“I have confession to make: I couldn’t give a hoot about the iPhone,” Jonathan Weber writes for The Times Online.
“As a technology pundit and entrepreneur, I’m not supposed to say that. On the contrary, I’m supposed to be 1) wowed by Steve Jobs’ brilliance; 2) awed by the iPhone’s cool technology and sleek packaging; 3) eagerly analysing how the device is going to change the world; 4) racing to make my own web business mobile-friendly (read: iPhone-friendly); 5) tut-tutting about Apple’s command-and-control approach the business, just to keep by [sic] critical credentials up; and, of course, 6) rushing out to get one of my own,” Weber writes. “But I don’t care about the iPhone.”
“I currently carry a Blackberry, because my work life is so e-mail-centric that I get anxious when I’m off e-mail for too long at a stretch. And of course it’s now hard to imagine being without a cellphone. Maybe the iPhone would be somewhat better for these things, but it won’t change the fundamentals. Check e-mail and make phone calls. That’s really all I want to do on a mobile device,” Weber writes.
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I have confession to make: I couldn’t give a hoot about the automobile.
As a technology pundit and entrepreneur, I’m not supposed to say that. On the contrary, I’m supposed to be 1) wowed by Henry Ford’s brilliance; 2) awed by the automobile’s cool technology and sleek metal skin; 3) eagerly analysing how the device is going to change the world; 4) racing to make my own wagon wheel business travel-friendly (read: automobile-friendly); 5) tut-tutting about Ford’s command-and-control approach the business, just to keep by [sic] critical credentials up; and, of course, 6) rushing out to get one of my own. But I don’t care about the automobile.
I currently travel by horse, because my work life is so close by that I get anxious when I’m too far away from home for too long at a stretch. And of course it’s now hard to imagine being without a horse. Maybe the automobile would be somewhat better for these things, but it won’t change the fundamentals. Hop aboard and go somewhere. That’s really all I want to do with transportation.