"in 2006, Mr. Plattner decided to shake things up. He took a bottle of red wine and sheet of paper into the garden behind his house. By the time he had reached the bottom of the bottle, he says, there wasn’t much written on the paper. But, he says, he reached the conclusion that in-memory systems were the future"
"Amazon’s history is built on releasing products early and often, adjusting both offerings and pricing based on adoption and usage."
— @sogrady on Amazon’s DynamoDB - http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2012/01/19/dynamodb/
From The Business of Software
"At 5am things are very quiet and serene. Nobody is on IM, no one is texting or emailing me. I find myself very focused. I am also aware of the cost of these two hours, which motivates me to be even more to focus and use them efficiently. So far, I have found I am very productive."
"The common question that gets asked in business is, why? That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, why not?"
“These cufflinks feature 2GB USB storage plus they provide a WiFi hotspot to multiple devices! You can also access media servers from the host computer.”
Polished Silver Oval Wifi and 2GB USB Cufflinks at Brookstone
"The entire supply chain is in China now,” said another former high-ranking Apple executive. “You need a thousand rubber gaskets? That’s the factory next door. You need a million screws? That factory is a block away. You need that screw made a little bit different? It will take three hours."
"A lot of politics is about patience and picking your opponent."
"The only reason we even consider calling them “mobile devices” is that the iPhone preceded the iPad. If the iPad had come first, we wouldn’t think of the iPhone as a phone; we’d think of it as a tablet small enough to hold up to your ear."
— Tablets
