Geek And Poke

Old Europe

Next to the France perhaps the German iPhone will be free.
See Techdirt, The Register (seen through Techmeme),  Financial Times Deutschland (in German) and Spiegel Online (in German).

Doing Social

See Slashdot about trolls and flames.

Time Is Money

After I'd seen this TechCrunch post some days ago, I wanted to create a smart cartoon about it.
Sorry, I've found none.

Apples "Scoble Department"

Robert Scobles broken Mac made some waves in the blogosphere (see ZDNet, Ryan Block, Fake Steve Jobs). And of course it's on Techmeme and blogrunner).

I want to be a part of this too.

How To Google In 2020

Is Google getting into the real phone business? See Larry Dignan.

The Cool Old Geek

Having read the post from Slate about "The Death of E-Mail" (seen through Techmeme) I fear my daughters will soon see no geek in their old dad any more (if they ever saw it).

Recently In China

Somewhere During The iPhone Launch Night

Was the iPhone launch in UK and Germany a success or not?
Epicenter says "don't know"?

The stock exchange seems to says more no than yes:

"Apple fell more than 7 percent after analysts described the weekend debut of the iPhone in Europe as disappointing." (The News&Observer)

"Apple Inc. fell $11.61, or 7 percent, to $153.76, after analysts described the weekend European launch of the iPhone as disappointing." (baltimoresun.com)

One Year In A IT Project - Day 7

A great quote from Michael Krigsman:

"(...) software is a unique beast which cannot be tamed by wishful thinking alone"

led me to this cartoon.

The Matured Market Of Web 2.0

See Anne Zelenka from GigaOM (seen through Techmeme) about the new soberness of Web 2.0.