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POPSThe lesson of Amazon.com: start simple and evolve. Though it's taken me a number of years to actually practice this discipline, i have always believed that simple, narrowly defined user experiences are prerequisites for building something big. Google, twitter and amazon are great examples of that.
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POPSThe Future of Reading The Kindle's real breakthrough springs from a feature that its predecessors never offered: wireless connectivity, via a system called Whispernet
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POPSWhy The iPhone, Not Amazon.com's Kindle, Is The Future Nice get by Newsweek’s Steven Levy on Amazon.com’s e-book effort, dubbed Kindle. Amazon Chief Executive Jeff Bezos has found a reason to switch from bound paper to bits: a wireless connection that allows readers to browse for new information or download new books – any new book -- on the go. Smart. Two problems: 1) Price: at $400 bucks it’s not cheap enough to compete with books – or even cheap laptops; 2) Fees: It charges subscriptions for blogs and newspapers – uh, I can get those for free, online. The real challenge here isn’t replacing the book. It’s competing with the Internet and the devices used to connect to it: the content available online is growing too fast, and the devices for accessing the Net are getting better and cheaper too quickly. The result will be devices that are about being connected to people, information, and services -- not just consuming information. Such a device is already here. It’s called the iPhone.
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POPSHow to marry a billionaire? I thought the part about the cars they drive was the most interesting. Similar to what the author of the Millionaire next door states in his books.
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