If you haven’t yet, you really should read Bill Gates’ all hands email announcing his departure as Chief Software Architect of Microsoft in 2008. What’s even funnier though is ValleyWag’s line-by-line interpretation of said email. Another official memo, another official string of bull: After his retirement announcement, Microsoft founder Bill Gates sent an all-hands internal […]
At its core, Wikipedia is not just a reference work but also an online community that has built itself a bureaucracy of sorts–one that, in response to well-publicized problems with some entries, has recently grown more elaborate. It has a clear power structure that gives volunteer administrators the authority to exercise editorial control, delete unsuitable […]
I thought the following might interest you and/or your readers and would appreciate a link if you consider it interesting enough… Building Buzz Apple has it. Google has it. Microsoft fails at it. Yahoo! sometimes does and sometimes doesn’t. What I am talking about is buzz and coolness. It seems every time Apple or Google […]
Stan’s List: Apple has announced financial results for its fiscal 2006 first quarter ended Dec 31, 2005, reporting the highest revenue and earnings in the company’s history. The Apple posted revenues of $5.75 billion and a net profit of $565 million, or $0.65 per diluted share, in this 14-week quarter. These results compare to revenue […]
Macworld UK has posted an interesting reader poll. The results, so far: Intel announcement (243) 21% Mac OS X Tiger (232) 20% iPod nano/video (202) 17% Mac mini (160) 14% iMac G5 & Front Row (119) 10% Soaring Apple stock (70) 6% Quad-core G5 (80) 7% Podcasting (48) 4% Mighty Mouse (15) 1% iLife ’05 […]