“An object should be judged by whether it has a form consistent with its use”
—Bruno Munari
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MG Siegler on the state of tech news:

But my fear now is that we’re veering too far into the world of half-truths and straight-up bullshit. Everything reported on, no matter how inaccurate is often taken as gospel and spread further. Speed and exaggeration have won, accuracy and nuance are nearly dead. It’s not quite another age of yellow journalism yet, but we’re getting there.
I’ve been bitching about this for a while too.

Horace Dediu:

By the way, $900 million write-off could amount to over 3 million devices, more if Microsoft is assuming some residual value in the inventory. Misjudging demand to such a degree that more units are disposed of than sold implies a basic failure of understanding of hardware businesses.
Horace is great at explaining the state of the computer industry, but nothing speaks louder than his eye-opening charts.

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Carl Andre

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Over at GigaOm, Janko Roettgers tells us to forget second-screen apps. Today, the TV is the second screen.
I said this back on 20 February of 2013.
I’m just saying, GigaOm should stop taking my exhaust.

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What is wrong with artist, Jonathan Schipper?

This sculpture is a machine that advances two full sized automobiles slowly into one another over a period of 6 days, simulating a head on automobile collision. Each car moves about three feet into the other. The movement is so slow as to be invisible.

Shame on you, Schipper. Shame on you.
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BGR: Android users found to be least likely to pay for apps

Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock ………and a Lamborghini Miura.
Hell yeah.

The new issue of The Loop magazine is out on the iOS Newsstand and features an essay by me. No shit. You can get a taste by previewing the whole issue but I suggest you download the app for iPhone and iPad.
A big thank you to Jim Dalrymple for asking me to write for it.
Publishing is going through some major upheavals right now, but it’s great to see magazines like the Loop taking off and I’m excited to be a part of it.
If you like music, design, technology, games and Apple you should subscribe. A new issue is published every 2 weeks and it only costs $2 per month. A no-brainer if you ask me.
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Horace Dediu on size of the mobile computer install base:

In terms of install base, a computing category that did not exist six years ago has come to overtake one that has been around for 38 years.
Crazy. That is what you call disruption.

—Joe Rogan