Linked List: December 31, 2011

Saturday, 31 December 2011

An Interview With Notational Velocity Developer Zachary Schneirov ★

Interesting interview by Surat Lozowick.

Robert Khoo on the Business Side of Penny Arcade ★

From a Q&A on Reddit:

What would you say is the biggest perk about your job?

I can honestly say it’s being able to build and run a company in a way that I always thought companies SHOULD be run. We have no outside investors. We don’t bend to client pressure. Our only responsibility is to our readers. Being able to make business decisions each and every day with absolute clarity is something I think every business guy would be envious of.

Perfect.

This Will Be Fun a Year From Now ★

Brian Deagon, Investors Business Daily:

Apple will lose its cool factor.

With the iPod, iPhone and iPad, Apple redefined markets and defined cool. But what’s left? The iPhone is boxy, flat and feeling stale. The Samsung Galaxy smartphone seems cooler. With Google’s Android platform now the fastest-growing mobile OS, Apple’s software advantage will diminish. Smartphones and tablets will become commodity items and Apple will be eaten by the collective Android gang. Apple’s next big hope is the TV market, a tough nut to crack and where Samsung is king.