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B. Terhechte — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:04:18 +0000

„Twitter will eventually be worth more than $1 billion, possibly a lot more."

Simon Funk’s online novel After Life depicts (among other plot

B. Terhechte — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:39:22 +0000

„Simon Funk's online novel After Life depicts (among other plot points) the planned extermination of biological Homo sapiens – not by marching robot armies, but by artificial children that are much cuter and sweeter and more fun to raise than real children.

[…]

"In the end," Simon Funk wrote, "the human species was simply marketed out of existence.""

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ars technica on why Apple won’t buy AMD

B. Terhechte — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:27:10 +0000

Via arstechnica.com

„Acquisitions are about enabling growth in a hot new market, and not about sustaining revenue in a mature one."

ars technica on why Apple won't buy AMD

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Paul Graham on Addiction

B. Terhechte — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:25:20 +0000

Via paulgraham.com

„But if I'm right about the acceleration of addictiveness, then this kind of lonely squirming to avoid it will increasingly be the fate of anyone who wants to get things done. We'll increasingly be defined by what we say no to."

Paul Graham on Addiction

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On Literary Criticism

B. Terhechte — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 08:18:03 +0000

Via www.info.ucl.ac.be

„The language and idea space of the field have become so convoluted that they have confused even themselves."

On Literary Criticism
Sounds about right to me.

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Addendum to my last post

B. Terhechte — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 19:31:20 +0000

Via www.nytimes.com

„I asked Mr. Tevanian if he thought Microsoft could pull off a similar switch.

“Perhaps, but I don’t know if it has the intestinal fortitude,” he said, “At Apple, we had to. It was a matter of survival.”"

Just found this gem while browsing through my QuoteVault archive.

Mr. Tevanian, the Mac OS X lead System Architect, on whether Microsoft could / should rebuild Windows from the ground up, as Apple did with Mac OS X.

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Liberalism, Atheism, and IQ

B. Terhechte — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:35:43 +0000

Via www.cnn.com

„Historically, anything that's new and different can be seen as a threat in terms of the religious beliefs; almost all religious systems are about permanence"

Liberalism, Atheism, and IQ

The article states that current research indicates a (statistically significant though not extraordinary) correlation between liberalism / atheism and intelligence.

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Is Apple after the newspapers?

B. Terhechte — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:51:48 +0000

Via money.cnn.com

„Whatever anyone says about Apple, if it wasn't for Steve Jobs there would be no legitimate music online.

Everybody was lost. The record labels were frozen. When he came up with iTunes, it gave us a [legal] way to get the license ready to go online.

Before iTunes, Napster was out of business for two or three years, and then Kazaa and other file sharing started. There was no legitimate way to buy music. I think his impact on music has been extraordinary. "

Much like Apple saved the music industry with the iPod & iTunes combination, I'm quite confident that they're now en route to save the dying newspaper business with the upcoming tablet. Whatever one might think about Apple: For the valuable sake of keeping journalism alive, let's hope they succeed.

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As mentioned earlier, I fear the same

B. Terhechte — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:00:57 +0000

Via www.wired.com

„In a space that’s crowded with several players, a definitive loss would be the complete failure and disappearance of a company. Zachary and Schobel are both betting Palm will be the first to go. Palm’s WebOS runs on the Palm Pre, and the company currently possesses 0 percent market share, according to Gartner, who predicts WebOS’ market share will only grow 1.4 percent in the next three years.

The company’s smartphone market share continues to shrink, and Zachary said he previously thought Palm would eventually be acquired by a larger company, such as Samsung, to develop mobile operating systems in-house. However, because Google hands out Android as a free, open source OS, this decreases the value of Palm as an acquisition target.

“Who I’m really scared for is Palm,” Schobel said. “They’re dead.”"

As mentioned earlier, I fear the same. It's sad, because WebOS is a great Platform – just still in its infancy.

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Very nice essay on the differences between operating a startup

B. Terhechte — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:27:00 +0000

Via www.paulgraham.com

„Unconsciously, everyone expects a startup to be like a job, and that explains most of the surprises. It explains why people are surprised how carefully you have to choose cofounders and how hard you have to work to maintain your relationship. You don't have to do that with coworkers. It explains why the ups and downs are surprisingly extreme. In a job there is much more damping. But it also explains why the good times are surprisingly good: most people can't imagine such freedom. As you go down the list, almost all the surprises are surprising in how much a startup differs from a job."

Very nice essay on the differences between operating a startup and a regular job.

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