Kindling the iPhone
Amazon’s release of the Kindle for iPhone moves the battle lines from devices to stores. How will iTunes respond?
Hulu Dances to the Forefront
In the world of online video, Hulu is making everyone else look stiff and arthritic.
Email — The Killer App (Again!)
Think email’s a thing of the past? Think again.
Why Text Still Rules
Text still dominates, but is finding new purposes in an increasingly hybridized media ecosystem.
Does YouTube Threaten Text?
YouTube is the #2 search engine in the world. Will digital natives be more video-centric than text-centric?
Google’s SearchWiki
Google’s new SearchWiki implementation has grabbed some attention, but will it actually make a difference to users?
(De)personalized
The online world is increasingly personalized, while real-world settings are increasingly depersonalized. Will it change?
Downloads as Failure
Bragging about downloads is akin to saying your site doesn’t work well. Authors will soon start to notice.
Obama.com & Military.com
Obama.com and Military.com settle any differences by focusing on the people.
OpenID Goes Mainstream
Microsoft adopts OpenID in its Windows Live environment. Dick Hardt’s argument seems poised to win the day.
Is the Facebook Platform Dead?
Once touted as Platform 2.0, Facebook is now suffocating its applications to make room for a new growth strategy every Web publisher should see coming.
Kindle’s Snacks and Speed-dates
The Kindle’s use-case isn’t what I’d assumed. In fact, I’m thinking very differently about it.
Go Away = Come Back
The link is the currency of the Web. Give users more to spend, and they’ll reward you with loyalty.
Google Chrome Arrives
Google’s Chrome debuts, and reaffirms that Google knows exactly what it is doing.
iPhone, Enthusiastically!
A few weeks after giving up my Treo, I’ve found the iPhone to be quite an impressive little machine.