Keep It Simple, Stupid
The “KISS” rule is one I remember learning in grade school, and the technology business is learning it all over again. The New York Times Bits Blog has a piece about it today, describing consumer enthusiasm for simple, inexpensive gadgets. There were a couple reasons I got excited about this:
Why Netbooks Are Greener than Laptops – BusinessWeek
Lightweight netbooks require less energy to ship and fewer watts to run than their laptop counterparts. Plus they offer consumers a “just enough” approach to computing. Read more
Econ 101 Not Cutting It? Ask the Web for Help – BusinessWeek
Today’s economic crisis is more complicated than anything covered in a freshman-year course. Here’s where to go to see it all more clearly. Read more
Reporter’s Notebook: When Green Isn’t Enough
I was catching up on my weeks-old RSS feeds this morning and I came across this article on Triple Pundit. I’m a sucker for cool-looking computers (my colleague Stacey recently gutted my productivity with a link to this site), so the image of the rocket-ship-like computer caught my eye. As I started reading, I noticed … Read more
