Sol Young

The iPhone SDK has been a long time coming. Apple has been working on it since before last June’s WWDC ‘07, despite pushing the “You can build amazing web applications” message. The reason for pushing the only-web-apps decree was because the API, tool-chains, development environment, etc, weren’t ready.
Back at WWDC ‘07 the development community felt [...]

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Added FriendFeed as a combinatorial service. You can get all my updates and information in one single location there. There will be tons of these sites very soon, followed by an inevitable shakeout. Should be interesting see who and how the best of these services connect.
http://friendfeed.com/sol You can follow my blog, Google Reader, Flickr, Twitter, [...]

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Yesterday I asked the question, “Random House DRM-free a hoax?“ The question was based on Cory Doctorow’s post announcing a big move by Random House towards DRM-free MP3 audiobooks. The PDF on his site links to a letter by Madeline McIntosh detailing the move to Random House’s partners.
Since my post both Cory and Madeline have confirmed the validity of the [...]

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While it seems many are rejoicing over the supposed announcement of Random House going DRM-free, it also seems this could be hoax. BoingBoing, care of Cory Doctorow, brought the story to light. But something doesn’t smell right…
Don’t get me wrong - this would be groundbreaking and very fast for an industry that doesn’t usually take [...]

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Tim O’Reilly twittered this article on the five reasons Nokia should put a bid in on Yahoo!
I’d go for that. I’ve written about what I like about Yahoo! and the reasons I like them as a company without search. Nokia making a play for Yahoo! makes sense. It creates a strong combination as a mobile [...]

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I’m reading more and more about IT in Asia having trouble retaining technically competent employees. Salaries are growing to impressive levels. In Singapore, salaries are closing in on Silicon Valley levels. With the present competition for talent growth in that country, salaries will soon be greater there.
<prediction>We won’t be looking at an all-out brain-drain, but with the present economic climate in the US and the [...]

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