Monthly Archives: January 2011

How did liberty fare in 2010? – [VIDEO]

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Only decerebrated idiots pay attention to John Battelle’s predictions.

January 3, 2010: Apple’s “iTablet” will disappoint. Sorry Apple fanboys, but the use case is missing, even if the thing is gorgeous and kicks ass for so many other reasons. Until the computing UI includes culturally integrated voice recognition and … Continue reading

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Only decerebrated idiots pay attention to Forrester Research’s reports.

June 18, 2010: Forrester Research’s Sarah Rotman Epps estimates that U.S. sales for tablet computers from all manufacturers will total 3.5 million in 2010. In other words, in Forrester’s opinion, the 2 million iPads Apple sold in April and May … Continue reading

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How Steven Johnson writes his essays / papers / articles / books… – [VIDEO]

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Why you should discard reports about Android sales… –> It’s the usage that counts, not the sales. – [CHART]

iOS browser usage (in green) still growing faster than Android (in blue):

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Twitter’s Jack Dorsey – [VIDEO]

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Robin Hanson on Singularity

PodCast. “This may all sound crazy but Robin [Hanson] makes it actually sound plausible.”

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Invention vs. Innovation — Idea vs. Execution

–> As a background, first, re-read Mike Linksvayer. –> Nathaniel Whittemore and Don Dodge. P.S.: Happy New Year 2011.

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The Best Economics Blogs

WSJ. Congrats to Tyler Cowen of Marginal Revolution —and all the other ones cited. {They forgot Freakonomics.}

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