@ Java in the morning

March 24, 2008 No comments yet

This morning I started out fairly early to get some work done before the mad rush and to be available for a client (East coast). I went into the office which was as quiet as a church and thought – this is going to help me get some good rem sleep .. or I can [...]

iFund

March 7, 2008 1 comment

KPCB’s iFund is a $100M investment initiative that will fund market-changing ideas and products that extend the revolutionary new iPhone and iPod touch platform. The iFund is agnostic to size and stage of investment and will invest in companies building applications, services and components. Focus areas include location based services, social networking, mCommerce (including advertising [...]

Perceptions

February 29, 2008 2 comments

Take a moment to think about perceptions. Whether its your personal brand or business brand the perception that others have of you matters.A while back I was involved in a fairly heavy-duty branding exercise. We made moons and planets which stood for brand characteristics that were adjectives describing 1) who our customers thought we were, [...]

Facebook Generation: 10 Tech Revolutionaries

January 16, 2008 No comments yet

This is a brilliant article. If Social Networking is your interest I advise you take a read.
“… social networking in general, it sort of heralds a fundamental change in how community works online. Before social networking, before Friendster, community online was very niche and very disconnected. You had Star Wars fans, and they got online [...]

Google Analytics Update

December 13, 2007 No comments yet

Google updated its free analytics package today. This package in my professional opinion is top-shelf. For years I have been strapped to lesser solutions that will remain nameless, Google broke the chains.
Consider the new features highlighted below.
 
Here are two screen shots of the new features…It is really cool because it gives you the possibility to [...]

It’s Not the Blog

December 10, 2007 1 comment

A dozen huge companies – including Dell, Microsoft, General Motors, Cisco, Coca-Cola, Nokia, Wells Fargo — have just started a corporate Blog Council.
I’m glad that these big guys have embraced blogging. But I have one bit of advice for them:
Change the name now.
It’s not about blogging. I hate [...]

How Will Google Make Money With YouTube?

August 14, 2007 No comments yet

I hear a lot of chatter on netcasts these days focusing on the legal battles that have ensued following the acquisition of YouTube by Google.
“Doesn’t look like such a good deal now does it?” Tom Merritt of CNet’s Buzz Out Loud podcast stated in a recent segment.
When one looks beyond the in-your-face idea of offering [...]

Quiet, Ssshh, Don’t Tell Anyone

July 13, 2007 No comments yet

Rumor has it there is a quiet storm brewing in Boise. Thought-leaders on the Boise tech front met yesterday to discuss the future of technology start-ups in Boise. Those involved were sworn to secrecy with regard to the context of the conversation, but let’s just say “the match has been lit” and the firestorm is [...]


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