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Overhyped products are going to disappoint. That's the Faustian bargain of overhyping in the first place. What I object to is the prognosticating: because Apple didn't include some crucial feature, the future of computing may well be threatened by some ominous trend. At least when you base those prophesies on a shipping product, you have an anchor to ground your speculations. But when you point out that Apple didn't include olfactory sensors in the initial iPad, and thus has fatally condemned us to a future of smell-impaired computing, you run the very real risk that Apple...
...intend this as a critique of squeaky wheels. If there's something you think the iPad needs, by all means ask for it in public. I would like a redesigned home screen and a video camera, thank you very much. But there's a difference between feature requests and trend-forecasting. Maybe, somehow, it hadn't occurred to Apple that the iPhone would be a generative and lucrative developer platform, and all those outraged blog posts convinced them that it was worth doing. But I doubt...
...where does Thompson eat when he's in Bangkok? "I raid the streets. I rarely cook. Why would I?" That will change later this year, when he opens another Nahm in the city's chic Metropolitan Hotel. His book, meanwhile, might help arrest a worrying trend. So many Thais now eat out that the culinary arts of their ancestors are neglected. Are they - gulp - forgetting how to cook? "I think some Thais are," says Thompson. "They're not forgetting how to eat." Nor are they forgetting how to read. One day, perhaps, Thai Street Food will become the definitive reference...
...What do you think of the trend of celebrities who are taking the helm as creative directors at fashion houses, such as Lindsay Lohan at Ungaro and SJP at Halston Heritage...
Normally, I’d be surprised by this type of comeback, but for Harvard hockey, seasonal ups and downs are expected. This trend of extended losing streaks followed by a late-season resurgence has become an oddly common phenomenon...