Jeff Nolan's take on innovation, entrepreneurship, tech and stuff that interests me
I have been in Orlando for the Sapphire event and while I missed day 1 I did take in the full experience yesterday. With no particular narrative here is a summary of thoughts I collected. Sapphire is huge, the main pavilion is easily 3-4x the size of Dreamforce and the energy is studious and focused. [...]
Dan Gillmor is critical of the NYTimes decision to require Facebook login for verified identity, which brings with it greater access to services in their online offerings. News organizations that use Facebook for login to comments and other features are unbelievably short-sighted. Which, of course, is absolutely nothing new. Normally I would be at the [...]
I have had the need to contact 3 different companies today through their call center numbers and I’m done… I simply don’t have any more time to give these companies with all the other stuff I have to do. First there is the IVR system… Then there is the obligatory customer/account/confirmation number dance, I punch [...]
“Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson I have two experiences that have taught me more about the human condition than all other things in life combined, being a parent and being an integral part of a small company. What I have concluded is that fear [...]