Dan Bricklin
@DanB
One of the VisiCalc guys, CTO @AlphaSoftware, DBDemo, blogger, podcaster, iPad app: NoteTakerHD, president of Software Garden, Inc. (SGI) Also: @[email protected]
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http://www.bricklin.com 26-07-2007 22:09:30
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Apple #VisionPro : What happens when you watch something that literally brings tears to your eyes? Are the internals waterproof? Would tears get on cameras or affect eye-tracking? Easy take off/put back on w/pause/repeat-last-10-sec to wipe eyes? (Asking for a friend...)
The original Apple II required execs to use a keyboard like a (usually female) secretary, have a Sony TV on the desk, and a rainbow ribbon cable. How dorky! With s/w like spreadsheets they outdid their coworkers. Wait for killer apps for #VisionPro . It's worthy of them.
Did Microsoft stop hardware & OS work after talking to Apple about #VisionPro , but continue all the Office, etc., work? MS reportedly made more (after costs) on each 1984 Mac selling S/W (MultiPlan, Word, etc.) than Apple did the H/W. MS has gesture experience from PenWindows.
It seems that Apple is 'over the bar' on a variety of important 'must haves'. (One is consistent 'no nausea' reports including from multiple females. Also affordable for enough developers.) Maybe they finally got there so it's time to release to developers to innovate. #VisionPro
The launch of ChatGPT Plugins is one of the most significant platform offerings ever. Embedding, distribution, utility.
And it reminds me of Dan Bricklin ‘s Cornucopia of the Commons essay where the act of using the database adds value to it. bricklin.com/cornucopia.htm
Lots of juicy bits in here as Jay Goldberg 顾忠南 and I discuss architecture battles and how there is a shift (driven by intense competition) away from general-purpose silicon and to purpose-built silicon.
Check out The Circuit if you haven't already.