Book Reviews


[Day Permalink] Tuesday, August 31, 2004

[Item Permalink] New G5-based iMac tempts with power and elegance -- Comment()
The Display is the Computer: "Introducing the futuristic iMac G5 in 17- and 20-inch widescreen models. The entire computer, including a G5-based logic board, slot-loading optical drive, hard disk, speakers, and even the power supply - dwells inside the enchanting display."

The new system looks simple yet elegant. This system will turn some heads, and probably raise iMac sales - provided that IBM can deliver enough G5 processors.


[Item Permalink] Meet my heroes on the net -- Comment()
These are four writers I admire:
  • Doc Searls writes a lot, and I usually can't follow everything he writes. For example, I haven't read all of Cluetrain Manifesto, yet I can't help being affected by Doc's writing.
  • At first I didn't much note Dan Gillmor, but nowadays I read carefully what he writes. Every so often he suprises by a new topic, writing clearly about difficult matters.
  • Lawrence Lessig has helped to focus and sharpen my thinking about copyrights. I have written reviews (in Finnish) of his books. You have to read his weblog.
  • Joel Spolsky writes clearly about software development. I have read and reviewed (in Finnish) his book on user interface development. The book helped a lot.