Why I never bought a Kindle device
I remember the original kindle with the blocky edges. My boss, at that time, @rickeames bought one. As a fellow early adopter, I was sorely tempted. But I had my reservations. I already loved books to pieces and the Kindle was NOT going to replace the sheer joy of rustling paper and dog earing a […]
Bezos trolls 60 minutes
In an example of how the Tech press is essentially supine and uncritical, Jeff Bezos goes on 60 minutes and trolls about how drones will deliver Amazon packages in the future. Right in time for cyber Monday hype. Unbelievable. Confirms what I was saying here – masterful tech companies are pulling off impressive marketing ‘heists’ […]
What would make Facebook Home work? Apperating Systems hype take II
Doing a quick drive by on my previous blog post on Facebook Home™, heralded as the harbinger of vanguard of ‘apperating systems’ – never mind that there is likely nothing comparable from a major player (for example, Amazon is not apperating anything, it now has an OS team working on a fork of Android). Leaving […]
The airport as warehouse
Take a look at what Kiva Systems does and tell me you don’t think it can be applied to airports for maintenance and baggage claim workloads (at the very least). Actually the possibilities of fleets of autonomous vehicles on virtual tracks in an airport is extremely appealing from an efficiency perspective. It will be faster, […]