Monthly Archives: August 2010

The first step is to start →

August 31, 2010

37signals: Start making something. If you want to learn web design, make a website. Want to be an entreprenuer and start a business selling web based products? Make an app. Maybe you don’t have the skills yet, but why worry … Continue reading →

Facebook Places

August 19, 2010

Not sure I’m buying Facebook’s seemingly inclusive partnership positioning with regard to Places. Seems that in one fell swoop they’ve managed to marginalize the 2 leading check-in start-ups to, at best, Facebook apps that duplicate what is now core functionality … Continue reading →

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Japan takes vending machines to their logical, 47-inch touchscreen extreme →

August 11, 2010

Engadget: An embedded camera will recognize your gender and age, allowing the machine to recommend a beverage suitable to whatever stereotype is attached to your particular circumstances.

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Why Bigger Pictures Won’t Make YouTube Any Better →

August 9, 2010

Neato. AdAge published my piece on YouTube’s 4k video format.

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Google And Verizon Reiterate Their Love For The Open Internet →

August 9, 2010

Amusing quote from Google CEO Eric Schmidt when read out of context: We love the Internet and we have no intention of doing anything other than the Internet.

Cognitive Surplus →

August 8, 2010

Book Review – Cognitive Surplus – By Clay Shirky – NYTimes.com: In the age of “The Sopranos,” “The Wire,” “Lost” and “Mad Men,” TV has achieved a measure of cultural respectability that would flummox longtime naysayers. The guy who constantly … Continue reading →

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Christopher Nolan’s “Implementation” →

August 8, 2010

Goings On: Shouts & Murmurs: Christopher Nolan’s “Implementation” : The New Yorker You have three minutes to make a PowerPoint presentation that will take me three hours to click through.