Linked List: July 29, 2013

Monday, 29 July 2013

‘A Lot of Love for Mansfield at Apple’ 

Om Malik seems to be hearing the same things I am.

Kubrick on Planning 

Stanley Kubrick, on how much planning he put into shooting a scene:

The reality of the final moment, just before shooting, is so powerful that all previous analysis must yield before the impressions you receive under these circumstances, and unless you use this feedback to your positive advantage, unless you adjust to it, adapt to it and accept the sometimes terrifying weaknesses it can expose, you can never realize the most out of your film.

‘I Was Looking for Delight’ 

Kyle Dreger, “A Brief Review of Vesper”:

I’ve tried tens of iOS note-taking applications over the years. Among others, I’ve tested Simplenote, Elements, iA Writer, and Notesy, but none were able to evoke the feelings I get when writing something into my Field Notes notebook. I was looking for delight.

Then I found Vesper.

That’s exactly what we’re shooting for. We’ve got some exciting new stuff in the lab, too.

Regarding Strategy Analytics’s Claim That Samsung Has Surpassed Apple in Handset Profits 

This was all over the news over the weekend, but Daniel Dilger’s argument that it’s just plain wrong seems pretty compelling.

Apple Says SVP Bob Mansfield ‘No Longer’ on Executive Team 

John Paczkowski:

“Bob is no longer going to be on Apple’s executive team, but will remain at Apple working on special projects reporting to [CEO] Tim [Cook],” company spokesman Steve Dowling told AllThingsD. He declined any further explanation, refusing to comment on the reasons behind Mansfield’s surprising move, whether he remains Apple’s SVP of Technologies or whether the company plans to appoint a new executive to that role.

I’d love to know what’s really going on here.