The more I think about it the more I realize this isn’t about the phone at all. The iPhone and Surface are not reinventing devices, rather, they changing the way that we interact with devices, information and connectivity.
Take a look a few steps down the line and we will start to see significant commingling between […]

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The Sounds of Knock Twice, SoKT, is back.
The SoKT player will continue to feature music that I enjoy and write about; but will also start including periodic original content. In many ways this is a soft-launch for Knock Twice Radio later this year.
For now, please enjoy the piano / guitar jazz sounds from Ahmad Jamal […]

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So, the federal ban on trade with Cuba is silly, right? Sure. What about Syria and North Korea? Not so sure.
Today, an anonymous Slashdotter posted about a legal caveat that would prevent sales of the OLPC computers to countries that are prohibited from trading with the United States.
“In a move going largely unnoticed by developers, […]

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It is rare that I read Rolling Stone, except in those odd years when I get a free subscription; but thanks to Boing Boing I checked the first in a two part series on ‘The Recording Industry’s Decline.’
It is safe to say that most Americans know someone who has illegally downloaded music (if they haven’t […]

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I often find NPR’s reporting on science and technology to be boring, stale, and months late. That is why I was surprised to hear Laura Sydell’s report about the iPhone on yesterday’s Morning Edition.
Sydell rightly declared that the key to Apple’s success with the iPod and its potential success with the iPhone are a result […]

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