Linked List: October 13, 2004

Wednesday, 13 October 2004

New web app from Apple, provides super-simple guided troubleshooting for iMac owners.

(Via MDJ 2004.10.11.)

Apple Posts Profit of $106 Million, 2 Million iPods Sold ★

Holy shit, that’s a lot of iPods (and the profit is way above Wall Street estimates).

Business Week Interview With Steve Jobs ★

Steve Jobs:

I used to be the youngest guy in every meeting I was in, and now I’m usually the oldest. And the older I get, the more I’m convinced that motives make so much difference. HP’s primary goal was to make great products. And our primary goal here is to make the world’s best PCs — not to be the biggest or the richest.

We have a second goal, which is to always make a profit — both to make some money but also so we can keep making those great products. For a time, those goals got flipped at Apple, and that subtle change made all the difference. When I got back, we had to make it a product company again.

Eric Meyer: S5 ★

CSS demigod Eric Meyer has released S⁵, an open source framework for creating PowerPoint-esque slide shows using regular HTML markup. Layout is handled using CSS, slide control (back/forward/etc.) is handled with JavaScript. Check out the demo.

Apple Fires Back at Microsoft Over ‘Closed’ Comments ★

Apple:

There is a lot of customer choice happening today, it’s just that Microsoft doesn’t like the choices customers are making.

iPod Market Share ★

The iPod accounts for an astounding 92 percent of the market for hard-drive-based music players.

John C. Welch on EMC’s Acquisition of Dantz ★

Yesterday, EMC purchased Dantz, the developers of Retrospect, which far and away the leading Mac backup software. John C. Welch called EMC and Dantz to get the scoop on what this might mean for Mac users. If you have any interest in serious Mac backup software, this is big news, and Welch’s coverage is essential reading.