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Apple’s Segmentation Strategy, and the Folly of Conventional Wisdom | Mark Sigal:

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Apple has launched three major new product lines since 2001: the iPod (October, 2001); the iPhone (July, 2007); and the iPad (April, 2010).

The company’s stock is up 3,000 percent since the launch of iPod, 125 percent since the launch of iPhone, and 20 percent since the launch of iPad.

In that same time period, the major devotees of the loosely coupled model - Microsoft, Google, Intel and Dell - have been, at best, outpaced by Apple 6X (in the case of Google dating back to the launch of iPod) and at worst, either been wiped out (in the case of Dell) or treaded water (in the cases of Microsoft and Intel) in every comparison period.

There must be a reason for this… maybe… maybe because Apple makes better products? Products that don’t suck, crash and are inferior? Hmmm…. maybe the model “make you own hardware and software” is better than the “one size fits most” model M$ and Google are going for…

Again, I feel so sorry for PC/Windows users, you are all stuck with crappy hardware and software.

“… the cost of adding a feature isn’t just the time it takes to code it. The cost also includes the addition of an obstacle to future expansion. … The trick is to pick the features that don’t fight each other.”

- John Carmack

simpledesks:

My new desk. I made it myself and incorporated some boxing into the back to hide the multitude of wiring… of which there’s loads.

Submitted by Nina.

This was submitted here as well but I’m reblogging Simple Desks because he got to it first. I also am increasingly of the opinion that the perfect desk is likely one that you make yourself. If I did not already have a very nice desk that is enough for my needs, it’s what I would do. This is a lovely example of why.

Using TextExpander and Notational Velocity for fast, efficient writing:

Related to my recent screencast on a similar subject, Eddie Smith alerted me to his excellent writeup (several of them actually) on how he uses TextExpander, MultiMarkdown (a variant of Markdown) and Notational Velocity for a powerful, yet simple, online writing tool. There are some really fantastic ideas here, several of which I have or will implement myself.