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Archive: January, 2007

January 30, 2007

Veer tweets.

Do you use Twitter? Do you like to know what’s going on over at Veer? Well, have I got a deal for you. I’ve just started using Twitter as a channel for site updates, new feature announcements, status alerts, and other web follies … fresh from our team that actually builds the stuff. Tune in … More

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

January 15, 2007

It’s that immutable green brick factor.

You have to admire Leander Kahney. He has a nose for news, especially when it relates to anything ‘of the cult’, as it were. Case in point, who would be the first group you’d survey for a reaction to the iPhone announcement? Why a bunch of Newton users, of course. What demographic would embody the … More

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January 9, 2007

We have liftoff.

After the ground-shaking, bladder-emptying, adrenaline rush of this morning’s rather interesting announcement, Mr Haughey makes an astute observation. Why is something as mundane as a product announcement so exciting and important to us? Because Apple is the new NASA, that’s why. Matt, thank you from one Apple fanboy to another. Thank you for putting into … More

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.

January 8, 2007

The self-aggrandizing flotsam department.

Please note that the delightful pair of vociferous Mac-heads, Dan Benjamin and John Gruber make an ever so brief mention of Newton (and yours truly) in the recently unveiled Hivelogic Podcast. The first two episodes of the podcast are a casual discussion of their ideas regarding what new products might appear during the imminent Macworld … More

This item was posted by Grant Hutchinson.