Toronto Blue Jays Top 20 Prospects for 2012

Brett Lawrie was their top prospect last year, but now that’s he’s in The Show, Travis d’Arnaud has (not surprisingly) taken the top spot, followed by Anthony Gose, Jake Marisnick, Noah Syndergaard and Daniel Norris to fill out the top five.

I agree with the list, although I think Drew Hutchison (currently #7) should be in the 5th spot instead of Norris.

The Scope of Apple's Education Initiative

John Gruber:

I’m guessing Apple’s pitch to the textbook companies is something like this: “Digital transformation of your industry is inevitable. Here’s our plan; we’d like you to come along for the ride. But if you choose not to, we won’t hesitate to leave you behind.”

In a way this is like when Apple launched the iPhone: they wanted every carrier to be on board, but only AT&T (Cingular at the time) had the balls to join them. And Apple certainly had no problem leaving the other carriers behind.

Justin Williams on iPad magazines

The iPad is a device that should disappear in your hands. I’m hoping one day I can read a magazine on it and forget that I’m actually reading it on an iPad. Next time we talk, I’ll tell you everything wrong with the actual reading experience of these magazines.

This is what is most annoying about magazines on the iPad. The publishers try far too hard to make reading on an iPad feel the same as reading the print edition.

I don’t want to be reminded that I’m reading on an iPad with annoying popups any more than I want to be reminded that I’m reading the print edition with those “SUBSCRIBE NOW” papers falling out. Content is king, and should be the most important part of your magazine app.