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the Apple II was built with just 25 employees. since then, we’ve slid into tech incrementalism. today, most software companies are fundamentally unambitious, but Rippling is hiding in plain sight. I wrote about how @parkerconrad is bringing ambition back: https://t.co/LXbpOHNmao
John Luttigx.comKessel went on a fact-finding mission to Silicon Valley, meeting with hardware experts from Apple and Palm and with executives from the famed industrial design firm Ideo.
Brad Stone • The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs
Ken Kocienda • 1 highlight
amazon.com
Lawsuits from major publishers against Suno and Udio are not, as libertarian boosters, VCs and Tech Bros would say, an attack on innovation. They are a warning shot against a business model that turns creative labor into raw machine fuel under the pretense of fair use.
Here is what I believe the App Store has fundamentally wrong: its current organizing principle is digital versus analog; anything that is digital has to have in-app purchase, while anything that is analog — i.e. connected to the real world — can monetize however it pleases. That is why Amazon or Uber can ask for your credit card, and Airbnb can do... See more
Ben Thompson • Rethinking the App Store
Platforms, Ecosystems, and Aggregators
joincolossus.commy own favorite, Jonetix of Cupertino.