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Premium services coming for Blogger.com
Premium services coming for Blogger.com ::: This isn’t necessarily big news for most readers, but as a recent convert to the world of “blogger”, I’m at least happy about this. Some background: What you’re reading is a self-published “weblog”. There’s no real magic behind the scenes, though anyone who has tried to maintain a web…
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Gates at CES ::: In
Gates at CES ::: In contrast to Steve Jobs’ announcement at MacWorld, Bill Gates actually announced something innovative. You’ll get no argument from me that Jobs’ marketing acumen was in full force this week ( getting Time to guarantee a cover story about a new monitor), but what Microsoft talked about at the International Consumer…
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Morrie Shechtman on leadership :::
Morrie Shechtman on leadership ::: I’m down in Florida at the Winning Is Everything conference (two days, accountants only. You know you’re jealous!), and the afternoon’s keynote presenter was Morrie Shechtman, author of Working Without a Net. Put simply, if you ever get a chance to sit in a room where he’s presenting, don’t miss…
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Jobs: Flat-panel iMacs on the
Jobs: Flat-panel iMacs on the way – Tech News – CNET.com ::: This is what he was talking about last week when he said it would be “bigger than all the rumor sites’ predictions”? I must be missing something. Yes, it’s elegant. And yes, it’s very, very different than what other PC manufacturers are coming…
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Recession’s over, according to Tom
Recession’s over, according to Tom Siebel ::: Even though my company competes with Siebel on occasion, I have to admit I admire the company and the way Siebel has started and run it. This is a great article in Forbes (you’ll need to register; don’t worry, it’s free) that talks about how Siebel saw the…
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Climbing to Greatness with Jim
Climbing to Greatness with Jim Collins ::: I just started reading Good to Great by Jim Collins last night. If the rest of the book is as good as the article above (from Booz Allen’s strategy+business magazine), or last fall’s article in Fast Company, it’s going to be a very enlightening read. Most surprising is…
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FBI May Use Keystroke-Recording Device
FBI May Use Keystroke-Recording Device Without Wiretap Order ::: Turns out that Pretty Good Privacy ain’t so good if the FBI has you in their sights. Nicodemo Scarfo Jr. is an allged crime boss who was indicted in June, 2000 for loan-sharking and gambling charges. What makes the case interesting is that the government obtained…
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I Can’t Stop Thinking! #5
I Can’t Stop Thinking! #5 ::: OK, this should be my last post on micropayments. But this comic strip by Scott McCloud is a great explanation of how micropayments might work, why they’re good for content providers, and how consumers would benefit. (Found a link to this from James Gleick’s home page, who has his…
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Micropayments won’t work ::: Josh
Micropayments won’t work ::: Josh Marshall, the man behind Talking Points Memo, responded to my post on micropayments by saying that he doesn’t see them addressing the needs of web content providers. But as we’ll see, it’s exactly those other content providers who need micropayments to work – because the advertising model is not supporting…
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TiVo’s year-end sales appear strong
TiVo’s year-end sales appear strong ::: To have a TiVo box is to be a TiVo evangelist. This is a piece of technology the whole family can get behind (as evidenced by the variety of “season passes” in our house: Sesame Street, Rolie Polie Olie, Sopranos, Sex and the City, West Wing, The Larry Sanders…