Comments on: Thursday Signal – Repeat After Me: Apps Are (Currently) Myopic (Or…We've Seen This Movie Before…) http://battellemedia.com/archives/2010/03/thursday_signal_-_repeat_after_me_apps_are_currently_myopic_orweve_seen_this_movie_before.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thursday_signal_-_repeat_after_me_apps_are_currently_myopic_orweve_seen_this_movie_before Thoughts on the intersection of search, media, technology, and more. Wed, 22 May 2013 20:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Nathan Bowers http://battellemedia.com/archives/2010/03/thursday_signal_-_repeat_after_me_apps_are_currently_myopic_orweve_seen_this_movie_before.php#comment-2578 Nathan Bowers Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:42:56 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2010/03/thursday_signal_-_repeat_after_me_apps_are_currently_myopic_orweve_seen_this_movie_before.php#comment-2578 <p>Many of the best apps in the App Store serve as rich clients to web apps. It's not an either/or proposition.</p> <p>Many of the other apps are games (which have a rich history of being released on closed platforms) or little utilities that work better as widgets than websites.</p> <p>And don't forget that the iPhone was the first phone to have a non-godawful mobile browser.</p> <p>While it can be frustrating for developers, the iPhone has been a huge source of productivity and joy for users.</p> Many of the best apps in the App Store serve as rich clients to web apps. It’s not an either/or proposition.

Many of the other apps are games (which have a rich history of being released on closed platforms) or little utilities that work better as widgets than websites.

And don’t forget that the iPhone was the first phone to have a non-godawful mobile browser.

While it can be frustrating for developers, the iPhone has been a huge source of productivity and joy for users.

]]> By: How to Homeschool http://battellemedia.com/archives/2010/03/thursday_signal_-_repeat_after_me_apps_are_currently_myopic_orweve_seen_this_movie_before.php#comment-2577 How to Homeschool Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:12:00 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2010/03/thursday_signal_-_repeat_after_me_apps_are_currently_myopic_orweve_seen_this_movie_before.php#comment-2577 <p>There will be apps to manage your apps and link your apps, etc. It is moving so fast anymore. Grab a handle and hang on! </p> There will be apps to manage your apps and link your apps, etc. It is moving so fast anymore. Grab a handle and hang on!

]]> By: JP http://battellemedia.com/archives/2010/03/thursday_signal_-_repeat_after_me_apps_are_currently_myopic_orweve_seen_this_movie_before.php#comment-2576 JP Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:10:58 +0000 http://battellemedia.com/archives/2010/03/thursday_signal_-_repeat_after_me_apps_are_currently_myopic_orweve_seen_this_movie_before.php#comment-2576 <p>Or, rather like the Shareware "goldrush" of the '90s...http://blog.jonathanpalley.com/2010/03/11/the-app-fad/</p> Or, rather like the Shareware “goldrush” of the ’90s…http://blog.jonathanpalley.com/2010/03/11/the-app-fad/

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