Fedora Releases Alpha Preview of Next-Gen Linux

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

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…

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…

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

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