Schadenfreude

There’s something wickedly ironic about the second largest OPEC oil exporter having to ration gasoline in their own country. Maybe they should invest in ethanol production, increase fuel economy standards, and invest in fuel cell technology R&D? Actually, now that I think about it, perhaps it’s karmic payback for the gas rationing that took place […]

Offshoring Myself

"About a year ago I hired a developer in India to do my job. I pay him $12,000 to do the job I get paid $67,000 for. He’s happy to have the work. I’m happy that I only have to work 90 minutes a day, talking code. My employer thinks I’m […]

Microsoft Contacts API

Microsoft has this really cool API for contact management in Windows Live. There was a little blogosphere kerfuffle about a few weeks ago over Microsoft’s issues with Atom for managing data, specifically why Microsoft thinks that Google’s GData (which is Atom-based) is insufficient. I’m not going to rehash that exchange, mostly because the level of […]

Their Package is Definitely Bigger Than Mine

"I’m told that MySpace founders Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson have made a very aggressive (some would term it rather fanciful) compensation proposal to owner News Corp for when their contract is up in October. They’re asking Peter Chernin and Rupert Murdoch for a 2-year deal worth $50 million total. That […]

Lijit Raises $3.3m

Lijit is an interesting personal search offering for blogs, I’ve been using it for about a month and like it. In addition to great search capabilities, the company also delivers stats to you on a weekly basis detailing the user initiated search details. On other very cool feature is that you can upload your OPML […]

About That Facebook Viral Thing…

A lot of people have asked me about my interest in Facebook and what I mean by “viral looping” and Facebook as a distribution platform. Here’s how it works.

There’s a feed on your Facebook homepage that tells you what your friends are doingIncluded in that feed are the applications they are adding or removing from […]

More on the iPhone Hype

AT&T and Apple announced 3 calling plans for the iPhone, Om pretty much sums it up:

"These plans are no different than what AT&T actually offers right now on its website, except that the array of choices on their website can give any one a headache. Apple has kept it simple."

$99 for […]

Mobile App Development

Received this inquiry and couldn’t provide any pointers, so I’m throwing it out here hoping someone more knowledgeable on the sector can help a friend.

"Jeff, do you know of any company that offers cellphone application creation service/hosting. i.e. zoho, weebly, etc. for laypeople but for mobile apps?"

Tags: mobile apps, development

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Visit With Informatica

I was over at Informatica this afternoon talking with a couple of their guys about a wide range of topics… seriously, we covered everything from alternative fuels to third party enterprise software maintenance. What I really appreciated was that this was truly a conversation without agenda, the kind of experience that is rare these days.

As […]

iPhone Madness

The iPhone is almost here, the iPhone is almost here! I realize that we, as an industry, desperately need these events now that the launch of a new version of Windows no longer causes people to camp out overnight at Fry’s and Playstation extravaganzas leave unsold consoles on store shelves, but crikey this iPhone tug-o-hype […]

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