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About that AppleTV…

August 26, 2011

So about that AppleTV product I wrote about just a few days ago… Something cable providers are going to absolutely hate. WSJ: Apple working on ‘new technology to deliver video to televisions’ | This is my next….

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Guitar Frets: Environmental Enforcement Leaves Musicians in Fear | Postmodern Times – WSJ.com

August 26, 2011

This is crazy. So one of the few storied manufacturers left in the US has to deal with this kind of crap every few years? We have no shot at rebuilding our manufacturing base with the overreaching environmental community, I’m afraid. On border patrol and customs: It’s not enough to know that the body of [...]

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Even shades of yellow. On a Sunday.

August 25, 2011

A phone call on a Sunday from Steve Jobs to Vic Gundotra, who led Google’s mobile apps at the time: “I’ve been looking at the Google logo on the iPhone and I’m not happy with the icon. The second O in Google doesn’t have the right yellow gradient. It’s just wrong and I’m going to [...]

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My Favorite Steve Jobs Quotes

August 25, 2011

Here are a few of my favorite Steve Jobs quotes: Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected. I once had an employee of mine say that I don’t give enough compliments on people’s work. That’s because I expect good work to be done. That’s why I [...]

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