App of the Year

Kick ass demo:



There is incredible creativity in the iPhone space.

Phones

The last four phone booths in Manhattan.

Advice

From Bruce Mau:

Don’t be cool.
Cool is conservative fear dressed in black. Free yourself from limits of this sort.

Rolling up of Sleeves

At least Sarah Palin's attorney [PDF] can write a memo within the bounds of English grammar.

But "rolling up his sleeves?" When will Americans tire of this folksy bullshit?

Economist

Hooray! It seems that The Economist now has a Kindle edition. The Economist was the reason I bought a Kindle. Unfortunately, I didn't check that the Economist was available. I'm very happy to see this.

Subscribed!

Now I just have to switch my FT subscription over, and I'll be mostly paper-free. (I am not switching The New Yorker to Kindle; it is too much fun reading that on paper)

Homer on Tom Tom

I can how have Homer Simpson giving me directions on my Tom Tom.

This is so dumb that I might do it.

12c

I just spent $15 for an iPhone version of an HP calculator. Something is clearly wrong with me.

Venn

American Apparel venn diagram.