You know I’m a fan of ebooks. I rarely buy or accept or pick up paper books any longer. If a book is important to me, I’d rather be able to have it at my finger tips all the time (especially reference material). So Between Kindle, Kobo, and iBooks I have have pretty impressive library on [...]
The Next Logical Step: iMacPadBook
June 11, 2012 by 1 Comment
I was just thinking about today’s WWDC announcements which led me to wonder how much Jony Ive has to do with designs products today which then led to the “ah ha” moment that, of course, Ive still contributes. In fact, not only that but he (and likely Tim Cook as well as the posthumous vision [...]
Google Buying QuickOffice is the Death Knell for Microsoft
June 5, 2012 by 1 Comment
That’s it, Microsoft you’re now toast. An also-ran. The writing is on the wall. Ship has sailed… Okay you get the idea. Why am I making this pronouncement? Because Google just scooped up QuickOffice which now renders Microsoft nearly (nearly) irrelevant in regards to its core product—MS Office. Google buys QuickOffice: what it means to [...]
Why I bought Instapaper—again.
May 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
You know those moments in life when all the right pieces come together and stuff just seems to work out? Hopefully this doesn’t jinx it, but the world appears to be telling me that “Tris, your calling is to write stuff. A lot of stuff.” and who am I to disagree? From this revelation (or [...]
Evernote planning an IPO—I had a gut feeling months ago.
May 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This morning TechCrunch is reporting that Evernote is going to prep for an IPO offering—Evernote Raises $70M At A $1B Valuation To Prep For An IPO, And The Next 100 Years—the interesting thing is that while I was writing an online social media course for UBC I wrote the following in February: Evernote Evernote (www.evernote.com) [...]
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