Nic Carr on the iPhone

Um, that wasn't an "op-ed" piece--it was an "ed" piece. ;-)

SubGenius, I promote you to the Genius category. Your post is brilliant!!!

Apple leads, Microsoft copies and the rest follow.
In my oppinion, Microsoft is like Hitler trying to appear cool, fashionable...
A poisonous snake will never appear cool...

M$ is on its way down. A few years ago, IBM was like what M$ is today. In the future, M$ will be like IBM is today... a red giant star that burnt all its fuel and is fading away...

Take note of this prevision.

iphone sucks! Its 8GB for $599.. Thats like carrying around a retarded ps3 in your pocket that will get stolen! Come out with a 60GB version and i MIGHT buy it!

Apple has a love/hate relationship with their developers.

Apple love to HAVE developers. No question.

Apple HATES to let their developers (which I'm one) talk amongst themselves outside of WWDC or sanctioned channels. For instance, why can't I have a dialog with another known ADC Select or Premier Apple Developer in some Apple sanctioned space (which, BTW, doesn't exist)!? That's pretty lame.

And I've raised holy hell about it far and wide. No one's having any of it in Cupertino. I'd give my left leg to discuss Leopard (or appleTV, or...) with other developers if Apple would just crack the door a bit.

Apple leads by example.
Mac developers see how to do it right.

Microsoft sets the bar very low.
Windows developers are uninspired.

'[Microsoft creates a] "digital lifestyle" that nobody wants.'

I love that quote. Totally sums it up.

Good post.

But is it really necessary to draw a false dichotomy between supposedly pro creators and UGC?

The whole thing about the world today is there's room for both.

And I also disagree with the notion that Web 2.0 is just about creating a platform. It's also about creating tools.