By Adam Richardson - February 3, 2010
In my earlier post on Apple as the Zeitgeist company, Monika makes an interesting observation in her comment:
By Adam Richardson - February 3, 2010
The notion of a casual computer (as my colleague Mark Rolston described the iPad to the Wall Street Journal) is actually not a new one. Companies of all shapes and sizes have been trying to figure it out for quite a long time (including Steve Jobs and Apple...since 1983).
By Adam Richardson - January 28, 2010
The launch of the iPad yesterday put an exclamation mark on an increasingly obvious point: Apple is the company that has captured the cultural zeitgeist. The massive hype leading up to the event - apparently achieved in a groundswell with very little effort on Apple's part - shows that they really are the "It" company right now.
By Adam Richardson - January 26, 2010
I got the very first copy of Innovation X today. It looks great, with embossing and matte silver. Full production copies will be landing in stores within the next two weeks.
By Adam Richardson - January 24, 2010
By Adam Richardson - January 13, 2010
Things are a bit bumpy with the introduction of the Nexus One, with some customers complaining about difficulty of getting the phone running on T-Mobile's network, slow connection speeds, and complaints over T-Mobile's pricing policies for existing customers. The press is all over it:
By Adam Richardson - January 5, 2010
Why Google had to take control of Android with Nexus One
Google's introduction of Nexus One, a phone to truly call its own, is a completely necessary move for the company. Only by taking ownership of the whole user experience will Google really be able to prove the value of its Android platform.
By Adam Richardson - December 17, 2009
I happened to catch the start of Gordon Ramsay’s new series on Fox the other night, called Cook Along with Gordon Ramsey. “Start” is the operative word here - the thing was so wretched I couldn’t stand more than 10 minutes. Here is a guy who has carefully, patiently cultivated a persona of being a bombastic, arrogant, f-bomb dropping, hair-tearing, egotistical asshole, and now is trying to undo all of that brand equity just when Americans are warming up to him.
By Adam Richardson - December 15, 2009
ID Magazine, the venerable standard of industrial design in the US, is closing after 55 years as a print publication. It will continue doing its design annual, but only online.
I've certainly had my issues with ID Magazine, but still it's sad to see it go after not being able to adapt to the world we're in now.
From the press release:
December 15, 2009
To Readers, Advertisers and Friends of I.D. Magazine:
By Adam Richardson - December 12, 2009
Google.org, Google's philanthropic arm, has announced a cloud-based method for analyzing deforestation around the world, in a much more up-to-date manner than previously possible.
