George Scriban: Price fixing since 1996 caused CD sales slowdown
(also: price-fixing lawsuit)
Dan Bricklin: Impressions after riding a Segway HT
Design News: Balancing act: How the Segway HT works
“No one would start a design project by deliberately trying to fail. But that’s exactly what the twenty or so engineers at DEKA involved in the development of the Segway HT were encouraged to do. […] It might sound a little far out, but the company even has a special award for the engineer who comes up with the most spectacular failure—the so-called ‘frog award.’”
Bob Frankston: The “Magic” of the Internet