Monthly Archives: January 2008

Dear Jeff, Please fix Audible.com and, oh yeah, make the Kindle stop hating Mac users

Here’s some big news for audiobook listeners (I’m one): Amazon has announced this morning they are buying Audible.com. If you’re an audiobook listener, you probably already know that Audible serves as the back-end for audiobook downloads for Apple’s iTunes Store. … Continue reading

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links for 2008-01-31

Magazine design greatness – the NY Times magazine | Designing Magazines Author (and blogger) Jandos Rothstein hearts Jane Froelich’s art direction of the NY Times magazine. Me too. It’s why I pay extra for that hunk of paper containing stuff … Continue reading

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Super Bowl quiz for geeks: At what point during the First Quarter will Twitter crash?

Most of the time, when people talk about the network effect, their focus is on its benefits — As new people join a network, the network grows exponentially in value to the next person who joins. While in reality, the … Continue reading

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How to be cool like Make magazine

First, a confession that comes as no surprise to anyone who reads this weblog: I’m a Flickr fanboy. And for me, being a fan has extended way beyond merely using Flickr as a personal photo-sharing service, but also looking for … Continue reading

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Jobs: Did this Keynote presentation slide say two weeks?

I grabbed this screen shot last night to go with a post I was going to make today, asking, Hasn’t it been two weeks since Steve Jobs announced that a free Apple TV software upgrade allowing movie rentals would be … Continue reading

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