August 2011
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“To design something really well, you have to get it. You have to really grok...”
– Steve Jobs
Aug 25th
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Aug 9th
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July 2011
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Jul 9th
June 2011
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First Impressions of Google+
I just received an invite to Google+.  Some first reactions - The user is actually forced to link Google+ with Picassa.  You can’t create a Google+ account without it.  That’s pretty aggressive, and says to me how importantly Google views photos to the success of Google+ Right away Google+ displays Suggestions of Friends to add based on your Google social graph. The default Circles...
Jun 30th
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March 2011
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February 2011
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“Borders turned over its Internet operations to Amazon in 2001, just as Internet...”
– Borders Bankruptcy: What Went Wrong - Deal Journal - WSJ
Feb 19th
Feb 19th
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Feb 18th
Rdio Blog: Announcing: Rdio for iPhone 1.0  →
rdio: Step aside old app, here comes the brand-new, re-imagined Rdio for iPhone 1.0. It’s got a new layout, does more of what you want and boy, is it pretty. Not only does the new Springboard home screen have 9 handy navigational icons—Collection, Playlists, Web Queue, Heavy Rotation, Activity,…
Feb 16th
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Feb 16th
“Apple is considering making MobileMe a free service that would serve as a...”
– Apple Works on Line of Less-Expensive iPhones - WSJ.com Is this what the new, huge Apple data center is for?  More direct competition with Google!
Feb 14th
January 2011
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Jan 18th
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Content I need on Netflix before I cancel cable
I’m a huge fan of streaming Netflix via my Apple TV.  But I’m not ready to replace cable with it because I can’t watch this - Mad Men Boardwalk Empire Bored to Death New York sports teams 60 Minutes/Sunday morning politics talk shows (I could compromise on this one though) “J.P. Morgan research found that 47 percent of all active users of Netflix’s streaming service...
Jan 8th
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Jan 6th
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“Lots of people would stand in line to buy shares in Facebook, but for now, only...”
– The public markets are democratic in that anyone can buy a share in a public company.  That’s a good thing for American society and Democracy.   Ownership in high potential American companies promotes long-term class mobility - a key to our success in the global marketplace.  Facebook shares...
Jan 4th
December 2010
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“I see two broad goals to think about in creating a business targeted to local...”
– Empowering Local Businesses to Be Online
Dec 27th
Dec 26th
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Defining Product
I take a broad view on the definition of the word “product”.   Especially how it relates to technology. I think of the product as the total experience a consumer has when they interact with a good or service. A product is a technology transformed into something useful that has a market.  Quality products give people positive feelings and emotions when they are interacting with it...
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November 2010
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September 2010
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Sep 15th
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Twenty-somethings: PAY ATTENTION
evangotlib: Don: That’s your job! I give you money, you give me ideas! Peggy: And you never say thank you! Don: That’s what the money is for!  You are young.  You will get your recognition.  And honestly, it is absolutely ridiculous to be two years into your career and counting your ideas.  Everything to you is an opportunity. great exchange from Mad Men as Peg learns a lesson about being...
Sep 7th
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“The New York Times does not use Web metrics to determine how articles are...”
– Some Newspapers Shift Coverage After Tracking Readers Online - NYTimes.com This quote exemplifies the old thinking of the NY Times and many popular new outlets. Executive Editor Bill Keller thinks that the readers come to them for their judgment, not the judgment of the crowd - wow.  This sounds...
Sep 6th
August 2010
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Dr John at City Winery
Aug 4th
July 2010
4 posts
Jul 10th
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ListenNina Simone - Ain’t Got No, I Got Life (Nina...
Jul 5th
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last night in Stuyvesant town
Jul 3rd
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June 2010
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Jun 30th
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May 2010
6 posts
“One chain plans to replace the menus in its restaurants with iPads running...”
– Snapfinger Puts Dinner Just an App Away - NYTimes.com
May 31st
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Listenfred-wilson: Loving Cup (Alt Take) - The Rolling...
May 23rd
May 20th
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“She (Elena Kagan) is Jewish, meaning the court would, for the first time, have...”
– Should the people elect the Supreme Court judges instead of Presidential appointments? Obama to name Kagan to Seat on Supreme Court (Subscription may be needed)
May 10th
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April 2010
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“The company’s book-reading software, iBooks, won’t come preinstalled...”
– WSJ - For Amazon, Arrival of the iPad Opens Door to More e-Book Sales Wow.  Surprised they’d go to market without iBook bundled…
Apr 2nd
March 2010
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“They’re going to see it all eventually so who cares how they get it.”
– Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt Spotted Together Again: Photos - Google - Gizmodo on content.  one believes that content should be paid for, the other that it should be ad-supported. 
Mar 27th
“The software business has morphed into the Internet business,” Mr. Wilson says....”
– New York Isn’t Silicon Valley, and That’s Why They Like It - NYTimes.com This is a great way to look at how software has changed.  The line between content and software is going away - it becomes the media business.  And NYC is a great media town!
Mar 7th
February 2010
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“When Apple Inc. announced the iPad last month, CEO Steve Jobs demonstrated the...”
– Django Reinhardt, Omnipresent Icon - WSJ.com
Feb 18th