Craigslist Meets the Capitalist

This is pretty funny… you can’t deny that Craigslist is one of the most durable destination sites on the entire internet, and equally the most unlikely success given that the user interface is positively primitive and it can be amazingly frustrating to use but amazingly effective at the same time. I use it craigslist regularly, […]

Google Announces Transferable Stock Options

This is an interesting move by Google, it effectively creates liquidity for vested but unexercised options. I would be curious to know what the tax implications are, if any, beyond simply exercising and selling the stock. While this is all well and good for employees by making it easier to sell options through the privileged […]

LeWeb LeSucked

Sure glad I didn’t invest the time and money to go that event. When I was at IT@Cork a couple of weeks ago more than a couple of people asked me if I was going but I really couldn’t justify the expense even though it was talked up as one of the must go events […]

Who Says Macs Aren’t Used In Businesses?

When I’m at conferences or in any group of people I can’t help but take a quick survey of macs vs. windows laptops and consistently it runs about 50/50, which is obviously out of spectrum for the broader market but should nonetheless be very concerning for Microsoft because Apple’s quarterly data does point to a […]

Memo to PR firms

When you include the following phrase in your email/letter to a blogger:

This note is not authorized for posting on your blog.

You are begging them to post it… try a little reverse psychology instead. Technorati Tags: PR, public relations

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Some venture capitalists switching sides

This resonates with me big time. My last couple of years as a VC I would sit in first meetings with entrepreneurs and know in 5 minutes that I wasn’t interested but didn’t have the balls to cut it short by saying “hey this isn’t for me and I don’t want to waste your time”. […]

Maybe It Should Be Called “The Puritanical Open Source Society”

I’m kind of tired of these debates about whether something is open source enough or adheres to Stallman’esque values of what free software is supposed to adhere to. There is a further sense of irony that in order for something to be “open” it has to be approved by someone. Having said that, the OSI […]

LEGO Blocks, Software, Design Mentality, and Random Thoughts

UPDATE: It turns out that it wasn’t quite “5 minutes” but the better part of 1 day… ZapThink Research published a piece called “The Lego Model of SOA” shortly after I wrote this post…

Thomas wrote a good post about the “LEGO Block Syndrome” in software and Hasso Plattner’s continued efforts to shake the industry loose […]

William “Cooler” Jefferson Win in LA, Business as Usual

When voters have the perception that all politicians are “crooks and liars” it is less shocking when evidence is produced that indicates a specific politician actually is. This is the danger that that the last 25 years of Congress has unleashed, the voting public has lowered the bar for ethics, and even legal behavior, dramatically […]

Gender Bias

Back in October when Ismael hosted his Office 2.0 conference there was a dustup about the speaker roster featuring almost exclusively men. It was a good learning experience for everyone involved in this conference and a strong effort was made to correct the imbalance.

I see Office 2.0, located in the Silicon Valley the very bastion […]

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