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Cubs 6, Giants 2

Fitting end to a not quite season.

Lincecum on San Francisco

"I definitely like San Francisco. I've seen nothing but positive things as far as my personal experiences. It's where I see myself being for a while."

Tim Lincecum via MLB Trade Rumors

Is #1 the solid one, I forget?

Kottke buries the lede

Jason Kottke writes a great essay about how the iPhone is going to take over your everything. Hard to disagree, Renee and I were mapping out a trail on our property today via TrailGuru (an iPhone app, natch). I've started to use my iPhone as the front end to my SqueezeBox home music system. And the MLB app is the bomb, plain and simple. The biggest limitation on the ubiquity of my iPhone is battery life... if Apple's engineers could give me 6 more hours a day at heavy use, mine would never be off.

But the most interesting part of Jason's essay was his observation in the second footnote:

[2] You've got to wonder when Apple is going to change the name of the iPhone. The phone part of the device increasingly seems like an afterthought, not the main attraction. The main benefit of the device is that it does everything. How do you choose a name for the device that has everything? Hell if I know. But as far as the timing goes, I'd guess that the name change will happen with next year's introduction of the new model. The current progression of names -- iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS -- has nowhere else to go (iPhone 3GS Plus isn't Apple's style).

I've been wondering lately when iTunes is going to get renamed, that one strikes me as an even bigger brand problem for Apple. But yeah, what Jason said. I barely use the phone part of my iPhone anymore. My monthly minutes have been down consistently for the 20 months I've had an iPhone. 

That about says it all

"I like to think of this day as Burning Man for those who bathe and prefer a strong cocktail over sand and hallucinogens."

Mena Trott via Nested

Giants 10, Rockies 2

Tell me about it

Technology is occasionally wonderful

Just ran home about to head out to another event (very busy Sunday!). Can't find my phone.  Did I leave it at the previous event or did I lose it somewhere in my car? Enter MobileMe.

Short answer: it's somewhere around here, nothing to worry about. Time to even blog about it. Amazing.

Looks like Sillywood to me

Michael Arrington notes the parallels between Hollywood and Silicon Valley. First, from the Village Voice "I Will Not Read Your Fucking Script":

You are not owed a read from a professional, even if you think you have an in, and even if you think it's not a huge imposition. It's not your choice to make. This needs to be clear--when you ask a professional for their take on your material, you're not just asking them to take an hour or two out of their life, you're asking them to give you--gratis--the acquired knowledge, insight, and skill of years of work. It is no different than asking your friend the house painter to paint your living room during his off hours.

Michael's response is at "Let’s Not Let Silicon Valley Become Just Like Hollywood" (and oh by the way, it has been for years):

Budding entrepreneurs, trying to break down the walls that separate them from your angel funding, need to grow up. Most of the time people don’t have the time to help you, and you shouldn’t aim hate at them for it. Instead, try a different angle or a different person. A simple thing – learn to read body language and don’t approach people at the wrong time (like right after they leave a stage and are surrounded by a dozen other people). Choose your moment. If your strategies don’t work, try something new.

Two great reads in one.

Whichever way

“Tex reminded me that there’s no ‘I’ in team. And I looked back at Tex, I said, ‘There’s ‘I’ in win.’ So whichever way you want it.”

Michael Jordon at his hall of fame induction ceremony, via Yahoo Sports