byJoeyBaker

August 3 2009

Dear US Senator for Silicon Valley, Please Help Fix the Mobile Phone Industry

An open letter to my senator, asking her to help fix the mobile phone industry which is threatening business and net neutrality. As the senator for Silicon Valley, I figure she’s the right person to ask. Continue reading →

May 30 2009

I Support iPhones, Not Internet Explorer

This site still doesn’t look good in IE, but it now looks gorgeous on the iPhone. Wonder if that has anything to do with the analytics I’ve been seeing? Continue reading →

May 7 2009

Paid Content = Paid Wifi

Apologies for opening up the paid content can of crap again, but with the news the News Corp is planning to start charging for content in the next year, I got to thinking of the problem afresh.
The problem comes down to this: will users pay for content that they can just wait for and get for free? Continue reading →

April 16 2009

The Wall Street Journal has their iPhone App all Wrong

Mobile is the present and the future landscape for the media industry. In this part of the Nieman Labs series of excerpts from an interview with The Wall Street Journal’s Alan Murray talks about their new iPhone app.They’ve got it all wrong, by modeling their app after a print model, but I’ve got a better idea. Continue reading →

July 12 2008

MobileMe Reviewed

I’ve just gotten my hands on a full MobileMe account and I thought I’d take the opportunity to compliment and complain. Spoiler: I’m impressed with the flashiness, but think there is a lot to work on. Continue reading →