2010
On Infographics
A good infographic, or any good illustration is one that ‘sheds light on’ the words that accompany it. →
A Guide to Google and Verizon's Joint Policy for an Open Internet
Net neutrality is the principle that Internet access should be treated as a utility, like electricity and water supply. →
Outbreak of “wave” pun headlines in five…
Wave was supposed to be an email killer, but there was never any migration path. Integrating Wave with GMail seemed to me like the logical next step. →
Some Apple Pointers
I have a theory about Apple. Like all good Apple theories it superficially fits the facts, is an entertaining mental exercise but is probably wrong. Apple does not believe in mice. →
The End of the Masquerade
This morning, Blizzard (publishers of the popular Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo game franchises) announced plans to require contributors to their online forums to post under their real names. Predictably, this caused the forums to go nuclear. →
Charles and the iPad
There are plenty of monolithic iPad reviews out there. You can find a whole selection on Google then pick the one that most comfortably agrees with the opinion you have already. My own contribution to this mass of ones and zeroes will hopefully be forthcoming over the next week or two. →
On the Internet, everyone looses.
In short, it might be time to end my almost two-decades-long battle against the confusion of ‘lose’ and ‘loose’. →
Two steps forward, two steps back
…the story is ten years old and it's easy for people who disagree with me to try to explain how much has changed in the last decade, and how web users are so much more sophisticated now. →