John Kirk

184 Articles

Divining Apple’s Wearable Design

Most of the wearables on the market today are an experiment in…

Microsoft Is The Very Antithesis Of Strategy

Thus the highest form of generalship is to balk the enemy’s plans;…

Tim Cook Has The Know-How But Steve Jobs Had The Know-Why

On June 13, 2014, John Gruber posted his epic, “Only Apple.” In…

Disrupting Apple’s Tao

Clay Christensen’s Disruption Theory has been subjected to severe criticism this past…

Disruption Corruption: What Disruption Theory Is And What It Isn’t

Anyone who studies business — and especially those who follow tech —…

Apple Announces Nothing (New)

“Apple announces NOTHING at developer conference”. No, seriously, I read it on…

Whither Apple Or Wither Apple?

“Whither” means “to what place or state: whither are we bound?” Wither…

The Terrible Tablet Tantrum: Part 1

In the first quarter of 2014, Apple sold 16.4 million iPads, a…

Microsoft Is At War With Itself

On Tuesday, May 20, Microsoft held an event to unveil the Surface…