April 2013
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Switching to Blogger, courtesy of the Google+ Halo Effect
So I’ve decided to switch over to Blogger, driven mostly by the “halo” effect of Google+.
Let me start by being perfectly frank: I don’t do much “blogging” per se. My day job writing for iLounge keeps me pretty busy on that side, not to mention the trials and tribulations of being a stay-at-home dad in the midst of it all. In addition, when I feel I might have something particularly interesting to say, I generally simply turn to Google+ and post it directly there.
Despite this, however, for some reason I’ve always still felt the need to have a blog. Maybe it’s just because that’s what the cool kids are all doing, or maybe it’s just that it’s more of my own personal space to write my musings in the off chance that anybody ever wants to read them. To be fair, my blog also pre-dates the modern evolution of social media, so there’s been an impetus to keep it alive for legacy reasons.
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Does a cheaper iPhone really mean Apple is doomed?
Peter Cohan, Forbes:
A cheaper iPhone marks a fundamental shift in strategy to Low Cost Producer. And it is highly unlikely that Apple — with its enormous fixed costs including a $5 billion headquarters complex under construction in Cupertino – will be able to lower its costs below competitors’ in order to win as the industry’s low cost producer.
I think many analysts and pundits are making far too much of the “cheap iPhone” as if it’s a leading product that Apple expects to somehow save the iPhone or make it relevant again. They seem to forget that Apple has had a “cheap iPhone” for over two years now — it’s called the “two-year-old model.” When the iPhone 4S first came out, Apple continued selling the iPhone 3GS as an entry-level unit - $0 on contract in most cases - and the iPhone 4 took up the middle position. With the release of the iPhone 5, those positions went to the iPhone 4 and 4S, respectively.
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Day One with a Chromebook
So after spending the better part of yesterday, last night, and this morning working primarly on my new Chromebook rather than my desktop Mac, I’m quite enjoying the experience, although it does take some getting used to in certain subtle ways.