Archive for July, 2006

Wow, it’s a banner day here at Venture Chronicles! I get to post 2 items today about Jonathan Schwartz and blogs. So picture this if you will, Britain’s Prime Minister Blair is at a round table discussion with CEOs from a range of Valley heavy weight companies and Schwartz pipes up: “Tony, I know you [...]

31Jul

Just what does a CEO do?

Posted by Jeff as Blogs

In reading this article featuring Jonathan Schwartz from Sun I was struck by a couple thoughts. The first being the fixation on whether or not CEOs blog, which are usually cries heard from bloggers themselves and the equivalent of adolescents seeking the approval of adults. I think that the addition of large company CEOs to [...]

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Possible Follow Through Day
Trading Academy - Episode 4: Stocks and Shares
Finally, knowing your President!
How to Beat the Market
Read more on Wharf (HLDGS), Sun, Cheung Kong (HLDGS) at Wikinvest

The screenshot says it all… not only do I need IE6 (no word on whether IE7 is acceptable), but I need Media Player 10 (10! ferchristsakes, at this point just call it “Media Player”), and Flash 6. The screenshot tells you “to download these free software applications, click on the links below…”. What links, there [...]

More on this topic (What's this?) Read more on Hang Lung GRP at Wikinvest

31Jul

Beta Meter

Posted by Jeff as Innovation

Writely has a really interesting approach to their beta status… they allow users to vote on whether they are ready or not. The “beta meter” is currently running at 62%. Technorati Tags: writely

I’ve been using a beta version of Cogenz’s social bookmarking service. First and foremost, Cogenz is different from public bookmarking sites in that organizations can get a “silo” for their users to post bookmarks into, thereby fulfilling the “enterprise” part of their pitch. Because I’m the only one using this at SAP (as far as [...]

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(IM) Ingram Micro and SAP Join Forces
(SAP) SAP to Acquire Camilion
New US Equity Low Volatility ETF from BMO
Read more on Beta, SAP AG at Wikinvest

31Jul

Wiki Wednesdays

Posted by Jeff as Wikis

Wiki Wednesday is this week, sign up on the wiki (of course). Featured this week is Jeremy Ruston, the creator of TiddlyWiki.

Apple is recalling 15″ MacBook Pro batteries. I was wondering why my battery life did not seem so great… 15-inch MacBook Pro Battery Exchange Program: Technorati Tags: Apple, Mac, MacBook Pro

I had a family commitment that prevented me from attending this event, I really do wish I could have made it. Business 2.0 Party For Om Malik – a photoset on Flickr:

Just a few years ago it was that the Palo Alto Daily News was the best source for reviews on local (and regional for that matter) restaurants and attractions. They approached it like all newspapers do, send out a reviewer and write a review, many of which were out-of-date and in some cases just inaccurate. [...]

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Sequester Holding Americans Hostage
Newspaper Paywalls
Read more on OpenTable, Newspapers at Wikinvest

I’d love to comment on this in detail, but I am feeling a little brain dead this morning so all I’ll say is that I think Peter has hit on something meaningful with his post about business models. Having said that, it has been my observation that when most people ask the “what is your [...]

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OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING://STM meets Web 2.0
KEYNOTE://Innovation in voice
Disruption, Web 2.0 Style
Reciprocal Review Carousel
Read more on Web 2.0 at Wikinvest

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