing further to say.” But residents of a small Memphis neighborhood are convinced that Steve Jobs has moved in to their quiet loop of houses. The level-headed people in this...
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- James
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Taking fantastic photos with an iPhone :: Photocritic photography blog - http://photocritic.org/intervi...
andrei_c, vijay, fijidaddy and 2 other people liked this
An excellent interview with a photography who captures amazing images using only his iPhone.
- James
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Taking fantastic photos with an iPhone :: Photocritic photography blog - http://photocritic.org/intervi...
An excellent interview with a photography who captures amazing images using only his iPhone 3G.
- James
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- PC World - http://www.pcworld.com/zoom...
Hilarious rendition of Steve Job's putative Facebook Profile.
- James
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3G, GPS, similar form factor but 15-25% thinner, silver or black matte back, on sale btw 18-27th of June.
- James
Built in bathroom scales and teeth whitening.
- Ian Betteridge
Eventually they will need to make one with a real keyboard!
- Garin Kilpatrick
Apps That Make iPhone Worth the Price - WSJ.com by Walt Mossberg - http://online.wsj.com/article...
Benedikt Kienzler liked this
"Despite all the economic misery, the past nine months have been a little like the heady days of the early 1980s when the personal computer was just getting rolling and new software programs were popping up like weeds." ---"To give you an idea of the scale of this phenomenon, in just the nine months since Apple opened the iPhone App Store, around 25,000 apps have been published for the iPhone and its close cousin, the iPod Touch. And there have been 800 million downloads of these apps, according to Apple. That's impressive."
- Susan Beebe
According to apptism.com, there are now nearly 32,000 apps in the app store - 31,896.
- James
Or 32,198 if you believe appbeacon's tally:)
- James
Apple’s first D.C. store: Design by committee - http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009...
As adept as Apple is with designing cutting edge architectural wonders in various countries, I'm not sure of the veracity of these "renderings". They look more like something that Microsoft would design.
- James
Bootstrap - http://furbo.org/2009...
An excellent essay on iPhone development by Craig Hockenberry.
- James
Bootstrap [feedly] - http://furbo.org/2009...
An excellent essay on iPhone development by Craig Hockenberry.
- James
Bootstrap - http://furbo.org/2009...
An excellent essay on iPhone development by Craig Hockenberry
- James
Toxel.com » 10 Beautiful Apple iPhone Concept Designs - http://www.toxel.com/inspira...
Some interesting design concepts for future iterations of the iPhone.
- James
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Raising prices - http://furbo.org/2009...
Another excellent essay on the iPhone app store by Craig Hockenberry.
- James
Missing Steve Jobs at Macworld. - By Farhad Manjoo - Slate Magazine - http://slate.com/id/2208025
"Apple Without Its CoreMissing Steve Jobs at Macworld. By Farhad ManjooPosted Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, at 8:18 PM ET Phil Schiller, senior vice president of marketing for AppleJust before the holidays, Apple announced that CEO Steve Jobs would not deliver the keynote address at Macworld, the annual conference that he's long used as a platform for his flashiest product announcements. The company's terse press release made Apple-watchers suspicious about the company's motives. Jobs, a cancer survivor, hasn't looked great lately—he's skinny, his voice sounds thin, and at recent events, he has, uncharacteristically, given much of the stage time to subordinates. Last week, an anonymous source told Gizmodo that Jobs' health was "rapidly declining" and that the Macworld pullout was Apple's way of reducing his presence at the company—preparation, the source implied, for Jobs' imminent death. In response, Jobs posted a letter claiming that he was suffering from a hormone imbalance and that doctors expected a full re"
- James
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Facebook | The Facebook Blog - http://blog.facebook.com/blog...
Why am I sharing something from August of this past year. Today, Zuckerberg just announced that Facebook has eclipsed 150 million users worldwide. What's even more impressive to me is the fact that they've added 50 million in the past four months!
- James
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The Man Who Said No to Wal-Mart - http://www.fastcompany.com/node...
A fascinating read about the CEO of Snapper who said no to Wal-Mart.
- James
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I'm in Palo Alto. Just had yogurt at shop that Steve Jobs eats at frequently. They said he was in a couple of days ago and is in great health.
Ontario Emperor, Tom Beardshaw, Marcus Linder and 75 other people liked this
Now I'm hanging out in the Apple store where Jobs shows up frequently. Will let you know if I learn anything.
- Robert Scoble
Investigative journalism at it's best. :-)
- Andrew Dobrow
Scoble tracking Steve Jobs' eating route. Oh dear.
- Oyvind Solstad
Scoop McScoble.
- Thomas Hawk
What flavor does Steve like? [edit] Seriously, I think it would be interesting. Sort of like asking what your favorite animal is, I think it might reveal something.
- AJ Kohn
You know you are going to make AAPL stock rocket in the morning if you keep this up?
- Dominic Jones
Yeah, I saw him last month eating spicy Indian food and swiping through his black iPhone. He looked perfectly fine.
- Mason Lee
Are you stalking him or is this a 'walk a mile in his shoes' sort of thing?
- Admiral Anika
Scoble- our man in Palo Alto. Thanks.
- Roberto Bonini
AJ: they wouldn't tell me. :-) But they say that they deliver a whole bunch to Apple's executives every week.
- Robert Scoble
Robert: Have missed your FF comments today!
- Michael Krigsman
You do realize that if you keep this up and you're going to be nabbed as a SJ stalked.
- amygeek
"In Search Of" LOL
- Von Glitschka
The store is http://www.fraicheyogurt.com/ by the way.
- Robert Scoble
it's the paparazzi on Steve Jobs!
- Elijah Nicolas
Of course they gave me a sales pitch for how their yogurt is keeping him healthy. :-)
- Robert Scoble
What is it with the reemergence of yogurt shops these days anyway? It's like it's 1983 all over again. Are they replacing coffee shops?
- Ciaoenrico
@Scoble @AJ I bet it's Schnozberry (sorry for the obscure reference)
- Andrew Dobrow
http://swanktastic.org/... I guess other people have met Jobs there.
- Robert Scoble
I'm watching the after-hours trading in AAPL to see if this great breaking news has any impact. Still four minutes left.... Will update :-)
- Dominic Jones
Ciaonenrico: I had a latte there too. The yogurt is the best in Northern California.
- Robert Scoble
They need some help with their blog: http://www.fraicheyogurt.com/blog...
- AJ Kohn
http://scobleizer.com/2008... is my report and photos of one of the co-owners. It always has a line of people waiting to get in.
- Robert Scoble
Why is it that Apple isn't confirming or denying anything do you think, Robert?
- Mona Nomura
Mona: Apple won't confirm or deny anything. Try asking them whether Steve Jobs is CEO. I bet they wouldn't confirm or deny that.
- Robert Scoble
@Mona N. Because they believe it's no one's business if Steve sneezes.
- Dominic Jones
The real CEO is clearly Dick Cheney
- Andrew Dobrow
So, he's still alive? ;) BTW, what is THE interview you wish to make in 2009?
- Konstantin
But clearly, he is not well... isn't it about time they say SOMETHING? :\
- Mona Nomura
Then what? Sell your stock? If Apple's value is so wrapped around one person isn't that a clear risk already?
- Hayes Haugen
Konstantin: 1. Barack Obama. 2. Steve Jobs. 3. Steve Ballmer. 4. Mark Zuckerberg. 5. Bret Taylor. 6. Evan Williams. 7. Jonathan Ives. 8. Vic Gundotra. 9. Barack's CTO. 10. A bunch of geeks who I don't know but who are changing the world.
- Robert Scoble
It has nothing to do with stock, it's handling smooth transitions IF there is something wrong so we (consumers) have confidence in them (Apple).
- Mona Nomura
Mona: we're all dying. I know a lot of people who have died that were very healthy. Or seemed to be. Marc Orchant anyone? I don't know that Steve isn't well. Having cancer can cause you to live healthy and lose weight. But, I already assume the dude will die. So will I. Until he's ready to talk I have to assume he's fine. Obviously he's not bedridden if he's coming into yogurt stores.
- Robert Scoble
Red Mango or Fraiche? I prefer Red Mango on University.
- Randy Ksar
from twhirl
Randy: I'm partial to Fraiche. Maybe we need a taste-off? :-)
- Robert Scoble
We're all speculating and won't know for sure until Steve Jobs either steps down or retires. Either which way, this is really bad on Apple's part because they are (to me) encouraging rumors and speculation, irresponsible journalism, and publishing. The question is: Are we ok with that?
- Mona Nomura
Mona: Apple is too secretive about everything. But that's who they are and they probably know that this publicity is good for them. It keeps us all wondering what the real story is. Guarantees everyone will attend Jobs' next press conference.
- Robert Scoble
If people are getting worried when a CEO is getting thin, shouldn't we be more worried over weight CEOs? They are more all of a heart attack time-bomb than SJ is a health risk. Why don't we ask all those fat CEOs to disclose *their* health record?
- Clarence Chiang
Clarence: yes. +1000.
- Robert Scoble
I'm not worried about him. Is no one familiar with the old adage, "An Apple a day keeps the Doctor away."
- Kevin Murray
Clarence: It's not just any CEO. It is Steve Jobs. Do you think his predecessor will generate this much news? Robert: I understand that, but that is so not ok, in my book.
- Mona Nomura
Mona: Apple doesn't listen to me on PR issues either. Heheh.
- Robert Scoble
hahhahahhahhahha
- Mona Nomura
There's a Red Mango here, and I've had Fraiche. I prefer Fraiche.
- Jesse Stay
I find myself wondering if SJ has an Alcor policy.
- Michael R. Bernstein
Who is Steve Jobs?
- Steve Rubel
Do they even make apple yogurt? It probably tastes better if you eat it with a mock turtle neck on.
- Keith Beucler
Great reporting Robert. The real losers here are the gossip sites like Gizmodo who perpetuate rumors with "anonymous sources" who are "100 %" correct.
- James
So I was there today with Robert when he got the scoop. Spiderman's frenemy James Defranco was spotted there. http://www.fraicheyogurt.com/
- Ross Mayfield
Why don't u interview him? I can see it now... "so who are you?"
- mal
That place is buzzing - why hasn't anyone else reported seeing him there?
- Jesse Stay
Hope he's well. In any case, despite all the coverage, what I haven't heard about is whether Apple's doing anything at CES? Do they usually exhibit? CES isn't something I've paid any attention to in the past but if Apple's becoming (as some are saying) the new Sony, wouldn't CES be important?
- Gordon Vaughan
Apple never goes to CES. Apple has its own show from now on: it's called its network of stores and Engadget. :-)
- Robert Scoble
Schnozberry! Who's ever heard of a schnozberry?
- Kerri
Now that Jobs has made his January 5 announcement, we can all reflect. In my view, even if they didn't know anything, Apple & Jobs should have made some sort of statement in December, when the Macworld announcement was made. It wouldn't have been perfect, especially since they may not have known about the hormonal imbalance at the time, but better to say something than nothing. If nothing else, it would have kept Robert out of the yogurt shop. :)
- Ontario Emperor
One Juicer notifies you of the latest iPhone Apps based on your choice of keywords via email. - http://onejuicer.com/
Bill Sodeman, James, Andrew Wooldridge and 15 other people liked this
This is cool, but I'm following a feed of ALL new apps released. I would love to eliminate some of them, but I hate thinking I might miss a gem.
- Devon Campbell
@Devon - What feed is that? :)
- Amani
Devon LINK!
- Susan Beebe
Looks like a very cool service. With over 13,000 apps in the store, the challenge is finding the few pearls in the sea of said apps.
- James
American Geek: The Future of the iPhone | Newsweek Voices - N'Gai Croal | Newsweek.com - http://www.newsweek.com/id...
Bob Maltais liked this
Separate screen and touchpad. I don't think so. And this guy is a putative tech expert.
- James
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A little bird told me that Facebook now has 140 million users and that revenue is higher than most blogs have reported.
Jeroen De Miranda, Charlie Anzman, jswi_jim and 82 other people liked this
Is FB worth $10 per user?
- LogEx
Was it a little bird going tweet, tweet, tweet:)
- James
LOL @ James...
- Dennis Goedegebuure
Revenue higher than reported, as in, profitable? Or just not losing as much?
- Tom Ribbens
Logical: a lot more than $10.
- Robert Scoble
LogicalExtremes: I say yes simply because I can explain its value to my mom.
- trextor
The bird told me he has a Twitter account but rarely uses it to Tweet, though.
- Robert Scoble
Tom: the bird wouldn't tell me that.
- Robert Scoble
Watch the 140 million run screaming as they realise lawyers might start issuing summonses against them on FB: http://www.theage.com.au/nationa...
- mattpovey
Robert how much higher is the revenue???
- Susan Beebe
mattpovey - As someone who libels and assaults frequently... that scares me!
- Andrew
Susan: the bird wouldn't discuss numbers other than to say all estimates he has seen are low.
- Robert Scoble
great news. they've really captured the way people communicate quiet effectively.
- Rahul Krishnakumar
I just can't make myself like Facebook. In part I think it's not really wanting to keep up with old friends. Don't get me started on the stupid apps and the layout.
- BEX
Facebook is really growing in my neck of the woods...TONS of co-workers have jumped on FB now... all happening VERY fast. Transparency is the new reality. I get folks calling me from work asking how all this "social" sh*t works... LOL pretty shocked n00bies!
- Susan Beebe
I wonder if the progression remains "neopets" --> "myspace" --> "facebook" .. both my daughters went through these three distinct stages. IRC was in there for a bit; followed by forums and blogs; and now they just IM
- LPH™ and his dog P™
It is amazing how many customers now you directly communicate with on a daily basis through SMS, twitter and facebook.
- Shaun Haney
Most blogs report $150 m? I would put it between 200-300 M based on back of envelope calculations that assume a low RPM
- Bindu Reddy
Who told you? I am guessing someone from Facebook. They get a bad story, they "leak" to you it's not true, you post it. People believe you. Why don't they just people what they make if they care. Posting like this make you look like a shill.
- Michael Stearne
i never pay a attention to the adv on FB right slider.so the revenue i think should be lower than most blogs have reported:D
- jedorstar
http://www.facebook.com/press... has the user number (140M)
- Ashwin Bharambe
If I could pay ten bucks to insta-ban all annoying app requests and pathetic ads, and more options for designing my front page, I'd go for it...
- Terry O'Fee
When this is anything more than unsubstantiated rumor, I'm sure they'll be happy to put their cards on the table.
- Sam
My forecaster's "sell" order stands. Or, buy puts, your choice. AOL didn't die in a day, either; in fact, it took one of the greatest value dumps of all time, directly upon the heads of Time Warner shareholders. Please, of course I know it's not public, I'm talking Cred Trend Puts. I can't imagine a single reason for the web needing FB by 2012; it was a cute start to socially stuff and MySpace UI cleanup, but the vast majority of The Normals will use it as a Social Registry and virtually never log in again.
- michael silverton
A revenue of $10 per user per year is achievable - advertising + premium vanity features ought to do it.
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
As to longevity, I don't know - i dislike all the fluff in FB, apps and games, but I can see it growing into a living family tree - our parents are joining, our children are joining, and I now have a whole multi generational network including my parents' friends, my friends' parents - you get this whole "village" of real connections if you use it that way, quite warming when like you have moved countries a bit, and the value could grow. A grounding space in a increasingly disconnected and virtual world.
- Joelle Nebbe (iphigenie)
@scoble: A lot more than 10$ per user? 1.4+ billion in revenues? Is that whtat we're talking about, or was it just what it worths?
- Martino Sabia
Martini I don't know the numbers. I thought I was being asked the value of each user.
- Robert Scoble
Facebook is becoming pretty common and integrating itself within the non-tech crowd. Is it only a matter of time before they roll out some type of subscription plan? I would be willing to pay monthly (maybe $10) As long as they keep adding new features and keep refining the interface.
- Bob Blunk
there have been stories on FF lately about how poorly ads do on social networking services compared to search advertising. Does anybody have different reports or experiences?
- Davide D'Incau
Doesn't surprise me, more friends of mine are joining it by the day.
- Ed Richardson
incentive ads perform poorly on a CPA basis; conversions occur for the wrong reason and have a high cancellation rate.
- Peter Warnock
It seems to me that FB is more embraceable for low tech people than Twitter
- Craig Mische
It's the apps, after the newness wears offs or the advertisers push back, FB will have to do some real marketing. They have a gold mine of data that they're not using.
- Peter Warnock
@Craig - How in Bob's name is a crazy multi layer, multi threaded, multi page, multi media mess easy for a ludite depression era grandmother to get than a single line where you post 140 characters?
- Matthew DeVries
If Facebook needs to start charging than they've failed at their mission and are leaving way too much money on the table. The power in facebook comes in the fact that they now know what we like, what we hate, who we follow, who we listen to. That is worth so much more to people than the pittance they'd be able to make by charging us a fee at a price we wouldn't run screaming to the hills over. They need to keep it "free" and sell that information to the ad people, the politicians, the entertainers.
- Matthew DeVries
Intel survey says Internet is as important as sex. NY Times via Giz http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008...
Kate Foy, BEX, Alix Whitmire and 25 other people liked this
We're on the internet more than on each other aren't we? hheeheheee
- Susan Beebe
omg Susan, funny on multiple levels :D
- vijay
Sex > Internet. I am NOT ashamed to admit it!
- Mona Nomura
I second what Mona says above.
- James
To many teenagers out there the Internet IS sex...I'm just sayin'
- Joe Pierce
You just haven't had internet with the right person...
- Jim Norris
+1 Jim :D
- Susan Beebe
PLEASE let me stay delusional, Jim.
- Mona Nomura
from IM
Hmmm....I'd take sex over the internet any time!
- Shevonne
shevonne.... il take you up on that offer then lol.. how do we do that over the internet! ;o)
- Rob Sellen :o)
Hey now, my feed isn't pick up central so save that for the bars, please!
- Mona Nomura
from IM
So Mona, how YOU doin'? (he says in that semi creepy semi intriguing Joey from "Friends" kind of way.)
- Joe Pierce
Maybe the Internet really is evil, I must be stopped! No?
- Joe Pierce
Ok...I LOVE the Internet...BUT sex tops the list when we are talking about sex vs Internet ; )
- Adriana
yeah...i'm w/ Adriana on this one....
- Live4Emma (L4S)
Um HELLO? They go hand in hand. DUH. ;)
- Mona Nomura
android era
- Igor Poltavskiy
TRUTH era! ;)
- Mona Nomura
Music video: The original iPod touch song - Apple 2.0 - http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008...
The origin of the music for the new iPod Touch ads.
- James
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Apple 2.0 - Fortune on CNNMoney.com - http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/
One of my favorite blogs for following the iPhone and all things Apple.
- James
from Bookmarklet
The adventures of Marissa Mayer - Google - http://www.sanfranmag.com/print...
Another from the bookmark archives. A very interesting read on Google's own Marissa Mayer.
- James
from Bookmarklet
The Untold Story: How the iPhone Blew Up the Wireless Industry - http://www.wired.com/gadgets...
One from my bookmark archives. A very interesting read on the negotiations that led to the birth of the iPhone.
- James
from Bookmarklet
AppleInsider | Hidden feature turns iPhone into TV gaming device - http://www.appleinsider.com/article...
The future of iPod Touch/iPhone gaming?
- James
from Bookmarklet
tap tap tap ~ 10 useful iPhone tips & tricks - http://www.taptaptap.com/blog...
There are some great tips in here for everyone from the guys at one of my favorite dev shops. I def consider myself to be a power user, but I did pick up a tip or two from this list. I particularly like the "tap shift and slide" tip.
- James
10 useful iPhone tips & tricks - http://www.taptaptap.com/blog...
A great read here. I consider myself an iPhone "power user", and I def picked up a tip or two. I love the "tap shift and slide" tip.
- James
tap tap tap ~ Blog - http://www.taptaptap.com/blog/
Another great read from the guys at Tap Tap Tap.
- James
from Bookmarklet
tap tap tap ~ 10 useful iPhone tips & tricks - http://www.taptaptap.com/blog...
A great read indeed. I especially like the "tap shift and slide" tip. That has already made me much more efficient.
- James
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