Jeff Nolan's take on innovation, entrepreneurship, tech and stuff that interests me
Who would have expected that the biggest competition for Vista would be Windows itself. It is obvious, both anecdotally and statistically, that Windows XP remains absurdly sticky in the market and consumers see little reason to upgrade to Vista, and enterprises will force Microsoft to continue to support XP for a very long time. There’s [...]
Swung down to the UTR event on mobility today. I missed the morning session because I had to go to traffic court ($122, no traffic school option), so I missed the search and discovery session that featured two of my recent favorite companies, Boopsie and Buzzwire, and the publishing platform session featuring Mobio. Here in [...]
If you are at all interesting in the entertainment industry, intersection of entertainment content and technology, new markets, venture capital, or entrepreneurship, you must read Andreessen’s post: Suppose the writers’ strike continues for months to come — and even beyond that, suppose the actors or the directors also go on strike. In such a scenario, [...]
Okay, I can’t even tell you how useful this is. Click on any address in an email message and view a Google map. The only thing that could make this better is a send-to-phone option.
“Even as Governor Deval Patrick seeks to license three resort casinos in Massachusetts, he hopes to clamp down on the explosion in Internet gambling by making it illegal for state residents to place a bet on line. He has proposed jail terms of up to two years and $25,000 fines for violators.”” – link via [...]
Whenever debates flair up about the merits of free content versus premium subscription content, well someone has to throw up the Wall St. Journal’s online efforts. I heard this over and over when I first argued that TimesSelect was a stupid idea, and whenever TimesSelect was debated, the WSJ came up. Partly because the web [...]
Over on our EnterpriseRSS blog there is a developing series of posts about what it means to develop applications for Google’s OpenSocial. Authored by Brian Kellner, VP Products for NewsGator, the posts offer a level of granularity not found in alot of the coverage I have been reading. NewsGator, Google, OpenSocial
“A dispute currently pits the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton, California, against MADD. The Corps wants Marines serving under the age of 21 to have the right to consume alcoholic beverages. MADD is steadfastly opposed, and is spear-heading efforts to block the Corps from accomplishing this feat.” I am going with the Marines in [...]
I forgot to post for last week’s book giveaway, what with Defrag and everything I was preoccupied. Tonight I am putting up 10 license for the best in class NetNewsWire and/or FeedDemon RSS client applications for Mac and Windows respectively. The way it will work is that the first 10 people to comment win, please [...]