Bruce "Tog" Tognazzini, founder of the Apple Human Interface Group, former Apple Human Interface Evangelist, and all around Human Interface god, weighs in on the iPhone. Along the way we get a lesson in how to think about design, a peek at the future of interfaces, & some fascinating insights into Apple from a man [...]
This (http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2005/tc20050324_7462_tc024.htm) is totally insane. If anyone needed to understand why monopolies or near monopolies need to be crushed should go read that article.
The Economist had a fascinating story about the impact of technology on the developing world. In particular how mobile phones are really impacting the poorest nations on earth. Consider the case of the telephone man. Using a mico-loan a villager will buy a cellphone. When the cellphone rings he will take it to the person [...]
Thanks to gentle pressure applied by Scott I went out and switched to AT&T GSM service in New York. GSM is far more feature rich than your typical service & the next big thing at least here in the US, Europe has had it for years. I picked what was the hot phone at the [...]