Steven Sinofsky
@stevesi.xyz
Check out “Hardcore Software” my memoir of the PC era and my time at Microsoft. eBook, print, audio on Amazon or hardcoresoftware.substack.com
Love this one from 1981 before IBM's launch. And that box on Dan/Bob ❤️ @harrymccracken.com
March 9, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Love this one from 1981 before IBM's launch. And that box on Dan/Bob ❤️ @harrymccracken.com
Apple’s Dictation System Transcribes the Word ‘Racist’ as ‘Trump’ Summarize The company said it was working to fix the problem after iPhone users began reporting the issue. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/t...
February 26, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Apple’s Dictation System Transcribes the Word ‘Racist’ as ‘Trump’ Summarize The company said it was working to fix the problem after iPhone users began reporting the issue. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/t...
January 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
A lot of people at the Nvidia CES keynote. Largest public keynote I’ve experienced (2x my recollection of Xbox/NT/tablet at old Aladdin) Blackwell has 4000 TOPS
January 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
A lot of people at the Nvidia CES keynote. Largest public keynote I’ve experienced (2x my recollection of Xbox/NT/tablet at old Aladdin) Blackwell has 4000 TOPS
Benedict Evans puts together a yearly slide deck looking broadly at the industry while diving in with specific numbers and a lot of charts (90 slides). It is always a gem. via
@benedictevans
This year is about AI (of course). It is super. ben-evans.com/presentations
@benedictevans
This year is about AI (of course). It is super. ben-evans.com/presentations
November 22, 2024 at 3:38 AM
Benedict Evans puts together a yearly slide deck looking broadly at the industry while diving in with specific numbers and a lot of charts (90 slides). It is always a gem. via
@benedictevans
This year is about AI (of course). It is super. ben-evans.com/presentations
@benedictevans
This year is about AI (of course). It is super. ben-evans.com/presentations
DOJ Will Push Google to Sell Off Chrome to Break Search Monopoly bloomberg.com/news/article... // True insanityt. There's so little distribution advantage to web browsing. If there were then Edge would have succeeded. This is not about consumers or benefits but about penalties and politics.
November 18, 2024 at 10:40 PM
DOJ Will Push Google to Sell Off Chrome to Break Search Monopoly bloomberg.com/news/article... // True insanityt. There's so little distribution advantage to web browsing. If there were then Edge would have succeeded. This is not about consumers or benefits but about penalties and politics.
View out my side window going through a parking lot.
May 25, 2023 at 5:06 AM
View out my side window going through a parking lot.
I just put a new screen protector on my phone with a result of no bubbles and no dust. AMA.
Gonna rest now.
Gonna rest now.
May 9, 2023 at 2:40 AM
I just put a new screen protector on my phone with a result of no bubbles and no dust. AMA.
Gonna rest now.
Gonna rest now.
A 3d graph of “internet” traffic in the US in sept 1991. Each white line is 100GB or about 20 of todays streaming households represented. There were a total of 500,000 computers on the entire internet. via book “InfoCulture”.
May 7, 2023 at 3:52 AM
A 3d graph of “internet” traffic in the US in sept 1991. Each white line is 100GB or about 20 of todays streaming households represented. There were a total of 500,000 computers on the entire internet. via book “InfoCulture”.
Some excerpts from a June 1997 Wired magazine article with punditry/predictions for “saving” Apple that was in dire shape. https://substack.com/profile/6628468-steven-sinofsky/note/c-15623305
May 5, 2023 at 4:32 AM
Some excerpts from a June 1997 Wired magazine article with punditry/predictions for “saving” Apple that was in dire shape. https://substack.com/profile/6628468-steven-sinofsky/note/c-15623305
Just cropping, automatic adjustment, more saturation (all things could have been done in camera) and then vignette.
May 2, 2023 at 3:47 PM
Just cropping, automatic adjustment, more saturation (all things could have been done in camera) and then vignette.
Exciting new…acronym from Jim Cramer.
May 2, 2023 at 5:09 AM
Exciting new…acronym from Jim Cramer.
15/ While based on a leak, notice that the story focuses on the processor and RAM and potential for a battery. Not mentioned was the revolutionary software, mouse, and industrial design.
April 29, 2023 at 9:46 PM
15/ While based on a leak, notice that the story focuses on the processor and RAM and potential for a battery. Not mentioned was the revolutionary software, mouse, and industrial design.
13/ Then at the very end of the article it describes the other product (this is all based on leaks—leaks were much harder to come by back then and usually involved hanging out near HQ.
April 29, 2023 at 9:45 PM
13/ Then at the very end of the article it describes the other product (this is all based on leaks—leaks were much harder to come by back then and usually involved hanging out near HQ.
11/ Apple's focus was on the Apple III. They would need to respond to what IBM had announced (though the IBM was often viewed as under-powered and certainly under-software relative to Apple). Rumors of the Apple III.
April 29, 2023 at 9:45 PM
11/ Apple's focus was on the Apple III. They would need to respond to what IBM had announced (though the IBM was often viewed as under-powered and certainly under-software relative to Apple). Rumors of the Apple III.
8/ Initial focus is on all the specs that were previously announced. But then came the surprise—software. The OS would be supplied by Microsoft from Seattle. It was "86-DOS" not the expected CP/M used by all the other companies.
April 29, 2023 at 9:43 PM
8/ Initial focus is on all the specs that were previously announced. But then came the surprise—software. The OS would be supplied by Microsoft from Seattle. It was "86-DOS" not the expected CP/M used by all the other companies.
7/ So when the PC came out the weekly industry trade press brought the news but also expressed what was going on. It wasn't even the biggest news on Sept 14, artificial intelligence was :-)
April 29, 2023 at 9:43 PM
7/ So when the PC came out the weekly industry trade press brought the news but also expressed what was going on. It wasn't even the biggest news on Sept 14, artificial intelligence was :-)