The single biggest barrier to innovation is a lack of imagination. The second biggest barrier is the failure to commit to your imagined future state when everyone else tells you that you’ve got it wrong; that you are not making sense; that investors “won’t get it” or some other variation on the theme. As Seth… Continue reading Vision, Innovation and what you think you are doing…
Category: Emerging Technology Practice
Want to get more done… JQuery
I use JQuery… it is the JavaScript framework at work at cosinity. I can categorically state that – while not perfect – JQuery lives up to it’s tag line – “write less, do more”. There is a wonderful tutorial over at WebMonkey entitled Get Started with JQuery that can help you get started. What I’m… Continue reading Want to get more done… JQuery
Klausner Continues To Sue Everyone Over Visual Voicemail Patent
From Techdirt today: You may recall stories involving a small patent holding firm called Klausner Technologies, which claims to hold patents on the concept of “visual voicemail.” It seems to have interpreted these patents pretty broadly to the point that it considers anyone who offers any graphical interface to voicemail as infringing. Over the years,… Continue reading Klausner Continues To Sue Everyone Over Visual Voicemail Patent
It didn’t work… I quit…
Seth Godin reminds us that “new economy” or old – one primary virtue of those who are successful is the ability to persevere. The ability to act near term and plan long term. To not fall into the trap of giving up after the first Angel/VC/Expert smirks at your vision. In short – don’t quit.… Continue reading It didn’t work… I quit…
Free World Dialup moving to $30 annual membership
From Jeff Pulver’s blog this morning comes news that FWD (Free World Dialup) is going to begin charging for VoIP Service. FWD has long had a very large user base and significant challenges generating any revenue from that base… they’ve seen Vonage, Broadvoice etc create businesses from the basic idea they’ve been working since 2001.… Continue reading Free World Dialup moving to $30 annual membership
Goober – every feature you never wanted…
From the folks at TechCrunch comes news of the most featurerific IM client EVER. It has everything… except an real idea about how to use all these neat features to derive real value for customers. This is exactly why I founded cosinity – the primary use of advanced communications technologies seems to be “make something… Continue reading Goober – every feature you never wanted…
Business misconception #1 – You want EVERY customer…
You see, the thing is some of them you don’t want. You want the ones who want what your product (that is the obvious part). But as importantly – I would actually argue more importantly in a world where services and Software as a Service are becoming dominant – they have to want the end… Continue reading Business misconception #1 – You want EVERY customer…
In search of: S3 uptime “perfection”
Jeff Bezos apparently is shooting for uptime “perfection” for Amazon Web Services. I am thrilled to hear this as cosinity makes significant (and growing) use of AWS. I just wonder if “perfection” might be over-reaching a bit.
Wired Review: iPhone 3G Trades Battery Life for Interface
More of the same posted earlier – and my last and final iPhone post. Again – it isn’t the flaws with the device these reviewers are pointing out – it is the universally over hyped, unrealistic expectations Apple generates becase they are so good at creating awe inspiring products. Review: iPhone 3G Trades Battery Life… Continue reading Wired Review: iPhone 3G Trades Battery Life for Interface
CrunchGear – iPhone 3G Review
This little glimpse into the minds of the tech elite should tell you everything you need to know. It isn’t that the 3g iPhone isn’t a great device (I find it ironic that the battery is such an issue… carry around any other 3g device for a day and you’ll find the iPhone is superior… Continue reading CrunchGear – iPhone 3G Review