March 2010
- Apple Sues HTC - for patent infringement. Outcry from tech community is loud and negative. Paul Graham says "Apple is inching closer to evil." John Gruber weighs in, lengthily, also against Apple's action, although he does come up with a couple of potential optimistic twists. As an Apple shareholder, I'm slightly worried that they might start focusing on "defending their turf" (a la Microsoft) instead of continuing to come up with great new stuff. As someone with aspirations towards entrepreneurship, I'm worried that the craziness that is the software patent system flares up instead of abating.
- Compression of Morbidity - Americans are living longer. They are dying older. Active lifespan is increasing faster than total life span. How can you not be optimistic?
- Edward Tufte Appointed by Obama - to serve on the Recovery Independent Advisory Panel, whose job it is to advise the Recovery Accountability Tranparency Board, in turn whose job it is to track and explain the $787 billion in stimulus funds. Obama just went up points in my book.
- More Calacanis - I remember hearing about his latest site when it first came up. I checked it out but it never really got any traction it seemed. Apparently, I was wrong. It did gain traction in one area: making money off SEO through very little content. Some say spam.
- iPad Preorders - started. I ordered two on wifi to get it early and a 3g one for real use. Estimates are that Apple sold about 150k of them over the first weekend. Also, iPad accessories are sold out. I can't wait to get my hands on mine.
- Turing Award - given to Charles Thacker, designer of first modern personal computer.
- Jerry B. York - passes away after more than a decade as a member of Apple's board of directors. Apple's home page temporarily made into a tribute.
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