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Re: 85,000 reasons why Apple’s iPhone isn’t going to be disrupted

ianbetteridge — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:30:08 -0000

Just as a point of interest, in its last quarter Dell made $472 million profit. While that's not anywhere near as good as Apple, it's a long way from "the bottom".

Re: 85,000 reasons why Apple’s iPhone isn’t going to be disrupted

ianbetteridge — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:26:35 -0000

The fact that you think that Pre apps are "web apps" indicates that you don't know what you're talking about, I'm afraid.

Re: Digital iPhone cheapskates

ianbetteridge — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:35:26 -0000

Erik, I run a personal computing device which has no problems at all with "rogue, un-vetted software". It's called a Mac, and I think it demonstrates that having a true free market for software doesn't necessarily lead to "a security nightmare".

Re: Digital iPhone cheapskates

ianbetteridge — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:31:57 -0000

Erik, if it doesn't offer value to you, the answer is simple: don't upgrade.

Personally, I would have paid twice as much for it, even though I bought version 1. I think it's simply a brilliant piece of design, full of things which surprise and delight me.

Re: Dildo has issues

ianbetteridge — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:31:20 -0000

I called him "The Mac market's own John Dvorak" a few years ago - http://www.technovia.co.uk/2006/08/presenting-t...

He actually follows the Dvorak method almost to the letter. I'm sure he knows what he's saying is bullshit, but hey - like John D, he knows it gets the page views.

Re: Douchebags fondly eviscerated

wrinkleintime — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:52:48 -0000

Wow, he really is a recidivist sockpuppeter, isn't he? You inspired me to look for other examples. I think I found one.

There's a poster on reddit.com who has submitted nothing but articles from roughlydrafted.com and one from appleinsider.com (guess who wrote it). The poster's name is InCider (how obvious). This person's posted comments also touch on a lot of the same themes that Dilger does.

What's really amusing is that InCider has quite the potty mouth. My, my! Bring the smelling salts, Ima headin' for the couch.

PS: To anyone who thinks I'm being hypocritical by posting this under a pseudonym, that is different than sockpuppetting.

Re: Douchebags fondly eviscerated

ianbetteridge — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:40:21 -0000

Ahh, it's actually at the Roughly Dafted version of the post:

http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2009/09/05/inside...

Basically, you're a very bad man who is to be ignored :)

Also, he's started sock-puppeting again in the AppleInsider comments. "Andrew Levi Black" is him - back when Daniel was trying to game Digg, "Levi Black" was a registered user who strangely only ever posted RD articles, using exactly the same kind of language as Daniel did when he posted to Digg. Obviously, the fact that quite a few AI readers are commenting on the (ahem) "erratic" nature of his posts has got him reverting to old habits.

In other Dilger news, he appears to have a book coming out, from Wiley. Holy mother of God.

Re: Douchebags fondly eviscerated

jcwelch — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:50:00 -0000

LOL...i didn't see one specifically, but yeah, Dildo's a whiny bitch

Re: Douchebags fondly eviscerated

ianbetteridge — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:15:14 -0000

His "response" to you in the comments of that awful piece is pretty amusing too.

Re: The new way to look like a dork with an iPhone: Augmented Reality

ianbetteridge — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:14:31 -0000

Oh wow, it's Zato. Hello Zato, long time no see. Are you still posting on every blog that might not be ideologically pure re: Apple? :)

Re: The new way to look like a dork with an iPhone: Augmented Reality

ianbetteridge — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:13:26 -0000

Hey, this is Robert we're talking about - he probably DOES want "a constant blast of AR 'Twitter bits'" blasting him all the time :)

Re: The new way to look like a dork with an iPhone: Augmented Reality

timreha — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:18:12 -0000

Perhaps something like an iPhone connected to an Arduino Chip on your watch with subtle haptics wristband for non obtrusive AR marker alerts is in order? "Happy Hour 10-O-Clock" Pulses three times.

It is not like we want to have a constant blast of AR "Twitter bits" blasting us all of the time. AR filters tied to pre-triggers, then you go to your iPhone for disply, that is until we have the iEyePhone ... Just thinking out loud.

Re: The new way to look like a dork with an iPhone: Augmented Reality

ianbetteridge — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:57:58 -0000

Augmented reality only becomes really useful (as opposed to "cool toy!") when it's potentially on all the time. That means embedded in glasses or contact lenses.

Re: Scoble, your blog still loves you (Scripting News)

VictusFate — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 08:12:02 -0000

Just because they aren't your leaders Ian, doesn't discount that they are leaders to many others. The role of leader and follower is dynamic and topical.

Re: Scoble, your blog still loves you (Scripting News)

ianbetteridge — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:00:20 -0000

No, it's not. All of the above might be good at what they do; they might be ahead of the curve when it comes to adoption of practices and technologies; but they're not "leaders" unless the rest of us are "followers".

I started blogging in 2001, after Scoble. Was he a "leader" to me? No - he was a peer, someone doing the same sort of stuff as me. I relate to all of the above as peers, not as "leaders". That's the great thing about the Internet - you're only a follower if you want to be one. You get to define your own power relations.

Re: Scoble, your blog still loves you (Scripting News)

VictusFate — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 06:52:14 -0000

What category would you place Fred Wilson, Seth Godin, Dave Winer, and Robert Scoble. These gentlemen are leaders. And their influence is a function of their dedication to sustained thougtful sharing.

That's leadership in my book Ian.

Re: Scoble, your blog still loves you (Scripting News)

ianbetteridge — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:09:44 -0000

Yeah. And this time let's hope they learn that if your only hope of revenue is "sell out to someone big", you'll never build something really good.

Re: Scoble, your blog still loves you (Scripting News)

ianbetteridge — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:07:48 -0000

Blogging has a "leader"?

Re: Scoble, your blog still loves you (Scripting News)

ianbetteridge — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:07:18 -0000

I wouldn't be fair to say that Robert got suckered, but he did forget the number one rule of business: The duty of any business is to maximise its value for the shareholders. It's something that gets forgotten the instant you cross the line from liking someone's products to be a "fan" or an "evangelist". If you give something for free, including your attention and your promotional abilities, don't expect a reward. You won't get one.

Re: How can ANYONE follow 10,000 or more?

websuccessdiva — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:00:48 -0000

Email is my deeper connection, doors open on Twitter or anywhere else on the social web. There are different levels of relationship throughout life, nothing to do with faux, more to do with breadth and depth, letting relationships take their natural course... or not ;-)

Re: How can ANYONE follow 10,000 or more?

ianbetteridge — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:50:36 -0000

There's a very simple channel for anyone to get my attention. It's called "email". You even get to say things that take longer than 140 characters! :)

Publish your email, or, if you want real time, your IM (although email is more real-time these days thanks to mobile email). You don't need to create a faux-friendship on Twitter to be open for others to stay in touch.

Re: How can ANYONE follow 10,000 or more?

ianbetteridge — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:48:12 -0000

And I'd actually argue that the readership of your blog is far more engaged with you than that Twitter audience ever has been. What you write here gives a much better indication of your depth of thought than is expressed either on Twitter or FF.

That's not to say "blog = good, Twitter/FF = bad", of course. They are all valuable. But in terms of how people engage with you, I think the blog is a level higher.

Re: How can ANYONE follow 10,000 or more?

ianbetteridge — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:45:04 -0000

Well now we're getting metaphysical :)

A chemist is a chemist because he *does* chemistry, not because he studied it. Someone who studied chemistry but gets elected to high office is a politician, just as someone who studies politics but does chemistry is a chemist (albeit probably a bad one!)

Likewise, being a person who listens is part of what you are - but what defines *you* is what you do on the basis of that listening, You're more than the sum total of your inputs. What defines you is your decisions and your actions.

Re: How can ANYONE follow 10,000 or more?

Scobleizer — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:45:22 -0000

Define "person." I believe we are the product of our inputs. A Chemist is a Chemist because he studied Chemistry, not because he studied Politics. I'm seeing different things. I'm learning different things. I have less noise. I'm more productive. I am a different person.

Re: How can ANYONE follow 10,000 or more?

ianbetteridge — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:40:59 -0000

So are you really a different person now because of who you (don't) follow?