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My iGoogle

May 1st, 2007 No Comments

Google Inc. (DOM-258936) 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View CA 94043 Domain Name: mygoogle.com Created on…………..: 2000-Apr-07. Record last updated on..: 2007-Mar-06 04:08:38. Perhaps “My Google” was a bit too cheeky – so they called it iGoogle. OK. And good luck with that. They have fans. How strange then, when G changed its branding without notice, [...]

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Obla-di, Obla-da, Obliterati

April 14th, 2006 1 Comment

What could POSSIBLY make me whip out the ol’ blog software and post something? New Mission of Burma arrived today. Eight (8) CD singles, from their upcoming Matador album The Obliterati (out May 23, 2006). Heaven.

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Easy Exits … Again?

October 10th, 2005 1 Comment

The problem with some of the “new Web” applications isn’t the application itself but the business model. Build an incremental feature, create some buzz in the echo chamber, and then sit back and wait for GAMEY (Google / AOL / Microsoft / eBay / Yahoo) to buy your company. I suspect we all have some [...]

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On Web 2.0 and Punk Rock

October 6th, 2005 No Comments

I can’t escape the observation that a simple idea, executed well, can not only change the world (or a part of it), but can also be satisfying in so many ways (like financially). Witness Yahoo!’s acquisition of Flickr, Konfabulator, and upcoming.org. How long until somebody snaps up Ning? How about the rock stars at 37signals? [...]

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Sponsored by…

September 30th, 2005 No Comments

Go to Google and type in the name of Yahoo’s Chief Data Officer. Check out the sponsored link.

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DEMO

September 19th, 2005 1 Comment

I’ve always had a soft spot for DEMO, a no-nonsense look at emerging technology. For years, Chris Shipley’s been doing a great job picking the new and interesting stuff. Gauge/Accrue had our time at DEMO, and it was greatly rewarding for both the exposure and the contacts we made. DEMOfall ’05 starts today. I won’t [...]

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Writing Press Releases is Hard

July 7th, 2005 No Comments

I probably read (OK, scan) a couple dozen press releases every morning, in the industries (or keywords) that are of interest to me. If you’ve done much of that, you tend to get jaded pretty fast, with organizations announcing essentially nothing, or obviously piggybacking on other big names in the hope that they’ll get some [...]

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I’m a Million-air

July 5th, 2005 2 Comments

I’ve been a frequent flyer on American Airlines for many years. I didn’t know it at the time, but while I was flying back to San Jose from the east coast last month, I had accumulated over a million miles on American since I joined the program. Last week I got a letter from them, [...]

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Apple Browser in Nokia Series 60 phones

June 13th, 2005 1 Comment

Hmm … Apple and Nokia inked a deal to put the open source-based Safari web browser into Nokia Series 60 phones. I wonder if this was initiated by Nokia (in which case I’d say they just wanted an alternative to Opera) or by Apple (in which case something a lot more interesting is happening)? Given [...]

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Authenticating Email

May 12th, 2005 No Comments

I’m at the point where a quick scan of my spam folder tells me if I want to read anything in it. I may even go days at a time without reading anything, and then just dump the whole folder. I’ve had a few false positives — email that wasn’t spam, but looked it for [...]

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