Archive for April 2010

On App vs Web

I came across this on The 2010 O’Reilly Where 2.0 Conference archive of keynote presentation. Jonathan Stark makes a strong argument for the Web.

His points on beta testing were new to me, and I really like his slide deck.

iPad: Five links on “open” vs “closed”

The iPad has stirred a massive response of comments, analysis and almost religious outcries. I guess just about anything has been said; Is it a blow against the generative Internet? Can you trust your mechanic?

  1. Cory Doctorow: Why I won’t buy an iPad (and think you shouldn’t, either)
  2. John Gruber: The Kids Are All Right. In short: He disagrees with Doctorow
  3. Jim Stogdill: The iPad isn’t a computer, it’s a distribution channel
  4. Umair Haque: Apple’s Strategic iParadox
  5. Mark Sigal: Grumpy old men, the “Inmates” and margins – iPad, iPhone and the future of computing
  6. Tim Wu: The Apple Two