links for 2007-12-23

“Safe is a term that really means, ‘a level of risk that I’m comfortable with.'” Amen.

“why didn’t he snag his old buddy an iPhone himself? Or, as Ioffe writes, at least a prerelease 3G version.” Probably because Mr. Clinton wanted a WORKING PHONE, not some dev model. Not everybody is as interested in tech oneupsmanship as techies are.

I’ve often commented that having a new person on staff is like having a -1 additional people on board, at least for a while. Nice to see someone else thinking that same way.

“What’s the difference? Wilcox says that Apple trusts their customers, and as a result, users who feel the family pack is worth it are willing to pay.” I have nightmares about the graphic in that article, but the content is dead on.