Tag Archives: Motorola

iPhone

Posted on 11 June 2007 by meta

I’m an iPhone skeptic. While I appreciate good UI design considerably more than the average person, a good UI alone is not enough to make me accept a crippled and overpriced product. At WWDC today, Steve Jobs has announced that … Continue reading →

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Design simplicity

Posted on 17 December 2006 by meta

There’s an article by Donald Norman that has been stirring up controversy online. Whereas last time I thought he was wrong, this time I think he’s right—mostly. In general, he’s correct that people don’t buy the simple, well-designed stuff. Instead, … Continue reading →

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Oh no, more Apple drama

Posted on 6 June 2005 by meta

It wasn’t much fun following Apple during the 90s. The transition from mono to color was painful, as it involved whole new chunks of OS and a different processor. The transition from Motorola 680×0 to PowerPC was also ugly and … Continue reading →

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Recessionwatch Update

Posted on 23 March 2001 by meta

Job losses over the last few weeks: Motorola: 4,000 jobs today, for a total of 22,000 since December. Lucent: 16,000. Verizon: 10,000. Nortel: 10,000. Compaq: 5,000. Intel: 5,000. Xerox: 4,000. Gateway: 3,000. Hewlett-Packard: 1,700. Dell: 1,700. Amazon: 1,300. 3com: 1,200. … Continue reading →

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