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Mourning But Not Missing the Death of Circuit City
As a consumer, I will not miss Circuit City as it closes its remaining 567 stores in the United States. But all software industry professionals should mourn its passing. Here’s how its closure impacts software industry professionals. Read the rest of this entry »
Why Apple Said Goodbye to MacWorld and Why it Makes Sense
Apple’s (that’s Apple, not Apple Computer) abrupt announcement that Steve Jobs would not deliver the keynote for MacWorld 2009 in San Francisco and in fact, this would be Apple’s last year in attendance at MacWorld shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. It is just another step in its transformation towards being a completely self controlled ecology that began with the return of Steve Jobs. Here’s why it makes sense. Read the rest of this entry »