Jeff Nolan's take on innovation, entrepreneurship, tech and stuff that interests me
Mozilla CEO John Lilly is stepping down from that role and leaving the nonprofit, a successor has not been announced. The only reason I am taking the time to post about this is that it is my view that Mozilla is at a crossroads, while accomplishing much over the years it seems to be remembered [...]
I’ve been thinking about buying a minivan… a m.i.n.i.v.a.n. I was feeling pretty down about it and figured the only way I could offset the depression it would certainly evoke is to buy a Maserati Quattroporte at the same time, then I saw this. Add a couple or 3 kids and a minivan starts looking [...]
I went to the RWW Mobile Summit last Friday where in the true unconference style the attendees defined the agenda and developed the conference content at the day transpired. While moderate in size, it was evident in the session proposals that the people attending were mobile insiders with intimate knowledge of the challenges and opportunities [...]
Yesterday we went to a get together with a group of couples I used to see quite frequently many years ago because of shared friendships but have not seen in a few years. I realized that of some of them that I really don’t like them at all and wish to not see them ever [...]
Bing added a new social function to their search which is pretty interesting. You’ve had sharing for certain results like news and entertainment for a few months and now we bring you this sharing experience into Bing Shopping! With a single click you can ask for advice from your friends on Facebook and followers on [...]
- Stanford students detail how their PG&E smart meter was overcharging them, leading PG&E to admit fault in the matter. h/t @zolierdos – What’s happened to Silicon Valley, how access to capital and a screwed up immigration system are threatening the Valley’s future. – Don’t blame Proposition 13. The piece details why Prop 13 critics [...]
Last week I had the opportunity to attend GigaOM’s GreenNet 2010 event, which was looking at how energy solutions are powering a new wave of innovation in Silicon Valley. I was pleased to see that Katie had focused a good amount of the agenda and speaker slots for talks given by regulators and public utility [...]
What exactly is the tip jar at the local coffee place supposed to recognize, excellent cash register operation, and at Starbucks is it for excellent button pushing? How about the car wash, am I supposed to drop a dollar in the tip box because they dried my car really well… how about when they do [...]