Apple has once again redefined an entire category. It has nothing to do with slates or tablets or anything else. It is a new device, the market should develop fast and furious.

In the past my preferred model for technical operations has always been NASA mission control, but I will be looking closely at Toyota Production System for insights that can improve operational preparedness and response.

Check it out over at Ubuntu Linux Tips & Tricks.

What the hell is going on at the patent office?

UPDATE: Behold the patent

isen.blog: Mobile phones, bees and the future: “Mobile phones, bees and the future
I’m wicked skeptical about reports of negative effects of mobile phones (brain cancer, etc.) when the public and the press can’t seem to get worked up at all about way more direct, obvious problems like mobile phones and car crashes (and state legislatures pass stupid laws on same).
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Needless to say if the link between cell-phone towers and a reduction in the bee population is confirmed it means bad news all around…

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 Go read about the goodness at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-8-2.html

The struggle between Edison, the visionary inventor, & Tesla, the young upstart is fascinating. A highly recommended read.

Update: Even more Zune craptacularness… 

Alot of people have been counting Microsoft out, I wouldn’t for a second. They have some brilliant talent and a sizable warchest. The Vista delay is a pain in the a**, and when it ships it better blow people away. Microsoft is still very much in the game, remember the last time everyone said Microsoft lost its edge, they turned around and crushed Netscape, before that they ate the lunch of companies like Wordperfect. Microsoft has always been a little late to the party but when they get there they have this tendency to eventually win.

Folks are already comparing the windows group at Microsoft to the Apple in the mid ’90′s when we got the entire Apple Copland fiasco. Unfortunately for Microsoft, Paul Allen didn’t go off to start another operating system company like Steve Job did with Next. When Vista does ship it better be a blockbuster for Microsoft.

Links to get you started:

• http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/03/22/windows-vista-delayed/
• http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2006/03/vista-2007-fire-leadership-now.html
• http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=174087

Update:

• http://www.microsoftmonitor.com/archives/014461.html

Another Update: More from Scoble at http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/03/25/can-this-week-ever-end/

When I was young Woz, Andy, Jef, Bill, Jobs, Burrell, etc…were childhood heroes. I absolutely adored the Mac and the team that created that insanely great computer. Andy has posted many of his stories over at http://www.folklore.org. Listening to Andy speak gives you a great view on what the silicon valley of the late 70′s was like and why it became such an incredible incubator of innovation and wealth creation. Not to mention a tremendously fun place to work! Andy’s talk should be up at google video in the next few days.

Update: Fascinating post from John McCarthy on Edward Teller and Heisenberg

By the way, Happy Holidays and all that…