Posts filed under “Technology”

Permission

Buzzfeed‘s transcript of the Charlie Rose interview with Obama regarding the NSA leaks: Charlie Rose: But has FISA court turned down any request? Barack Obama: The — because — the — first of all, Charlie, the number of requests are surprisingly small… number one. Number two, folks don’t go with a query unless they’ve got […]

Marco Arment Discussing The “Fertile Ground” of iOS 7

Marco Arment (formerly of Tumblr, Instapaper, and The Magazine) discussing iOS 7: iOS 7 is different. It isn’t just a new skin: it introduces entirely new navigational and structural standards far beyond the extent of any previous UI changes. Existing apps can support iOS 7 fairly easily without looking broken, but they’ll look and feel ancient. If there’s […]

High Stakes Negotiating With Steve Jobs

Zachary M. Seward writing for Quartz, emphasis mine: On Tuesday, a day before the iPad announcement, HarperCollins agreed to Apple’s terms. The publisher’s ebooks were included in the iBookstore unveiled on January 27 along with new tablet, more than 100 million of which have now been sold. As part of the US government’s price-fixing lawsuit against Apple, […]

Google: Building Great Things That Already Exist

John Gruber, discussing Larry Page’s inspiring anti-“us versus some other company” speech, where he implores people to just focus on “building great that don’t exist”: Google fans seem to eat this kumbaya stuff up, to really believe it. But Google is the company that built Android after the iPhone, Google Plus after Facebook, and now […]

He Didn’t Immediately Issue A Takedown Notice?

Vivek Ramachandran’s code ended up in the movie/trailer for White House Down: How do I feel about this? Great..Also, the character in front of the computer seems quite excited (hands raised) as he is downloading / viewing / running my code 🙂 What could make a developer more happy than to see his code inciting such […]

8 Tips to Make the Most Out of Your Skillshare Class

Skillshare is one of my favorite startups to emerge from the recent innovation boom in the education field. Simply put, Skillshare is a platform that allows anyone to teach a class or take a class. After taking a couple of fantastic Skillshare classes, I decided to develop my own, based upon my experience getting two iPhone apps into […]