Fedora 10 alpha has been released… if you are interested follow the jump. From Wired: While it won’t be ready for a wide release until September, the first alpha of Fedora 10 Linux has been released. The open source desktop environment offers previews of many tweaks that make it more usable for non-geeks, including better… Continue reading Fedora Releases Alpha Preview of Next-Gen Linux
Category: Innovation
Twitter’s Business Model? Apparently a charity…
First let me say I’m a fan of Twitter… and use it on a daily basis… News from Wired today that Biz Stone over at Twitter thinks… well I’ll let him speak for himself: [From Twitter’s Business Model? Well, Ummmm…] Blogs and news sites buzzed the next day about how Twitter had ushered in a… Continue reading Twitter’s Business Model? Apparently a charity…
Just because someone miss-uses something doesn’t make it bad…
Articles like this make me nervous: VoIP scam bilking Islanders – from CBC News Caller ID unreliable Caller ID on your phone will not help you identify the origin of the caller, said MacLean. “In some cases, these fraudsters will actually use spoof legitimate-looking numbers,” he said. “On your caller ID it may appear that… Continue reading Just because someone miss-uses something doesn’t make it bad…
Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference
Registration is open for the Arizona Entrepreneurship Conference to be held on November 19th. You know I’ll be there… Details after the jump…
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…
IPhone 3G Users Complain About Network Issues
Oddly, in Phoenix I’ve found much better reception overall on 3g. Most of the time when on EDGE calls drop and the sound quality in both directions is terrible. Granted, at&t needs to start moving more heavily to 3g for a more consistent, stronger signal. Complaints are mounting among iPhone users about the quality and… Continue reading IPhone 3G Users Complain About Network Issues
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
I’ll say it again… Innovaiton is a process
The New York Times published an article yesterday entitled Eureka! It Really Takes Years of Hard Work in which they point out (rightly so) that innovation is not an epiphany… but a slow process of building on what you know. … innovation is a slow process of accretion, building small insight upon interesting fact upon… Continue reading I’ll say it again… Innovaiton is a process