15 May 2008 Comments

Why the Kindle will fail

Before Amazon launched the Kindle, I was asked if the Sports Cartel would like to participate as a launch partner with Amazon and provide RSS feeds from our sports blogs for Kindle subscribers.  I spoke with a very enthusiastic Amazon Kindle team member who explained the pricing model, the device and what kind of revenue [...]

How to preview EPS files in Finder without actually opening the file

First, let me start out by throwing some love to BittBox, one of my must-read design blogs.  I stumbled upon BittBox by accident about 13 or so months ago while looking for grunge brushes/textures and immediately added the RSS feed to my reader (and I highly recommend you do, too). 
So I was mowing through my [...]

Looks like Microsoft is giving up on Yahoo

Ars nails it:
Brad Pitt and Jennifer Anniston. Bridget Moynahan and Tom Brady. Romeo and Juliet. And now, there’s Microsoft and Yahoo.
You can add the Microsoft-Yahoo love story to that list of famous break-ups and jilted lovers, as Steve Ballmer has officially withdrawn his three-month-old offer to combine the companies. According to a press release close [...]