From zero to Godwin in 140 characters
Loving Isaacson’s Jobs bio. Had no idea how awful he was. Think Hitler with developers instead of the SS.
- Jacob Weisberg, editor-in-chief of Slate, on Twitter.
Crazy making
This week’s Macworld column looks at the ridiculous reaction to the iPhone 4S and Apple’s quarterly results and wonders what next week will be like.
Executive summary
This week’s Macworld column looks at three executives: Tim Cook, Andy Rubin and Steve Jobs, and includes a piece from Forbes that is Apple-is-a-religion-ariffic!
Like a hurricane
This week’s Macworld column looks at the continued aftermath of Steve Jobs’ resignation. Because people continue to say dumb things about it. Oh, and Paul Thurrott is annoyed by you all.
Comfort food
This week’s Macworld column posits that in these confusing times of change it’s nice to have something familiar, even if it’s that people always will say stupid things about Apple.
Uh, nice lede, CNN
Al Qaeda Inc. might suffer some initial setbacks from Osama bin Laden’s death, but so did Apple Inc. when shares dropped over rumors of Steve Jobs’ illness. But it did not take long to realize that Jobs has established a highly functional corporation, and the shares bounced back.
Drug trafficking, kidnapping fund al Qaeda (tip o’ the antlers to Dan Frakes)
It Gets Better – Apple Employees
(tip o’ the antlers to Rod Knowlton)
Terrific.
Update: As Matt Drance points out, you can donate to the It Gets Better project here.
Crossing the line
I totally understand that living in the public spotlight means that privacy sometimes is difficult to come by. I really do understand that. But there are still lines. While I find it distasteful, I get that the Mac Rumors and Apple Insider teams feels compelled to report that Jobs has been seen at a cancer treatment clinic.
However, linking to stories about how long someone has left to live is a different thing entirely — and is way over the line. Gizmodo, 9 to 5 Mac, Cult of Mac and others all crossed that line today.
Nice piece by Stephen M. Hackett (tip o’ the antlers to Jeff Carlson).
Executive business
Steve Jobs takes a leave, the Google exec shuffle and mind your own beeswax, Gawker, all in this week’s Macworld column.
The root of all evil
One presumes that Don Tennant would conclude that Apple’s emphasis on maintaining high margins is the reason child labor has been found to have been used by the Chinese companies that supply it, Dell, HP, Lenovo and other computer makers.
Couldn’t be China’s fault.