Caveat about 'initial' reviews (Scripting News)

Caveat about 'initial' reviews (Scripting News): "One of the things I've learned from being a developer is to keep a notebook with my impressions, the things that confused me, the questions I have. That was before I had a weblog. Nowadays that notebook is public, which helps me share my process with others."

The iPhone Matches Most of Its Hype - New York Times

The iPhone Matches Most of Its Hype - New York Times: "But the bigger achievement is the software. It’s fast, beautiful, menu-free, and dead simple to operate. You can’t get lost, because the solitary physical button below the screen always opens the Home page, arrayed with icons for the iPhone’s 16 functions."

85 different prototypes

SiliconValley.com - Takahashi: Microsoft's tabletop computer breaks creative ground: "The team built 85 different prototypes."

Macworld: Editors' Notes: Apple and the value of design

Macworld: Editors' Notes: Apple and the value of design: "• Apple designers see the big picture: Manock talked about the lessons he had taken away from his time in the Stanford Design Program, one of which was to consider what he called “the profundity factor: Is what you’re doing going to make any difference in the world?”"

let things simmer

But Mr. Singhal often doesn’t rush to fix everything he hears about, because each change can affect the rankings of many sites. “You can’t just react on the first complaint,” he says. “You let things simmer.”

Matt Linderman, "Amit Singhal and Google's secret search sauce," Signal vs Noise, 4 Jun 2007, www.37signals.com/svn/posts/444-amit-singhal-and-googles-secret-search-sauce.
See the original story: Saul Hansell, "Google Keeps Tweaking Its Search Engine," New York Times, 3 Jun 07, www.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/business/yourmoney/03google.html.