In yesterday’s journal there was an interview with the CEO of The Weather Channel, talking about the future of Weather content. Weather might seem trivial, but it’s one of the most important kinds of content to get right on any platform. Companies like Yahoo, Apple, Samsung, and others agonize over how to present weather content in a way that is visually fresh but still familiar. Weather Channel just relaunched on several platforms, and I was curious to hear what they had to say.

seanoliver: I have to admit that I agree with the cacophony of criticism about Apple’s latest round of TV ads. In fact, I almost had an allergic reaction to them when I first saw them air during the Olympics opening ceremony on Friday. They looked and felt like ads that my former employer, Microsoft, used to release in attempt to position themselves as being relevant. So many issues abound: They don’t show the product.

If this is true, it’s exciting - the New York Times is now generating more revenue from subscribers than it is from advertisers. My only worry is that they’re doing this by publishing more crappy click bait to social media; I’ve clicked through on stories a few times lately, only to find what I’d charitably describe as nicely edited, reworded press releases. This article about ebay from Saturday was a prime example.

I wonder if there’s a Starbucks around here somewhere? Oh, wait, never mind.

…focus is scary. It means not hedging your bets. It means going all-in. If you’re not scared, you’re not focused… Adam Lashinsky, Inside Apple via @swaaanson Source: swaaanson

Of all the mathematical sciences, computer science is unquestionably the dullest. If I had my time again, despite discovering just how much I love writing software, I still wouldn’t study computer science. I’d program, for sure. And I’d buy books on CS and learn what I need to make me a better programmer. Which is exactly what I did. Jason Gorman, Let’s Not “Call it Computer Science” if we mean “Computer Programming”

ilovecharts: Yeah, Geeks! Source: chartporn.org

I’ve been prototyping some App ideas on my MacBook Pro; this post is to help me keep track of the tools I’m using and how I’ve installed them. Feel free to add corrections and feedback. Here’s what I installed: the XCode command line tools from developer.apple.com, which includes make Homebrew , which seems to be the state of the art for UNIX package management on the Mac TextWrangler as my text editor and Mou as a markdown editor Python 2.

We will hit the point, likely soon, when the cost of starting a business is offset by the high cost of getting traction and keeping it. I am most wary of this when investing today. Is it a Tech Bubble?…NO…Just too many Wantrepreneurs | Howard Lindzon Source: howardlindzon.com

In his article last week, Alexis Madrigal at The Atlantic hit a nerve. He summed up the (okay, my) ennui with the local/social/mobile AppScape thusly: For at least five years, we’ve been working with the same operating logic in the consumer technology game. This is what it looks like: There will be ratings and photos and a network of friends imported, borrowed, or stolen from one of the big social networks.