Daily Archives: January 8, 2007

Paul Ford on Steve Jobs

By Frank Paynter | Published: January 8, 2007

Caesar, sure, okay, right, yeah, sure, but did he create the iPod? To the point, should Steve Jobs not be drawn, in an anodized aluminum chariot pulled by iLephants, through roaring throngs of stockholders and Apple fanboys (pomum puer fanaticus[1]) while a slave stands behind him, whispering “remember that you have a market share of [...]

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It was a great post!

By Frank Paynter | Published: January 8, 2007

It was about American industry in the fifties, “the big three” auto manufacturers — Chrysler, General Motors, and Ford — concentration of power the US steel oligopoly and how now, since the nineties, ThyssenKrupp and some almost anonymous Asian firms pretty much eat our lunch in that market and how if we’re going to look [...]

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Grand-dog…

By Frank Paynter | Published: January 8, 2007

… we’ve welcomed a Pug to the clan, a puppy named Lily has come to live with Matt and Wendy in San Diego.

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