About Steve Jobs and the Pad

How unfortunate for Steve Jobs to release what will undoubtedly become more important in his oeuvre than the ‘II’ to have its reception muddled by ugly name jokes and pundits expounding judgements sans experience.

Interpretive Dance of Typing

I explained to Patti that the iWhatever would likely have two handed, five point “multitouch” as I fluttered my fingers.

She replied, “Oh, the interpretive dance of typing.”

“Exactly”, I said, loving her more.

America, the Plutocracy

Of all the commentary regarding the supreme court decision to protect corporate political spending as free speech, I found this letter to the editor in the NYT to be the most poignant.

To the Editor:

By means of two legal fictions, that corporations are people and money is speech, the Roberts court has turned America from a democracy to a plutocracy.

Norman N. Holland
Gainesville, Fla., Jan. 22, 2010

And the runner-up:

To the Editor:

The justices have affirmed a core principle of Republican government: one dollar, one vote.

Stephen Bowles
Santa Barbara, Calif., Jan. 22, 2010

Ghost Bike Project

Brilliant project.  Everyone should support this documentary.

An Idea for the Apple Tablet

Following the example of the OLPC program, Apple should donate one iTablet (or whatever it is to be named) to qualifying elementary, middle and high schools for each consumer purchased iTablet.

The effect of doing so underscores the iTablet’s disruptive educational innovation, bringing Wikipedia and Web to the fingertips of tiny hands, and creates a moral imperative to overlook the cost premium by consumers vis-a-vis substitutes.

The Tablet isn’t (thankfully) a computer or a phone; the Tablet is the bridge across the digital divide that is as much generational as economic. Apple would be well served to market it as such.

NYT on Teens + Smartphones

The average young American now spends practically every waking minute — except for the time in school — using a smart phone, computer, television or other electronic device, according to a new study from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Best line:

“One of the hot topics today is Twitter, but when we first went into the field and began interviewing, Twitter didn’t exist,” Ms. Rideout said.

via NYT

Tweets of the Week

• Cut your YouTube viewing time in half. http://bit.ly/7zomZ6 #
• Ride tonight, from 21 & York St. 6:30 PM. We'll be heading to the Panhandle to pedal power a school dance at Urban School. /via @fossilfool #
• O's pivotal leadership wrt gov trans + Code for America = the best hope for US gov progress. http://bit.ly/53JPwP GO GO GO. #
• already too much information http://twitpic.com/x6apg #
• Ira Illustrated http://bit.ly/6wd9ZV #
• You can't reason with a pirate. http://bit.ly/5LsHm8 #
• Note the missing shorturl. #tweetwashing #
• Fixie riders — Multinational Sports Brand just targeted you. @jrcrisosto Riding Fixed 101: http://www.pumaville.com/downloads/book101.pdf #
• /me follows @big_ben_clock http://twitter.com/big_ben_clock #
• Earthquake? #
• This has got to be the best headline ever: http://tinyurl.com/ykzpgtd /via @CarrieCizauskas #
• HTC N1 arrived. Apple, your turn. Disclaimer: author owns both AAPL and 2498.TW. :) http://yfrog.com/4agoivj #
• "We've got Red Velvet, Chocolate, Vanilla, Cloud 9, Coconut Smores, and Lemon Drop today! Come on by! 451 9th St., SF" @CupsCakesBakery #
• hey @wildgw – i'm less into we outta and more into we gotta. ;) http://weotta.com in reply to wildgw #
• iPhone-controlled AR drone helicopter as a consumer product from @parrot. Must see video: http://bit.ly/5DbNWI /via @slashdot @timoreilly #

Tweets of the Week

• Photo: Giant Value / Lucky Fast Food http://tumblr.com/xi957t8ir #
• Photo: Giant Value / Lucky Fast Food http://tumblr.com/xi957rg7e #
• BaaArrrak Obama http://yfrog.com/1d6mphj #
• "Merging with machines inevitable, scientists say" – Las Vegas Science News Examiner http://bit.ly/7YSPQo #theonionbutnot #badnews #
• Schoolly Dee Snider http://bit.ly/7Cn5Bl #musicalsausage #
• And now, Bjork dismantling a television set. http://bit.ly/5GxZyN #
• More essential Rowland S. Howard guitar in memorandum :: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5I2vEcVC_I&feature=related&fmt=18 #
• Rowland S. Howard's guitar sound will be missed :: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Afbkcu_Pvsg&fmt=18 #
• R.I.P. Rowland S. Howard, Birthday Party guitarist :: http://pitchfork.com/news/37456-rip-birthday-party-guitarist-rowland-s-howard/ #
• http://www.metamute.org/en/All-Problems-of-Notation-Will-be-Solved-by-the-Masses lovely via @robmyers /via @mlinksva #
• Galaxie 500 Zepplin http://bit.ly/5b7zTJ #musicalsausage #
• Electric Six Pence None the Richard Ashcroft http://bit.ly/4ZfSIs #musicalsausage #
• Einstürzende Neubauten Years After http://bit.ly/52qeoD #musicalsausage #
• Didodos http://bit.ly/55U8CI #musicalsausage #
• Christian Death From Above 1979 http://bit.ly/5d77Dp #musicalsausage #
• Girl Talk Talk http://bit.ly/6o4zid #musicalsausage #
• The Devil Makes Three Dog Night http://bit.ly/532UhM #musicalsausage #
• Olivia Newton John Zorn http://bit.ly/6qgVLo #musicalsausage #
• And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead Kennedys http://bit.ly/7Ov5f3 #musicalsausage #
• Livable Streets SF video on Market Street projects http://bit.ly/4o9Eoz Tremendous! #
• Musical Youth of Today http://bit.ly/6CFmys #musicalsausage #
• Bauhaus Martins http://bit.ly/91YPuZ #musicalsausage #
• Bluriah Heep http://bit.ly/8Kzi4n #musicalsausage #
• Enjoying KBLX-FM, the quiet storm, all over the house on my #Sonos #
• Thanks to the U.S. government for thoughtful gift — would have *never* bought GMAC stock without you. http://bit.ly/900cw3 /by @mspeiser #
• I'm at Cirque Du Soleil OVO in San Francisco, CA http://gowal.la/s/KZh #
• Hawaii vacation bummer for Bo: http://bit.ly/6H95H9 @ira_dogger came to Maui w/ team lord, but quarantine req's are strict, and rightly so. #
• Avatared to the IMAX! — at Metreon http://gowal.la/s/bLS #