Scott Kirsner has written a very provocative piece in Innovation Economy which questions the value of the many VC’s in the Waltham 128 beltway especially compared to VC’s in Boston. Here is my response to his post…. Scott, Its great that you are shaking things up, much like taking a baseball bat to hit a […]
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Telling a Story
Time is short for everyone. Fewer people are being asked to do more and more work. Information overload has hit us hard. The tools to produce jazzy, multimedia presentations are ever stronger. All of the above suggests that presentations are therefore even harder to make memorable. No one has the time to listen to you […]
Continue Reading...Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation — Perception vs Reality
We all have experiences with how perception often overrides reality. What appears to be true is much more appealing than what is true. As I read Team of Rivals by Doris Goodwin, I was continually struck by how our perception of the events of the day are far different than the reality. The latest reality […]
Continue Reading...Content vs Delivery — Can You Do Both? NO!
Today, Hearst has announced (http://tinyurl.com/cy9zmu) that they are likely to come out with their own Kindle. What a bad idea. Sorry Hearst. You have great content, but why on earth would a user want to have multiple reading devices. Am I missing something here? Yes they say that the size will be different to accommodate […]
Continue Reading...Lemons for others are lemonade for us
Its becoming very apparent that we are in an economic slowdown/recession/retraction, whatever you want to call this. An obvious consequence of this belt tightening is that teens will be trimmed on their spending habits. The NY Times has a great article on this shift. But while many physical good companies that sell to teens will […]
Continue Reading...Why on earth do we need a tabletop PC?
That was the question my teenage boy threw back at me. He thought it was one of the stupidest tech things he had heard in a while. See story. Hmmm. Either Microsoft is going entirely against the grain or they are creating a clunker. My bet is the latter. I can’t see it either. If […]
Continue Reading...Can Microsoft Make it any Harder
The XBOX 360 is a great machine, but god help you if something goes wrong with it or it doesn’t perform as advertised. Connecting the 360 to Windows Live is a consumer’s nightmare and an engineer’s dream project. First, only selected routers can be used to connect with the XBOX. If you have Belkin or […]
Continue Reading...Gmail Contacts is BrainDead
I am not a Google hater, but some of their designs and functionality completely escape me. The latest in my rants is their contact management capability in Gmail. Its not just broken, its braindead. Who doesn’t need contacts to synch with other applications? And what’s the complication in providing an export facility that works off […]
Continue Reading...I can’t take it
The Phillies are in the hunt again. Its been so long and so disappointing. I am afraid to get my hopes up. The NY Times did a wonderful piece on them today. Its scary
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