Gilpo

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by Gilpo 14y ago
Ooo. I like that. "Ideas worth spreading... to the peasants."
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by Gilpo 15y ago
You think Apple ignores the cheapskate customer? Hmmm, not sure about that. What of the entry-level iPod Nano and the iPod Shuffle during the 2005-2008 era? This crushed the competition. And what of Apple TVs? How will this affect the way p
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by Gilpo 15y ago
I wish they had versions for iOS devices. I had my credit card ready to buy these for my kids.
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by Gilpo 15y ago
> What is it if it's not a computer? An interesting question. Is the iPad a computer? Your average power-user (let's say programmers, Apple fanbois, Android users, and me) would say, "Umm hello? Obviously!" But your legions of average r
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by Gilpo 15y ago
You nailed it.
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by Gilpo 15y ago
"They are absolutely in it for the money" Not so sure about that. This is what I think motivates Steve Jobs: His insane passion for consumer computer electronics. Juicy and illuminating supporting fact: Jobs's first job was at the HP factor
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by Gilpo 15y ago
Learn from this. Piracy offers valuable lessons to the budding entrepreneurial programmer. You learn about: consumer behavior, the nature of black markets, iOS piracy tools and techniques. Quick story: A friend of mine, Carl Lydon, created
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by Gilpo 15y ago
This is a distinct possibility. I believe Jobs is on a secret mission to destroy the hated cable tv box remote, the curséd one-thousand-button behemoth.
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by Gilpo 16y ago
These iPads ain't for you. Apple doesn't want two important kinds of customers: power-users and penny-pinchers. Simple as that.
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by Gilpo 16y ago
Does it matter? Hmm. That's a good point -- it may not. But ZAMM and Atlas Shrugged certainly felt to me a bit dishonest in that these works are primarily delivery devices for the authors' philosophical ideas. Other authors inject philosoph
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by Gilpo 16y ago
The cornerstone of originality within this book is how Pirsig introduces his philosophy of Quality. Yet, if you read ZAMM carefully, he never defines this term. Overall, a frustrating and thought-provoking read.
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by Gilpo 16y ago
Pirsig and Rand both embed their philosophy within fiction, thus leaving you befuddled and oddly unsatisfied: "Did I just read a philosophical treatise or fiction?"
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by Gilpo 16y ago
Sharp commentary, Thomas. One thing that sticks out to me is how Apple straightjackets their products. Apple corals the entire user experience down a narrow path. Power-users hate the constraint of this Apple straightjacket, but at the same
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by Gilpo 16y ago
"a burlap bag filled with a mixture of turds and diamonds" nailed it
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by Gilpo 16y ago
If you haven't read Greene's Yale Speech < http://www.powerseductionandwar.com/archives/robert_greene_y... , it's worth it. "There are three types of people in this world in dealing with this social reality. There are, what I call, the
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by Gilpo 16y ago
I guess what I mean is, what does it feel like to feel rich?
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by Gilpo 16y ago
What does it take to feel rich? These articles never seem to say.