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Meticulous
october 2011 by andrewspittle
Perhaps one monitor is all you really need.
BenBrooks
work
focus
from instapaper
october 2011 by andrewspittle
Tablets are Empowering Users
september 2011 by andrewspittle
"Tablets are not only a massive shift because of low-CPU powered computing and touch interfaces. They are shifting the balance of power back to the user.
Tablets are giving the user a viable choice for how they want to view any given set of data the screen will show. Tablets are actually more malleable to the task at hand."
design
iPad
Apple
BenBrooks
Tablets are giving the user a viable choice for how they want to view any given set of data the screen will show. Tablets are actually more malleable to the task at hand."
september 2011 by andrewspittle
Digital Interruptions
august 2011 by andrewspittle
Interruptions happen because we allow them to.
BenBrooks
lifestyle
august 2011 by andrewspittle
The Cable Internet Racket
june 2011 by andrewspittle
Or, how not to provide customer service and why monopolies are bad.
BenBrooks
Comcast
customerservice
from instapaper
june 2011 by andrewspittle
The ‘Mobile’ Web
june 2011 by andrewspittle
Ben Brooks argues against stripped down mobile sites that give the user no option of seeing the main site.
design
mobile
BenBrooks
from instapaper
june 2011 by andrewspittle
PayPal’s Missed Opportunities
june 2011 by andrewspittle
Ben Brooks breaks down where PayPal has gone wrong over the years.
PayPal
BenBrooks
software
finance
from instapaper
june 2011 by andrewspittle
Review: iA Writer for Mac
june 2011 by andrewspittle
Ben Brooks reviews Writer for Mac. Sounds like a solid writing app.
writing
BenBrooks
blogging
from instapaper
june 2011 by andrewspittle
Just Works
may 2011 by andrewspittle
What if means when something just works.
BenBrooks
software
design
from instapaper
may 2011 by andrewspittle
Like a Headless Chicken
may 2011 by andrewspittle
Ben Brooks nails it in talking about what's going on at Twitter.
BenBrooks
Twitter
venturecapital
startups
software
may 2011 by andrewspittle
Site Navigation
may 2011 by andrewspittle
Ben Brooks changes his blog navigation as well.
BenBrooks
writing
design
blogging
may 2011 by andrewspittle
The Myth of Profits
may 2011 by andrewspittle
"I tend to believe the following about all private companies:
- Information reported by interested parties is unreliable.
- Companies that are still raising money are not profitable."
BenBrooks
Facebook
venturecapital
business
- Information reported by interested parties is unreliable.
- Companies that are still raising money are not profitable."
may 2011 by andrewspittle
You Can’t Replace Email if You Require Email
may 2011 by andrewspittle
Interesting post from Ben Brooks about how Twitter and Facebook are attempting to replace email even as both services rely mightily upon email to work.
email
BenBrooks
Facebook
Twitter
may 2011 by andrewspittle
Why the 13″ Air Is Better Than the 13″ Pro
may 2011 by andrewspittle
Ben Brooks writes about why the 13" MacBook Pro is no longer a smart choice in computing.
Apple
BenBrooks
design
may 2011 by andrewspittle
A Successful Failure
april 2011 by andrewspittle
Ben Brooks makes the case that Android may be successful in the near term but that doing so will sow the seeds of it's eventual failure.
BenBrooks
Android
Google
business
april 2011 by andrewspittle
Fragility of Free
april 2011 by andrewspittle
"The fragility of free is a catchy term that describes what happens when the free money runs out. Or — perhaps more accurately — when the investors/founders/venture capitalists run out of cash, or patience, or both."
business
software
BenBrooks
Twitter
april 2011 by andrewspittle
The Droid is Dead
february 2011 by andrewspittle
"“Droid is dead” — is basically what I am saying here.
I don’t mean that Verizon won’t ship or sell any more Droid phones, but they aren’t interested in wasting anymore money advertising the brand."
Verizon
Motorola
Droid
iPhone
BenBrooks
I don’t mean that Verizon won’t ship or sell any more Droid phones, but they aren’t interested in wasting anymore money advertising the brand."
february 2011 by andrewspittle
One Percent More
february 2011 by andrewspittle
Ben Brooks follows up on his earlier post about Apple's subscription plans.
BenBrooks
Apple
software
business
february 2011 by andrewspittle
Thirty Percent
february 2011 by andrewspittle
Ben Brooks details his thoughts about Apple's new subscription plan for the App Store.
Apple
business
software
BenBrooks
february 2011 by andrewspittle
The Stylus
february 2011 by andrewspittle
A stylus is not all it's cracked up to be for Ben Brooks.
BenBrooks
iPad
design
Apple
february 2011 by andrewspittle
Automattic Makes Premium Themes Available to 17 Million Wordpress.com Blogs
february 2011 by andrewspittle
Interesting footnote from Ben Brooks. "I do realize that my personal blog is on Tumblr still. I also still like Tumblr, but I think it is not the platform you should consider if writing is your thing."
BenBrooks
Automattic
WordPress
design
business
code
Tumblr
february 2011 by andrewspittle
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