Archive for August 28th, 2006

28Aug

Well that sucks…

Posted by Jeff as Uncategorized

I guess my Intel Mac running Camino doesn’t qualify. A better way to do this would be to have a blacklist of specs that null you out, e.g. 80386 computer or IE5.1 (is that even a version?). What about mobile devices, is AOL eliminating this part of the market with their “spec police” approach? Guess [...]

28Aug

Temporary Cults

Posted by Jeff as Entrepreneurship

Silicon Valley’s own brand of Stockholm Syndrome. SiliconBeat: Roundup — collective delusion &#38: “Any time you isolate people, bind them together and work them like dogs, it’s very powerful. You can get an enormous amount done when you create a place of such total focus and collective delusion.”

28Aug

New book for review

Posted by Jeff as Uncategorized

I just received a new book in the mail (one of the benefits of blogging is that PR groups send you free stuff). The cover letter starts out, in big bold type, “making your attitude your greatest asset”. How appropriate, at least it gave me a laugh this morning, a much needed laugh. “The Difference [...]

28Aug

On Being Fuzzy

Posted by Jeff as Companies, Marketing

“Google is fuzzy because we yet not know, Microsoft is fuzzy because we do.” This is quite possibly the most insightful comment in the entire thread about the double standard that exists for how bloggers treat Google vs. Microsoft. I won’t wade into the debate about the double standard, which there clearly is, but it’s [...]

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