Charlie Stross recently wrote up a much-mentioned article which is nominally about why Steve Jobs hates Flash, but actually about what he believes to be Apple’s overall long-term strategy. In it he predicts the death of the Mac and OS X as we know it.
When I read the article, I tweeted:
Indie Mac devs, I [...]
I’m sure I’ll keep poking and prodding it for a while, but I’m trying out a new look for the blog starting today.
And yes, if you’re viewing this in anything approaching a decent browser, those are real, non-standard fonts. Hallelujah!
EDITED on March 28th to add: And if by “poking and prodding” you mean, “redo everything [...]
I’ve mentioned before my attempts to suss out a philosophy of marketing. I’ve got plenty of sussing left to do, but some central principles are becoming relatively clear.
Central principle number one? Be remarkable. Be worthy of remark.
Easy enough to say, I know. But I’m not so sure it’s actually that hard [...]
Ever since jotting down a few observations on theater’s crappy business model, I’ve found myself mildly obsessed with finding a solution to the problem of funding theater.
Why?
I’m not sure. Because I love it, I guess. Because although I’m not convinced the arts are strictly necessary, I am convinced they’re one way we make [...]
The Everyman Theatre is one of the best theaters in Baltimore. They make great art. They consistently sell out their shows. Everyman gets big props.
They also just climbed on board the Twitter wagon.
Now, I’ve got nothing but love for Everyman. And there’s nothing really wrong about how they’re using Twitter. [...]