guardian.co.uk The invite, which shows the Apple logo superimposed over a series of graffiti-style paint splatters, gives few clues as to what Apple will announce at the event.

Now, now. Use your noggin. Colors. Paint. Freeform. Outside the margins. Creative. Do whatever you want? Layers. Layers? Be original. Lots of splatters. Read the rest of this entry »

I was stricken by a cold realization this morning. Mid-tablet-rumor-euphoria, mid-schadenfreude (look it up.) This mythical tablet isn’t what I’ve been waiting for at all.
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Dan Lyons, writing as Fake Steve, has posted a series of incredible, amusing, sorrowful indictments of stodgy, short-sighted corporate thinking. It says something about the essential craziness of the web, that he has created in FakeSteve (Jobs) a character who seems more like Steve Jobs than does Teh Steve (not that we’d know.)  I’ve had a character take over a novel, and the utter realness of these people, it’s hard to explain. Read the rest of this entry »

Extraordinary photo, hours old. Extraordinary color, extraordinary weather—20º in New York City—and extraordinarily, all survived. Thank you, iPhone, thank you TwitPic, and thanks to him what snapped it, J. Krums.

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Something called SneakyBusiness has compiled their best advice for Apple:

Create a dual CEO. As companies transition to a more effective 24×7 operation, the introduction of an alternative ‘night shift’ CEO can have dramatic effects. Over time, as the world realizes that two individuals are actually in place, the second CEO can assume more prominent daytime activities.

Introduce deliberate mistakes. Carefully planned errors, selected for minimal financial impact, can help to reduce the halo effect of a hyper-successful CEO. A minor overseas gaffe or ill-judged CEO product demo are good examples.
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