That’s to say that there are an awful lot of opinions out in the blogosphere about the new Apple iPhone, and that I intend to be one of them. However, in the interest of trying not to be a total clone, I will restrict my opinion to just one facet of the iPhone, and that is the hubbub about 3rd party applications. There are quite a few people who seemed to be worried about whether the iPhone will support 3rd party software. I’ve read several opinions that the iPhone really doesn’t even constitute a smart phone without “real” office applications. There are also some people who think that the lack of a keyboard will be a problem. These people have really missed the boat, in my opinion, because what the iPhone does more than any other “smart” phone can is make the network the computer.

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I suppose that it’s because I have finals that I can’t stop finding excuses to blog, but a whole slew of thoughts just occurred to me while discussing the above quote with my Dad. I can’t help but jot them down. I picked up on that meme from an old roommate of mine, Aristide Sechandice. It was a long time ago, but I think he told me that it was Francois Rabelais who said it. The main point that set off a lot of other ideas during the conversation with my Dad was the history of property up to the current debate on intellectual property and why that phrase is an oxymoron. Read more…

I’m not sure why Ajax developers have become so ecstatic about DHTML development when they still face the problem of IE at Microsoft. Microsoft just has such a terrible reputation for ruining the party. The more complex Ajax apps become the easier it will be for Microsoft to break them. This is why I personally prefer Flash/XML app development. It’s not going to break (at least not due to Microsoft’s efforts).

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I love adbusters for what they do. I rarely agree with their logic. Here’s another case. The Blackspot program is an attempt to compete against corporations with… drumroll please… a different logo. In fact it’s more than just a different logo, it’s a completely unattractive albeit “rebelious” logo. As usual, adbusters sort has the right idea but this isn’t the way to go about it. Read more…

I found this clip on slashdot and thought it was worth re-posting here. I despise Clippy and his little Banana3000 rip-off counterpart on the Mac. I thought this was a great reply to some folks questioning the fact that Microsoft apparently patented a method of accessing data used by emergency services. Read more…