Nobody wants to fail. Yet we inherently know that without taking risks – without risking exactly the failure we fear so much – the big successes are likely to remain out of reach. Recently I was with a Broadway theater producer – someone who has produced famous shows you know quite well – and he said something that, while not surprising, was important and interesting: “The biggest hits go to those who have the biggest failures.” And he should know. This is not to suggest that

What's left out of the news is one important point:  We're talking about an accessory here – not a core functional piece of the iPod hardware.  That's abundantly clear from the title of Apple's application and completely missed by most of the radio industry trades:  "Digital Radio Tagging Using an RF Tuner Accessory." An accessory is what you call shoes and a purse.  It's not part of the dress itself. The significance, of course, is that an accessory is optional.  It doesn't