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A retrospective on the history of portable MP3 players, tracing their origins with the MPMan F10 and Diamond Rio PMP300, the iPod's dominance in the 2000s, and their recent resurgence among niche audiences.
Bob Cringely (real name Mark Stevens), an early Apple employee best known for his PBS documentary "Triumph of the Nerds," passed away in his sleep. The tech journalism community mourns his passing.
The article traces the origins and attribution of the quote 'The only intuitive interface is the nipple,' which critiques the overuse of 'intuitive' in tech interfaces by highlighting that only innate experiences like breastfeeding are truly intuitive, with all else being learned.
An early advisor to Nvidia claims to be owed a billion dollars in stock due to a vesting schedule misunderstanding and is pursuing legal action against the company.
This podcast episode from The Verge debates the history and failure of the One Laptop Per Child initiative and its XO-1 laptop, exploring whether it was innovative hardware or a flawed idea.
The article recounts the origin story of Apple's Cards app, highlighting it as Steve Jobs' vision and detailing significant project mismanagement and operational challenges from an insider's perspective.
The article argues against the idea that Silicon Valley's values have always been profit-driven and militaristic, highlighting its countercultural roots in the 1970s and 80s that fostered innovation and later shaped the industry's wealth and military ties.
A tweet shares a 1982 quote by James Martin, predicting that application development will evolve with computers working without programmers, potentially facing resistance from programmers.
This keynote speech explores the profound impact of AI on programming through historical analogies of the photography technology revolution, and looks ahead to the new opportunities and challenges for the Rails community in the AI era.
The article reflects on the failures of Sun Microsystems, highlighting its operational disinterest that led to losing customers like a startup to Dell, despite technological achievements like OpenSolaris.
Peter Thiel recounts PayPal's initial failure as a worst business idea and its pivot to email payments, leading to a $1.5 billion exit, highlighting team resilience and multiple attempts.
A tweet referencing Elon Musk with his first Tesla Roadster from 2008, highlighting a historical moment in electric vehicle development.
The article explains the algorithm Windows XP used to randomly select initial user profile pictures, which is based on reservoir sampling and uses the RtlRandomEx function seeded with GetTickCount().
The article explores the history of devices named 'Duo,' including Apple's newly announced iPhone Duo, NEC's TurboDuo gaming console, Google's Duo VoIP service, and Apple's PowerBook Duo laptop.
The article discusses the rivalry between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, focusing on the debate between open and closed systems, and how closed ecosystems like Apple's have become more successful over time.
This article is part 1 of a biography of Lee Holloway, the former CTO of Cloudflare, detailing his early life, technological contributions like Anycast and Project Honey Pot, and his departure due to a serious brain disease.
The article discusses the historical use of winstart.bat in Windows 95 for loading TIGA graphics drivers, referencing earlier documentation from Windows 3.1 and a Siemens recommendation for Windows 95.
Bill Gates details his frustrating experience trying to download and install MovieMaker from Microsoft's website in 2003, criticizing poor usability and cumbersome processes.
This article explores the historical development and origins of Partner's computer case product.
OpenAI shared a clip titled 'Put That There' credited to MIT Media Laboratory, Chris Schmandt, and Eric Hulteen, likely showcasing a historical or research-related demonstration in AI or HCI.