IN SHANGHAI... CANNOT ACCESS MY BLOG
Christine and I landed in Shanghai a few hours ago. My cousin, Jim, and his wife, Kelly, picked us up from the airport and dropped us off at our hotel, which is in the hip part of the city. We're going to see them tomorrow for dinner.
There is no San Francisco equivalent to a district like this where it's urban, hip, and ritzy with energy flowing. The area is like the Gold Coast in Chicago, Soho in NYC, or Chungdam Dong in Seoul.
After I started my MacBook, I couldn't access my blog or other blogspot.com URLs. I know a while back the Chinese government blocked access to Blogger and some other blog companies for a bit, but I thought that was temporary. Weird thing is that I can access Blogger that allows me to post on my blog here. I was about to use our GoingOn alpha to post here, but since this works I went ahead and started typing away.
Anyway, I have to catch up on emails and some work, so I'll post more later.
Junto Boyz
Friday, March 31, 2006
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OFF TO SHANGHAI AND BEIJING
Just running around with planning and operational meetings today. I also have to get ready for my trip to China. I'm taking off tomorrow and coming back April 9. It will be good to see my friends in both cities.
I don't think I'll be able to blog for a couple days, so have a great week and weekend!
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Just running around with planning and operational meetings today. I also have to get ready for my trip to China. I'm taking off tomorrow and coming back April 9. It will be good to see my friends in both cities.
I don't think I'll be able to blog for a couple days, so have a great week and weekend!
"SELF-MADE MEDIA"
Glenn Reynolds has an interesting article YouTube. Somewhat related to my recent article at AlwaysOn. Anyway, check it out:
I've been writing about this for a while, but it just keeps happening: Ordinary people doing things that used to be beyond the reach of ordinary people, thanks to technology.
A relatively new service called You Tube (motto "Broadcast Yourself") is just another example. KCRW's Rob Long of KCRW says that the broadcast industry is threatened:
"Right now, there are two kinds of people in the entertainment industry. Those who've heard of You Tube, and those who haven't. Which is to say that some of us are a little worried, and some of us aren't. Yet." (full article)
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Glenn Reynolds has an interesting article YouTube. Somewhat related to my recent article at AlwaysOn. Anyway, check it out:
I've been writing about this for a while, but it just keeps happening: Ordinary people doing things that used to be beyond the reach of ordinary people, thanks to technology.
A relatively new service called You Tube (motto "Broadcast Yourself") is just another example. KCRW's Rob Long of KCRW says that the broadcast industry is threatened:
"Right now, there are two kinds of people in the entertainment industry. Those who've heard of You Tube, and those who haven't. Which is to say that some of us are a little worried, and some of us aren't. Yet." (full article)
SILICON MONEY... "NONPROFITS ARE TRUE POWERBROKERS"
CNET has a good series and overview of the growing lobbying power among tech companies. The title is a bit misleading since I don't consider lobbying associations "nonprofits."
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CNET has a good series and overview of the growing lobbying power among tech companies. The title is a bit misleading since I don't consider lobbying associations "nonprofits."
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
FACEBOOK $750 MILLION?... WHATEVER
Chatter today about BusinessWeek's article on Facebook. Supposedly they passed on a $750 offer. If they did, they are right up their with Friendster passing on Yahoo!'s offer. I'm guessing the $750 million is a bogus deal used to drum up interest.
CNET has a summary of blogosphere comments here. Om has comments here and TechCrunch has comments here.
What should a company pay for access to almost every college student in the U.S.? Will their presence stay strong within this age group? Will it continue to grow like MySpace, especially after piggybacking off a media empire like Fox? Can they expand into other age groups? Eyeballing... I'd say $400 million :)
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Chatter today about BusinessWeek's article on Facebook. Supposedly they passed on a $750 offer. If they did, they are right up their with Friendster passing on Yahoo!'s offer. I'm guessing the $750 million is a bogus deal used to drum up interest.
CNET has a summary of blogosphere comments here. Om has comments here and TechCrunch has comments here.
What should a company pay for access to almost every college student in the U.S.? Will their presence stay strong within this age group? Will it continue to grow like MySpace, especially after piggybacking off a media empire like Fox? Can they expand into other age groups? Eyeballing... I'd say $400 million :)
BACK FROM PRINCETON AND NYC... KASCON XX
Christine and I went to Princeton University on Friday and Saturday for the 20th annual Korean American Students Conference. It's the largest annual ethnic students' conference in North America with anywhere from 400 to 1,500 students attending each year. I serve on the board of the parent organization of this conference called the Mirae Foundation. "Mirae" means future in Korean.
It's amazing that the conference has survived this long being a student run and with the limited manpower Mirae has had over the past several years. I organized KASCON VI during college and co-founded Mirae with about 8 others in 1994. We were very active in the early years, but during the boom times almost everyone took off to start a new company. I recently got back into the fold last year while my friends, Thomas and Kevin, have been holding the fort but they have reached a point where they are running on fumes. So this year was a great excuse to rally the troops and see if we can reorganize and rebuild this organization into a national organization for Korean Americans. Wait and see... a lot of hard work ahead.
We also got a chance to drop through NYC and visit my younger brother, Lenny, and his wife and newborn! I was great to see my nephew, Matthew. He's definitely a very good looking kid. Not being biased or thinking all Asian babies are cute (you should see some of my friends kids). He is a calm kid and great to just look at. Anyway, back to work.
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Christine and I went to Princeton University on Friday and Saturday for the 20th annual Korean American Students Conference. It's the largest annual ethnic students' conference in North America with anywhere from 400 to 1,500 students attending each year. I serve on the board of the parent organization of this conference called the Mirae Foundation. "Mirae" means future in Korean.
It's amazing that the conference has survived this long being a student run and with the limited manpower Mirae has had over the past several years. I organized KASCON VI during college and co-founded Mirae with about 8 others in 1994. We were very active in the early years, but during the boom times almost everyone took off to start a new company. I recently got back into the fold last year while my friends, Thomas and Kevin, have been holding the fort but they have reached a point where they are running on fumes. So this year was a great excuse to rally the troops and see if we can reorganize and rebuild this organization into a national organization for Korean Americans. Wait and see... a lot of hard work ahead.
We also got a chance to drop through NYC and visit my younger brother, Lenny, and his wife and newborn! I was great to see my nephew, Matthew. He's definitely a very good looking kid. Not being biased or thinking all Asian babies are cute (you should see some of my friends kids). He is a calm kid and great to just look at. Anyway, back to work.
Thursday, March 23, 2006
OPEN MARKETING, MARK WARNER, AND PODCASTING REVIEW
My colleague, Valerie, has a good article over at AlwaysOn titled, "Open Up or Shut Up," and my fellow columnist, Eric Janszen and David Scott Lewis, have some great articles to check out.
Open Up or Shut Up (Part 1) by Valerie Cunningham
CEOs, marketing executives, and PR professionals who don't have the courage to deploy new open media tools will be left behind.
Meet Mark Warner, the Next U.S. President by Eric Janszen
AO's citizen economist makes a bold prediction.
Podcasting and Vlogging Redux by David Scott Lewis
A how-to tutorial and guide to about 70 products and services
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My colleague, Valerie, has a good article over at AlwaysOn titled, "Open Up or Shut Up," and my fellow columnist, Eric Janszen and David Scott Lewis, have some great articles to check out.
Open Up or Shut Up (Part 1) by Valerie Cunningham
CEOs, marketing executives, and PR professionals who don't have the courage to deploy new open media tools will be left behind.
Meet Mark Warner, the Next U.S. President by Eric Janszen
AO's citizen economist makes a bold prediction.
Podcasting and Vlogging Redux by David Scott Lewis
A how-to tutorial and guide to about 70 products and services
MEDIA BIAS AGAIN... POWERLINE PUTS THE LAST NAIL IN THE COFFIN ON "BUSH'S LYING"
Love posts like this one:
The headline and subhead read: "Iraqi diplomat gave U.S. prewar WMD details. Saddam’s foreign minister told CIA the truth, so why didn’t agency listen?"
You have to read deep into the story to learn that Sabri told the CIA that Iraq had large stockpiles of chemical weapons:
Sabri said Iraq had stockpiled weapons and had "poison gas" left over from the first Gulf War. Both Sabri and the agency were wrong.
So NBC had a legitimate scoop, and they buried it in a single sentence beneath a grotesquely misleading headline.
Obviously, if Saddam's Foreign Minister admitted that Iraq had large stockpiles of chemical weapons and leftover poison gas, that would have been seen as the final confirmation of what everyone in the intelligence community already believed. And Sabri's statement that Saddam "desperately wanted a [nuclear bomb]" but would need more than a few months to a year to build one--bizarrely presented as exculpatory by NBC--would hardly have been reassuring. (full post)
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Love posts like this one:
The headline and subhead read: "Iraqi diplomat gave U.S. prewar WMD details. Saddam’s foreign minister told CIA the truth, so why didn’t agency listen?"
You have to read deep into the story to learn that Sabri told the CIA that Iraq had large stockpiles of chemical weapons:
Sabri said Iraq had stockpiled weapons and had "poison gas" left over from the first Gulf War. Both Sabri and the agency were wrong.
So NBC had a legitimate scoop, and they buried it in a single sentence beneath a grotesquely misleading headline.
Obviously, if Saddam's Foreign Minister admitted that Iraq had large stockpiles of chemical weapons and leftover poison gas, that would have been seen as the final confirmation of what everyone in the intelligence community already believed. And Sabri's statement that Saddam "desperately wanted a [nuclear bomb]" but would need more than a few months to a year to build one--bizarrely presented as exculpatory by NBC--would hardly have been reassuring. (full post)
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
YAHOO'S JEREMY ZAWODNY TAKE ON GOOGLE FINANCE... IT MAKES HIM SAD
Jeremy Zawodny has a very open and critical post on Yahoo! Finance in light of Google Finance's recent launch.
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Jeremy Zawodny has a very open and critical post on Yahoo! Finance in light of Google Finance's recent launch.
INSTAPUNDIT ASKS "ARE NEWSPAPERS IN TROUBLE?"
Glenn Reynolds has a good piece over at TCS Daily and some recommendations for the dying newspaper industry. I like his third and fourth points, so I'll skip to those here:
Third, I'd stop insulting readers. As Malone notes, many newspapers lean left; they're out of touch, as numerous surveys demonstrate, with the attitudes of most Americans. Often, like George Clooney (spokesman for another declining industry), they celebrate this disconnect. They shouldn't. People don't like being preached to, or manipulated, and they are increasingly unwilling to pay for that now that they have alternatives. So stop; give them the news, with as little bias as possible.
Fourth, I'd get readers involved. I'd incorporate readers and bloggers into the reporting, fact-checking, and revision of news stories. I'd be generous about handing out credit, too -- people will do a lot for a little bit of ego gratification. With digital cameras, cameraphones, etc., all over, there's usually somebody on the scene when something happens. I'd take advantage of that. I'd also take advantage of readers with special expertise in particular areas -- in fact, I'd build a roster of those people and use them as color commentators on stories in their areas. If union rules interfered, well, see above. (full article)
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Glenn Reynolds has a good piece over at TCS Daily and some recommendations for the dying newspaper industry. I like his third and fourth points, so I'll skip to those here:
Third, I'd stop insulting readers. As Malone notes, many newspapers lean left; they're out of touch, as numerous surveys demonstrate, with the attitudes of most Americans. Often, like George Clooney (spokesman for another declining industry), they celebrate this disconnect. They shouldn't. People don't like being preached to, or manipulated, and they are increasingly unwilling to pay for that now that they have alternatives. So stop; give them the news, with as little bias as possible.
Fourth, I'd get readers involved. I'd incorporate readers and bloggers into the reporting, fact-checking, and revision of news stories. I'd be generous about handing out credit, too -- people will do a lot for a little bit of ego gratification. With digital cameras, cameraphones, etc., all over, there's usually somebody on the scene when something happens. I'd take advantage of that. I'd also take advantage of readers with special expertise in particular areas -- in fact, I'd build a roster of those people and use them as color commentators on stories in their areas. If union rules interfered, well, see above. (full article)
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
"FORGET THE LONG TAIL!"... MY TAKE ON THE VIDEO SPACE
Some of you might not know, but I have a column at AlwaysOn covering the blogging, social networking, and overall Web 2.0 space. I'm suppose to be a part-time columnist (every 2-3 weeks), but I think I should be called a "one-time columnist" since the last time I wrote a piece was almost 5 months ago.
Yeah, I'm pretty lame. I missed the opportunity to write at least 3 good articles I had brewing in my head but didn't due to my day job. Anyway, I had fun with this piece and my initial rush job was tweaked several times to have more focus since I could have written about several issues I see within the video and entertainment industry. Rich, the managing editor at AlwaysOn, was the primary source of guidance, which I appreciated. He even thought of the title (thanks, rich!). Of course, Jill, my editor, helped in the normal editing process she goes through... once a year :)
Anyway, check it out!
Forget the Long Tail!
For video, it will be the big and mid-size players that win in the end.
A little over a year ago, I predicted that the PC would become an entertainment epicenter for U.S. consumers, much as it has in South Korea, where more than 70% of the residents cite the PC (over TV) as their preferred source of entertainment. (See "Where Technology Is Ubiquitous, Opportunity Abounds," January 2005.) Little did I realize how quickly my prediction could become a reality. A year later, my wife and I are watching episodes of "Lost" on my laptop's 15.4-inch screen. And when we're not doing that we're marveling over the perfectly visible beads of sweat on Kobe Bryant's face, thanks to our 50-inch plasma TV and a subscription to Comcast HDTV. Like the rest of America, our viewing habits are changing based on convenience and advancements in picture technology—and the ramifications of this for content producers could be monumental.
With their distribution channels disrupted and user-generated content on the rise, the lords of big media and entertainment are looking over their shoulders. And well they should: Thanks to new players like video-sharing services vSocial and Ourmedia, online editing and publishing service VideoEgg, and distribution platform Brightcove, just about anyone can create, edit, distribute, and even receive widespread recognition for his or her creative work today without the help of a major studio. But this isn't a story of the long tail; the hit makers will get richer. Instead, it's a story of the wide range of new revenue opportunities that are available to established and mid-size players in this evolving media landscape. (full article)
UPDATE: David Beisel, a VC at Masthead Ventures, has a response to my post, "Go Medium or Go Home?"
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Some of you might not know, but I have a column at AlwaysOn covering the blogging, social networking, and overall Web 2.0 space. I'm suppose to be a part-time columnist (every 2-3 weeks), but I think I should be called a "one-time columnist" since the last time I wrote a piece was almost 5 months ago.
Yeah, I'm pretty lame. I missed the opportunity to write at least 3 good articles I had brewing in my head but didn't due to my day job. Anyway, I had fun with this piece and my initial rush job was tweaked several times to have more focus since I could have written about several issues I see within the video and entertainment industry. Rich, the managing editor at AlwaysOn, was the primary source of guidance, which I appreciated. He even thought of the title (thanks, rich!). Of course, Jill, my editor, helped in the normal editing process she goes through... once a year :)
Anyway, check it out!
Forget the Long Tail!
For video, it will be the big and mid-size players that win in the end.
A little over a year ago, I predicted that the PC would become an entertainment epicenter for U.S. consumers, much as it has in South Korea, where more than 70% of the residents cite the PC (over TV) as their preferred source of entertainment. (See "Where Technology Is Ubiquitous, Opportunity Abounds," January 2005.) Little did I realize how quickly my prediction could become a reality. A year later, my wife and I are watching episodes of "Lost" on my laptop's 15.4-inch screen. And when we're not doing that we're marveling over the perfectly visible beads of sweat on Kobe Bryant's face, thanks to our 50-inch plasma TV and a subscription to Comcast HDTV. Like the rest of America, our viewing habits are changing based on convenience and advancements in picture technology—and the ramifications of this for content producers could be monumental.
With their distribution channels disrupted and user-generated content on the rise, the lords of big media and entertainment are looking over their shoulders. And well they should: Thanks to new players like video-sharing services vSocial and Ourmedia, online editing and publishing service VideoEgg, and distribution platform Brightcove, just about anyone can create, edit, distribute, and even receive widespread recognition for his or her creative work today without the help of a major studio. But this isn't a story of the long tail; the hit makers will get richer. Instead, it's a story of the wide range of new revenue opportunities that are available to established and mid-size players in this evolving media landscape. (full article)
UPDATE: David Beisel, a VC at Masthead Ventures, has a response to my post, "Go Medium or Go Home?"
"SOME MORE LESSONS IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP"
Ashish has a good post on his experiences as an entrepreneur building his company, Tekriti Software.
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Ashish has a good post on his experiences as an entrepreneur building his company, Tekriti Software.
INVASION IRAQ: 3 YEARS LATER... MSNBC'S TAKE
Not from the view I want :), but I will still post this since there are some good stories in this overview page.
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Not from the view I want :), but I will still post this since there are some good stories in this overview page.
"EUROPEANS SHOULD BEWARE OF WISHING FOR US FAILURE IN IRAQ"
HatTip to Mingi. I haven't read a piece by Francis Fukuyama in a while. Whatever the subject matter, his analysis is typically excellent.
Europeans should beware of wishing for US failure in Iraq
The chaotic outcome of Bush's war is feeding US economic nationalism and isolationism, which are a threat to Europe
Francis Fukuyama
Tuesday March 21, 2006
The Guardian
Many opponents of the Iraq war both in the US and Europe have felt a not-so-secret sense of schadenfreude at the developing chaos in Iraq. While many might intellectually support the emergence of a stable, democratic, pro-western government in Baghdad, "success" in this matter would be seen as a vindication of all of the baggage that the Bush administration loaded on to this project, including its unilateralism, use of force and incompetent execution of the war's aftermath. Many would therefore be happy seeing Washington suffer a setback, to deter such interventions in the future.
But people should be careful what they wish for. A domestic nationalist backlash against the policies that led to the war is brewing, with implications for how the US will deal with Europe and the rest of the world down the road. Like it or not, American power and involvement are necessary to the proper functioning of world order, and the kind of role that a post-Iraq United States may play is very much up for grabs.
Two recent events constitute straws in the wind. After the protests and embassy-burnings over the Danish cartoons, no major US newspaper was willing to publish the cartoons, and most editorialists took a holier-thanthou attitude to those European papers that did. While one might question the prudence of publishing the cartoons, the violent reaction was a clear case of intimidation, in many cases officially sanctioned, and few Americans criticised the protests or stood up for the right of free speech. Many seemed to feel a certain satisfaction that this time Europeans rather than Americans were feeling Muslim wrath. (full article)
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HatTip to Mingi. I haven't read a piece by Francis Fukuyama in a while. Whatever the subject matter, his analysis is typically excellent.
Europeans should beware of wishing for US failure in Iraq
The chaotic outcome of Bush's war is feeding US economic nationalism and isolationism, which are a threat to Europe
Francis Fukuyama
Tuesday March 21, 2006
The Guardian
Many opponents of the Iraq war both in the US and Europe have felt a not-so-secret sense of schadenfreude at the developing chaos in Iraq. While many might intellectually support the emergence of a stable, democratic, pro-western government in Baghdad, "success" in this matter would be seen as a vindication of all of the baggage that the Bush administration loaded on to this project, including its unilateralism, use of force and incompetent execution of the war's aftermath. Many would therefore be happy seeing Washington suffer a setback, to deter such interventions in the future.
But people should be careful what they wish for. A domestic nationalist backlash against the policies that led to the war is brewing, with implications for how the US will deal with Europe and the rest of the world down the road. Like it or not, American power and involvement are necessary to the proper functioning of world order, and the kind of role that a post-Iraq United States may play is very much up for grabs.
Two recent events constitute straws in the wind. After the protests and embassy-burnings over the Danish cartoons, no major US newspaper was willing to publish the cartoons, and most editorialists took a holier-thanthou attitude to those European papers that did. While one might question the prudence of publishing the cartoons, the violent reaction was a clear case of intimidation, in many cases officially sanctioned, and few Americans criticised the protests or stood up for the right of free speech. Many seemed to feel a certain satisfaction that this time Europeans rather than Americans were feeling Muslim wrath. (full article)
Monday, March 20, 2006
MY GOOGLE MAPS MASHUP WISHLIST
Sitting in my bookmarks were two articles highlighting the growth of map mashups. One was on the mashups of TV shows, such as Jacktracker which follows "24" star Jack Bauer throughout an episode and "Geography of Seinfeld."
The other article focused on a new startup, Platial, that allows you to easily create your own personal mashmaps.
So I should get on Platial and start creating some mashups that would be of interest to me:
- Kickass burger joints in Chicago and the U.S.
- Kickass delis in NYC (minimum 1 lb. of meat in a sandwich)
- Kickass burrito stands in LA and everywhere (burritos have to be as big as a human head)
- Best noodle houses in Hong Kong and Shanghai
- Best sushi restaurants in the world
- Best BBQ places in Seoul
- Best steakhouses in Chicago and the U.S.
- Best foot massages in Hong Kong, Thailand, and Asia (my wife is into these. they hurt my feet, which is a sign of bad health. see above)
- Best pickup basketball courts in the U.S. (hours and lighting info included)
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Sitting in my bookmarks were two articles highlighting the growth of map mashups. One was on the mashups of TV shows, such as Jacktracker which follows "24" star Jack Bauer throughout an episode and "Geography of Seinfeld."
The other article focused on a new startup, Platial, that allows you to easily create your own personal mashmaps.
So I should get on Platial and start creating some mashups that would be of interest to me:
- Kickass burger joints in Chicago and the U.S.
- Kickass delis in NYC (minimum 1 lb. of meat in a sandwich)
- Kickass burrito stands in LA and everywhere (burritos have to be as big as a human head)
- Best noodle houses in Hong Kong and Shanghai
- Best sushi restaurants in the world
- Best BBQ places in Seoul
- Best steakhouses in Chicago and the U.S.
- Best foot massages in Hong Kong, Thailand, and Asia (my wife is into these. they hurt my feet, which is a sign of bad health. see above)
- Best pickup basketball courts in the U.S. (hours and lighting info included)
WENT BACK TO APPLE... MACBOOK PRO
I just bought a MacBook Pro. My first Mac since 1998, which was my last year in grad school before going back to the professional world. I'm pretty geeked up about this. I always loved Macs, but it was difficult years ago to have a Mac for professional use since the documents were never compatible no matter what Apple stated for years (evil of Microsoft). Now those issues are dead.
Also I'm happy to put aside my Dell Inspiron 9100. The 2.8 GHz and 512 MB of RAM didn't live up to my expectations. It was a mini-refrig too with a battery that was the size of a brick. People thought I was carrying around my desktop computer instead of a powerful laptop. As with other Dells, the fan had issues. It would constantly run especially with my "powerful processor" that needed cool down, so it sounded like a jet engine. Seriously... it was a 747 jumbo jet roaring on my desk.
Anyway, I'll see how my life goes back in the hands of Apple.
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I just bought a MacBook Pro. My first Mac since 1998, which was my last year in grad school before going back to the professional world. I'm pretty geeked up about this. I always loved Macs, but it was difficult years ago to have a Mac for professional use since the documents were never compatible no matter what Apple stated for years (evil of Microsoft). Now those issues are dead.
Also I'm happy to put aside my Dell Inspiron 9100. The 2.8 GHz and 512 MB of RAM didn't live up to my expectations. It was a mini-refrig too with a battery that was the size of a brick. People thought I was carrying around my desktop computer instead of a powerful laptop. As with other Dells, the fan had issues. It would constantly run especially with my "powerful processor" that needed cool down, so it sounded like a jet engine. Seriously... it was a 747 jumbo jet roaring on my desk.
Anyway, I'll see how my life goes back in the hands of Apple.
Friday, March 17, 2006
LOVE: 10 CRAZY SCIENTIFIC FACTS
Not sure how valid these are, but fun especially for you singles out there. Take #10 below. If this was true and correlated with the amount of food you eat, I potentially could have married a woman over 200 lbs :) Good thing I met Christine... Have a great weekend!
1. It's like looking in a mirror! It turns out we all have a little something in common with Narcissus—the mythical fellow who fell in love with his own reflection. Scientists at the University of Liverpool recently concluded that our brains favor people with familiar faces. The research team asked over 200 participants to view a number of digitally altered human faces. They found that subjects preferred the features they found the most familiar—whether that means his or her own visage or that of a family member. This may explain that common phenomenon of couples looking like they could be siblings.
2. Manner, schmanners: Go ahead and stare. Another new study says that when a woman walks into a room, she is considered more attractive if she turns her eyes directly toward a certain man. Men would rate the same woman as less desirable if she doesn't make strong eye contact. In this study, conducted at Dartmouth University, lead researcher Malia Mason had male participants sit and view a series of faces of fashion models, digitally enhanced to either be gazing toward or away from the participant. The study authors asked the viewer to rate the likeability of each model and found that those who turned away were seen as less agreeable. The study's researchers went on to suggest that a woman's gaze can be a powerful arousal cue and that our impressions are largely formed by nonverbal communications such as eye contact. So start locking eyes, ladies!
3. You'll know it when you see it. A recent study at the University of Pennsylvania reveals that regardless of what people say they are looking for in a dating situation, they don't need a lot of time with or information about a person to tell if they're interested. Single people's behavior suggests that individuals know "it" (a person who appeals to them) when they see it—almost instantly. Lead researcher Robert Kurzban and his colleagues studied data from 10,000+ daters. They found that men and women assessed potential compatibility within moments of meeting, using primarily visual cues such as age, height, and attractiveness. Says Kurzban, "Somewhat surprisingly, factors that you might think would be really important to people — like religion, education, and income — played very little roles in their choices."
4. Listen up. The next time you call up a potential love match, pay special attention to how they sound. Researchers at the University of Albany had 149 men and women rate the attractiveness of a series of recorded voices on a scale from 1 to 10. The researchers also gathered information about the sexual histories of the people whose voices they recorded. They found that the voices found to be the most appealing belonged to people who had sex at an earlier age, had more sexual partners, and were more prone to infidelity than those rated as having less appealing voices. So know that what's a seductive voice to you may be linked to a person with a bit of a past…
5. I couldn't help it baby, it's in my genes. There may be a genetic component to infidelity, says a professor at the Twin Research Unit at St. Thomas' Hospital, London. This is based on the fact that if one twin exhibits infidelity, the other twin strays 55% of the time. In the general population, the number is 23%. The tendency to remain faithful is a component of personality, the scientist elaborates, which is governed both by a number of genes and societal factors.
6. It's official. Love makes us crazy. For one, it causes serotonin levels in the brain to drop, which may lead people to obsess about their lover. (The levels of serotonin, a chemical produced by the body, are also low in people who have obsessive-compulsive disorder.) Next, it ramps up production of the stress hormone cortisol, leading to slightly higher blood pressure and possible loss of sleep. Finally, a scientist at the University of London has found that when people look at their new loves, the neural circuits that are usually in charge of social judgment are suppressed. All in all, love kind of leaves you obsessive, stressed, and blind. And we love it.
7. Why broken hearts hurt... A recent UCLA study suggests the psychological hurt of a break-up is just as real as a physical injury. Two areas of the brain that respond to physical pain also become activated when a person is dealing with social pain, such as being dumped. The study's authors used an MRI to monitor brain activity in participants while they played a game simulating social rejection. The researchers believe that the pain of being rejected may have evolved as a motivating force that led humans to seek out social interaction, which is crucial for the survival of most mammals.
8. Blushing is best. If we take our cue from apes, rosy cheeks are crucial in the dating game, says a new study. Scientists at Stirling University in Great Britain have found that primates prefer mates with red faces. A rosy glow might also act as a similar cue in humans, say the British researchers, sending a message of good health. They speculate that it could explain why women use blusher.
9. Kiss this way. Did you know there is a "right" way to kiss? People are more likely to tilt their heads to the right when kissing instead of left, says a report published recently in the journal Nature . A scientist from Ruhr University in Germany analyzed 124 pairs of smoochers and found that 65 percent go toward the right.
10. Meet for drinks before dinner. Researchers at NYU and Stanford have discovered that hungry men prefer heavier women. By staking out a dining hall, scientists had hundreds of students fill out questionnaires about their preferences in a mate. Men who filled out the questionnaire just before they entered the hall described their ideal woman as an average of three or four pounds heavier than men interviewed after they ate. Incidentally, researchers did not find the same change in women's preferences, so guys: Go ahead and schedule that drinks date for before or after dinnertime.
Laura Schaefer is the author of Man with Farm Seeks Woman with Tractor: The Best and Worst Personal Ads of All Time.
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Not sure how valid these are, but fun especially for you singles out there. Take #10 below. If this was true and correlated with the amount of food you eat, I potentially could have married a woman over 200 lbs :) Good thing I met Christine... Have a great weekend!
1. It's like looking in a mirror! It turns out we all have a little something in common with Narcissus—the mythical fellow who fell in love with his own reflection. Scientists at the University of Liverpool recently concluded that our brains favor people with familiar faces. The research team asked over 200 participants to view a number of digitally altered human faces. They found that subjects preferred the features they found the most familiar—whether that means his or her own visage or that of a family member. This may explain that common phenomenon of couples looking like they could be siblings.
2. Manner, schmanners: Go ahead and stare. Another new study says that when a woman walks into a room, she is considered more attractive if she turns her eyes directly toward a certain man. Men would rate the same woman as less desirable if she doesn't make strong eye contact. In this study, conducted at Dartmouth University, lead researcher Malia Mason had male participants sit and view a series of faces of fashion models, digitally enhanced to either be gazing toward or away from the participant. The study authors asked the viewer to rate the likeability of each model and found that those who turned away were seen as less agreeable. The study's researchers went on to suggest that a woman's gaze can be a powerful arousal cue and that our impressions are largely formed by nonverbal communications such as eye contact. So start locking eyes, ladies!
3. You'll know it when you see it. A recent study at the University of Pennsylvania reveals that regardless of what people say they are looking for in a dating situation, they don't need a lot of time with or information about a person to tell if they're interested. Single people's behavior suggests that individuals know "it" (a person who appeals to them) when they see it—almost instantly. Lead researcher Robert Kurzban and his colleagues studied data from 10,000+ daters. They found that men and women assessed potential compatibility within moments of meeting, using primarily visual cues such as age, height, and attractiveness. Says Kurzban, "Somewhat surprisingly, factors that you might think would be really important to people — like religion, education, and income — played very little roles in their choices."
4. Listen up. The next time you call up a potential love match, pay special attention to how they sound. Researchers at the University of Albany had 149 men and women rate the attractiveness of a series of recorded voices on a scale from 1 to 10. The researchers also gathered information about the sexual histories of the people whose voices they recorded. They found that the voices found to be the most appealing belonged to people who had sex at an earlier age, had more sexual partners, and were more prone to infidelity than those rated as having less appealing voices. So know that what's a seductive voice to you may be linked to a person with a bit of a past…
5. I couldn't help it baby, it's in my genes. There may be a genetic component to infidelity, says a professor at the Twin Research Unit at St. Thomas' Hospital, London. This is based on the fact that if one twin exhibits infidelity, the other twin strays 55% of the time. In the general population, the number is 23%. The tendency to remain faithful is a component of personality, the scientist elaborates, which is governed both by a number of genes and societal factors.
6. It's official. Love makes us crazy. For one, it causes serotonin levels in the brain to drop, which may lead people to obsess about their lover. (The levels of serotonin, a chemical produced by the body, are also low in people who have obsessive-compulsive disorder.) Next, it ramps up production of the stress hormone cortisol, leading to slightly higher blood pressure and possible loss of sleep. Finally, a scientist at the University of London has found that when people look at their new loves, the neural circuits that are usually in charge of social judgment are suppressed. All in all, love kind of leaves you obsessive, stressed, and blind. And we love it.
7. Why broken hearts hurt... A recent UCLA study suggests the psychological hurt of a break-up is just as real as a physical injury. Two areas of the brain that respond to physical pain also become activated when a person is dealing with social pain, such as being dumped. The study's authors used an MRI to monitor brain activity in participants while they played a game simulating social rejection. The researchers believe that the pain of being rejected may have evolved as a motivating force that led humans to seek out social interaction, which is crucial for the survival of most mammals.
8. Blushing is best. If we take our cue from apes, rosy cheeks are crucial in the dating game, says a new study. Scientists at Stirling University in Great Britain have found that primates prefer mates with red faces. A rosy glow might also act as a similar cue in humans, say the British researchers, sending a message of good health. They speculate that it could explain why women use blusher.
9. Kiss this way. Did you know there is a "right" way to kiss? People are more likely to tilt their heads to the right when kissing instead of left, says a report published recently in the journal Nature . A scientist from Ruhr University in Germany analyzed 124 pairs of smoochers and found that 65 percent go toward the right.
10. Meet for drinks before dinner. Researchers at NYU and Stanford have discovered that hungry men prefer heavier women. By staking out a dining hall, scientists had hundreds of students fill out questionnaires about their preferences in a mate. Men who filled out the questionnaire just before they entered the hall described their ideal woman as an average of three or four pounds heavier than men interviewed after they ate. Incidentally, researchers did not find the same change in women's preferences, so guys: Go ahead and schedule that drinks date for before or after dinnertime.
Laura Schaefer is the author of Man with Farm Seeks Woman with Tractor: The Best and Worst Personal Ads of All Time.
Thursday, March 16, 2006
ASHISH ON AJAX
Ashish, our development lead and partner, has an article up at the Silicon Valley WebGuild:
Building Web Applications using AJAX - Dos and Don'ts
The last couple of years have seen a lot of change in the way web applications are created. Gone are the days when the web application developers used to give unresponsiveness and ‘click-to-load’ behavior of the web as an excuse for the under-usable websites. Today’s applications are much more responsive, much more usable and can compete better with the desktop applications – not only because they are accessible from any browser or any computer but also because they are no less than desktop applications when it comes to the usability. (full article)
Also his firm, Tekriti Software, has a new corporate website up so check it out!
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Ashish, our development lead and partner, has an article up at the Silicon Valley WebGuild:
Building Web Applications using AJAX - Dos and Don'ts
The last couple of years have seen a lot of change in the way web applications are created. Gone are the days when the web application developers used to give unresponsiveness and ‘click-to-load’ behavior of the web as an excuse for the under-usable websites. Today’s applications are much more responsive, much more usable and can compete better with the desktop applications – not only because they are accessible from any browser or any computer but also because they are no less than desktop applications when it comes to the usability. (full article)
Also his firm, Tekriti Software, has a new corporate website up so check it out!
PODTECH RAISES $5.5 MILLION... CONGRATULATIONS JOHN!
I actually "met" John at AlwaysOn's community. He just closed with USVP and Venrock for $5.5 million which is great. SiliconBeat's Matt Marshall has a great description of John and some more info on the deal:
John Furrier is a bit of a hyperactive guy you will see at technology conferences around Silicon Valley. He bounds around with a microphone, taking audio recordings of people, with seeming limitless reserves of energy.
He launched his own company, called Podtech last year, around the time we first bumped into him. He posts his audio recordings to his Web site, where you can subscribe to them as podcasts. (full post)
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I actually "met" John at AlwaysOn's community. He just closed with USVP and Venrock for $5.5 million which is great. SiliconBeat's Matt Marshall has a great description of John and some more info on the deal:
John Furrier is a bit of a hyperactive guy you will see at technology conferences around Silicon Valley. He bounds around with a microphone, taking audio recordings of people, with seeming limitless reserves of energy.
He launched his own company, called Podtech last year, around the time we first bumped into him. He posts his audio recordings to his Web site, where you can subscribe to them as podcasts. (full post)
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
WEB 2.0 OR STAR WARS CHARACTER?
HatTip to David Scott Lewis. Amusing quiz for those sick of Web 2.0. Wait, I'm building a Web 2.0 platform... but I'm sick of the hype too :)
Test intro:
How silly is the Web 2.0 hype getting? You tell us! Here's a quick quiz...we looked in 30Boxes and analyzed 37Signals that led us to come up with the 43Things below. So without further ado, can you decide...
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HatTip to David Scott Lewis. Amusing quiz for those sick of Web 2.0. Wait, I'm building a Web 2.0 platform... but I'm sick of the hype too :)
Test intro:
How silly is the Web 2.0 hype getting? You tell us! Here's a quick quiz...we looked in 30Boxes and analyzed 37Signals that led us to come up with the 43Things below. So without further ado, can you decide...
ONHOLLYWOOD 2006... ENTERTAINMENT & TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE
May 2nd through May 4th is Tony's OnHollywood conference. He's posted an update over at AlwaysOn, but here are some of the speakers he's lined up:
Oh My! How the Rules Have Changed!
Ross Levinsohn, President of Fox Interactive Media, News Corp
Jonathan Miller, Chairman and CEO, AOL
Steve Wadsworth, President, Walt Disney Internet Group
Blair Westlake, Corporate Vice President, Media, Content & Partner Strategy Group, Microsoft
Is the Web the New Hollywood
Moderator: JD Lasica, Cofounder, OurMedia.org
Jeremy Alliare, Founder and CEO, BrightCove
Jim Bankoff, Executive Vice President, AOL Programming & Products, AOL
Ted Cohen, Senior Vice President, Digital Development and Distribution, EMI
Ben Silverman, CEO & Executive Producer, Reveille
Jonathan Taplin, Professor, USC Annenberg School for Communications, CEO and Founder of Intertainer
The Future of TV
Lewis Henderson, Senior Vice President, William Morris
Jim Behrens, CEO, Orb Networks
The conference is turning out to be at least a good affair if not great.
Also here are OnHollywood 100 Top Private Companies.
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May 2nd through May 4th is Tony's OnHollywood conference. He's posted an update over at AlwaysOn, but here are some of the speakers he's lined up:
Oh My! How the Rules Have Changed!
Ross Levinsohn, President of Fox Interactive Media, News Corp
Jonathan Miller, Chairman and CEO, AOL
Steve Wadsworth, President, Walt Disney Internet Group
Blair Westlake, Corporate Vice President, Media, Content & Partner Strategy Group, Microsoft
Is the Web the New Hollywood
Moderator: JD Lasica, Cofounder, OurMedia.org
Jeremy Alliare, Founder and CEO, BrightCove
Jim Bankoff, Executive Vice President, AOL Programming & Products, AOL
Ted Cohen, Senior Vice President, Digital Development and Distribution, EMI
Ben Silverman, CEO & Executive Producer, Reveille
Jonathan Taplin, Professor, USC Annenberg School for Communications, CEO and Founder of Intertainer
The Future of TV
Lewis Henderson, Senior Vice President, William Morris
Jim Behrens, CEO, Orb Networks
The conference is turning out to be at least a good affair if not great.
Also here are OnHollywood 100 Top Private Companies.
SXSW & PC FORUM 2006
Two big conferences were held this week... South by South West (SXSW) and Esther Dyson's PC Forum.
CNET has good overviews:
"Tech invades South by Southwest confab"
"PC Forum 2006"
Some good random posts I found:
"SXSW to MPAA: STFU"
One of the most interesting panels at SXSW Interactive 2006 was The Future of DarkNets, moderated by JD Lasica.
"PC Forum: Conversation with Pierre Omidyar"
"YouTube going from personal to professional"
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Two big conferences were held this week... South by South West (SXSW) and Esther Dyson's PC Forum.
CNET has good overviews:
"Tech invades South by Southwest confab"
"PC Forum 2006"
Some good random posts I found:
"SXSW to MPAA: STFU"
One of the most interesting panels at SXSW Interactive 2006 was The Future of DarkNets, moderated by JD Lasica.
"PC Forum: Conversation with Pierre Omidyar"
"YouTube going from personal to professional"
STARTUP.COM STAR RESURFACES... FOUNDER OF JUMPTV.COM
Alarm:Clock has discovered Kaleil Tuzman, founder of GovWorks and star of the documentary Startup.com, is now the founder of a new Internet TV play called JumpTV.com
I posted about Kaleil before since I hungout with him in Seoul during the 2002 World Cup.
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Alarm:Clock has discovered Kaleil Tuzman, founder of GovWorks and star of the documentary Startup.com, is now the founder of a new Internet TV play called JumpTV.com
I posted about Kaleil before since I hungout with him in Seoul during the 2002 World Cup.
GOINGON ALPHA GOING ON!... SORRY!
Sorry for not blogging the past couple days. I've just been busy with our alpha, integrating our tech partners, and dealing with the operations of our company.
Christine and I missed a couple nonprofit board meetings among other things due to my schedule. It's funny because during my last months in South Korea back in 2004 Christine was at Morgan Stanley working the typical i-banking hours (80-100+/week). Sometimes she would get done at 3am and get up at 6am or 7am. I would typically get done with work at 7pm and sometimes stay as late as 10pm, but it was relatively easy going. Now the roles are reversed and I really appreciate her patience during this period of my life, especially since we're married now :)
Anyway, since my traffic has been going up the past few months, I sometimes feel pressure to blog daily, so I'm being a geek here and apologizing for the inactivity. Hopefully, I'll start blogging again by tonight. Have a great day!
Anyone want to blog here? If so, just email me at bernard.moon@gmail.com
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Sorry for not blogging the past couple days. I've just been busy with our alpha, integrating our tech partners, and dealing with the operations of our company.
Christine and I missed a couple nonprofit board meetings among other things due to my schedule. It's funny because during my last months in South Korea back in 2004 Christine was at Morgan Stanley working the typical i-banking hours (80-100+/week). Sometimes she would get done at 3am and get up at 6am or 7am. I would typically get done with work at 7pm and sometimes stay as late as 10pm, but it was relatively easy going. Now the roles are reversed and I really appreciate her patience during this period of my life, especially since we're married now :)
Anyway, since my traffic has been going up the past few months, I sometimes feel pressure to blog daily, so I'm being a geek here and apologizing for the inactivity. Hopefully, I'll start blogging again by tonight. Have a great day!
Anyone want to blog here? If so, just email me at bernard.moon@gmail.com
Friday, March 10, 2006
RANDOM LINKS
"Political bloggers may get federal protection"
Bloggers would be largely immunized from hundreds of pages of confusing federal regulations dealing with election laws, according to a bill approved by a House of Representatives panel on Thursday.
This was definitely needed.
"Alabama church fires started as a 'joke,' investigators say"
Whatever. "Sorry, I just shot your father and mother... it was a joke. Sorry, I just burned your house down... it was a joke. We were drunk and it was funny at the time." Serious idiots in the world.
"Google buys Web word-processing technology"
This is the second time (Measure Map the first) I'm wondering if an acquisition for Google was just as much about time and talent acquisition as the product itself. Writely as a product seems fairly easy to create for the programming talent at Google, but maybe there was something about the individuals the corporate development team and senior engineers liked about their team. Or maybe no one at Google wanted to give up their 20% time to develop a word processing program? :)
"Intel feeds virtualization's need for speed"
Just learning about this space recently. Virtualization could be the next big thing within the PC industry.
"The World According to Marc"
Steve Gillmor interviews Marc Canter, our advisor and headache :). This was actual a decent interview and shows Marc's strength as an idea guy. His voice was actually pleasant for me to listen to since I'm use to hearing, "Dude, throw me some shekels!"
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"Political bloggers may get federal protection"
Bloggers would be largely immunized from hundreds of pages of confusing federal regulations dealing with election laws, according to a bill approved by a House of Representatives panel on Thursday.
This was definitely needed.
"Alabama church fires started as a 'joke,' investigators say"
Whatever. "Sorry, I just shot your father and mother... it was a joke. Sorry, I just burned your house down... it was a joke. We were drunk and it was funny at the time." Serious idiots in the world.
"Google buys Web word-processing technology"
This is the second time (Measure Map the first) I'm wondering if an acquisition for Google was just as much about time and talent acquisition as the product itself. Writely as a product seems fairly easy to create for the programming talent at Google, but maybe there was something about the individuals the corporate development team and senior engineers liked about their team. Or maybe no one at Google wanted to give up their 20% time to develop a word processing program? :)
"Intel feeds virtualization's need for speed"
Just learning about this space recently. Virtualization could be the next big thing within the PC industry.
"The World According to Marc"
Steve Gillmor interviews Marc Canter, our advisor and headache :). This was actual a decent interview and shows Marc's strength as an idea guy. His voice was actually pleasant for me to listen to since I'm use to hearing, "Dude, throw me some shekels!"
THE HUSBAND STORE
A store that sells new husbands has just opened in New York City, where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates. You may visit the store ONLY ONCE!
There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as the shopper ascends the flights. There is, however, a catch: you may choose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go up a floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!
So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband. On the first floor the sign on the door reads: Floor 1 - These men have jobs. The second floor sign reads: Floor 2 - These men have jobs and love kids. The third floor sign reads: Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love kids, and are extremely good looking.
"Wow," she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going. She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads: Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love kids, are drop dead good looking and help with the housework.
"Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims, "I can hardly stand it" Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads: Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love kids, are drop-dead gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak. She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the sign reads: Floor 6 - You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.
A New Wives store opened across the street. The first floor has wives that love sex. The second floor has wives that love sex and have money. The third through sixth floors have never been visited.
(HatTip to Grace. Have a great Friday!)
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A store that sells new husbands has just opened in New York City, where a woman may go to choose a husband. Among the instructions at the entrance is a description of how the store operates. You may visit the store ONLY ONCE!
There are six floors and the attributes of the men increase as the shopper ascends the flights. There is, however, a catch: you may choose any man from a particular floor, or you may choose to go up a floor, but you cannot go back down except to exit the building!
So, a woman goes to the Husband Store to find a husband. On the first floor the sign on the door reads: Floor 1 - These men have jobs. The second floor sign reads: Floor 2 - These men have jobs and love kids. The third floor sign reads: Floor 3 - These men have jobs, love kids, and are extremely good looking.
"Wow," she thinks, but feels compelled to keep going. She goes to the fourth floor and sign reads: Floor 4 - These men have jobs, love kids, are drop dead good looking and help with the housework.
"Oh, mercy me!" she exclaims, "I can hardly stand it" Still, she goes to the fifth floor and sign reads: Floor 5 - These men have jobs, love kids, are drop-dead gorgeous, help with the housework, and have a strong romantic streak. She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the sixth floor and the sign reads: Floor 6 - You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. This floor exists solely as proof that women are impossible to please. Thank you for shopping at the Husband Store.
A New Wives store opened across the street. The first floor has wives that love sex. The second floor has wives that love sex and have money. The third through sixth floors have never been visited.
(HatTip to Grace. Have a great Friday!)
COUPLE NEW BLOGS ON MY RADAR... "POOR WEB 2.0 FOOLS"
I came across a couple blogs I didn't know about but found interesting enough to add to my blog roll. First one is The Wall Street Journal's Law Blog. I didn't know it, but they started it this past January and the lead writer is Peter Lattman, who is from their online side.
The second blog is Squash, Please stop here for a Web 2.0 reality check. It's written by Phil Sim, a media management exec in Australia. He has a often repeated, but amusing post on Web 2.0 startups called "Poor Web 2.0 fools" so check it out.
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I came across a couple blogs I didn't know about but found interesting enough to add to my blog roll. First one is The Wall Street Journal's Law Blog. I didn't know it, but they started it this past January and the lead writer is Peter Lattman, who is from their online side.
The second blog is Squash, Please stop here for a Web 2.0 reality check. It's written by Phil Sim, a media management exec in Australia. He has a often repeated, but amusing post on Web 2.0 startups called "Poor Web 2.0 fools" so check it out.
Thursday, March 09, 2006
AVOID MULCH FROM NEW ORLEANS!... FORMOSAN TERMITES WILL EAT YOUR HOME!
I know that I'm in my mid-thirties or older when I get emails like this:
If you use mulch around your house be very careful about buying mulch this year. After the Hurricane in New Orleans many trees were blown over. These trees were then turned into mulch and the state is trying to get rid of tons and tons of this mulch to any state or company who will come and haul it away. So it will be showing up in Home Depot and Lowes at dirt cheap prices with one huge problem; Formosan Termites will be the bonus in many of those bags. New Orleans is one of the few areas in the country were the Formosan Termites have gotten a strong hold and many of the trees blown down were already badly infested with those termites. Now we may have the worst case of transporting a problem to all parts of the country that we have ever had. These termites can eat a house in no time at all and we have no good control against them, so tell your friends that own homes to avoid cheap mulch and know were it came from.
Hopefully this info will help avoid you avoid expensive termite repairs.
My friend Albert sent out this mass email, but I pretty sure he was amusing himself. Anyway, I would never have received this email ten years ago. I wouldn't have even understood the context of it. Also if Albert was completely serious in sending out this warning, it just tells me that he's really at least a decade older than me in lifestyle versus the reality of being only a year older.
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I know that I'm in my mid-thirties or older when I get emails like this:
If you use mulch around your house be very careful about buying mulch this year. After the Hurricane in New Orleans many trees were blown over. These trees were then turned into mulch and the state is trying to get rid of tons and tons of this mulch to any state or company who will come and haul it away. So it will be showing up in Home Depot and Lowes at dirt cheap prices with one huge problem; Formosan Termites will be the bonus in many of those bags. New Orleans is one of the few areas in the country were the Formosan Termites have gotten a strong hold and many of the trees blown down were already badly infested with those termites. Now we may have the worst case of transporting a problem to all parts of the country that we have ever had. These termites can eat a house in no time at all and we have no good control against them, so tell your friends that own homes to avoid cheap mulch and know were it came from.
Hopefully this info will help avoid you avoid expensive termite repairs.
My friend Albert sent out this mass email, but I pretty sure he was amusing himself. Anyway, I would never have received this email ten years ago. I wouldn't have even understood the context of it. Also if Albert was completely serious in sending out this warning, it just tells me that he's really at least a decade older than me in lifestyle versus the reality of being only a year older.
MICROSOFT'S ORIGAMI TAKES SOME SLAMS
Initial reactions aren't great for Microsoft's Origami PC:
"Reality check for the much-hyped Origami" by CNET
"Un-Origami" by Om
I wonder how the market will react. Wait and see time.
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Initial reactions aren't great for Microsoft's Origami PC:
"Reality check for the much-hyped Origami" by CNET
"Un-Origami" by Om
I wonder how the market will react. Wait and see time.
SIXAPART LAUNCHES A MORE FOCUSED PRODUCT FOR BUSINESS... HEAT IS ON!
TechCrunch announced old news repackaged since SixApart has been selling to the corporate market for over a year now. I guess they decided that the same version of their software for individuals wasn't a fit for companies, so they upgraded their product line.
The summary at TechCrunch is good and provides some information on their service offerings. I guess this puts more heat on GoingOn Networks :)
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TechCrunch announced old news repackaged since SixApart has been selling to the corporate market for over a year now. I guess they decided that the same version of their software for individuals wasn't a fit for companies, so they upgraded their product line.
The summary at TechCrunch is good and provides some information on their service offerings. I guess this puts more heat on GoingOn Networks :)
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
GOINGON ALPHA TESTING LAUNCHED
So it's been a hectic week. We finally launched our alpha testing stage late Tuesday night to a handful of friends and our technology partners.
We're getting some great feedback from our alpha testers. Some slams, which is great, and solid information on fixes and issues we need to deal with. One awesome aspect of all this is Tekriti. They have quick turnaround time, so as people make requests, report bugs, and bring up other issues they just get things done. So changes and improvements will be occuring everyday... not to put pressure on them :)
I still have to deal with finishing our legal documentation on our angel round, catch up on completing contracts with our technology partners, send out some checks, and other tasks all early stage companies need. Playing a bit of catch over the next couple days.
I don't believe I missed three days of fantasy basketball where I didn't setup my lineup and missed a few days of Sportscenter. Typically, even if I only sleep three hours a night for days, I still watch my sportscenter. Crap!
Anyway, I'm using GoingOn's blogging tool right now and this post will be up on my GoingOn personal blog and Junto Boyz on Blogger. We didn't add another set of fields yet, so I can't route this post to my TypePad blog but we will soon. Thousands of little steps towards our public beta in a couple months.
Ashish, co-founder of Tekriti and our development partner, mentions the GoingOn alpha release on his blog here. Ashish and his team kicks ass! Tekriti kicks ass! (I'm such a meathead at times with limited vocabulary)
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So it's been a hectic week. We finally launched our alpha testing stage late Tuesday night to a handful of friends and our technology partners.
We're getting some great feedback from our alpha testers. Some slams, which is great, and solid information on fixes and issues we need to deal with. One awesome aspect of all this is Tekriti. They have quick turnaround time, so as people make requests, report bugs, and bring up other issues they just get things done. So changes and improvements will be occuring everyday... not to put pressure on them :)
I still have to deal with finishing our legal documentation on our angel round, catch up on completing contracts with our technology partners, send out some checks, and other tasks all early stage companies need. Playing a bit of catch over the next couple days.
I don't believe I missed three days of fantasy basketball where I didn't setup my lineup and missed a few days of Sportscenter. Typically, even if I only sleep three hours a night for days, I still watch my sportscenter. Crap!
Anyway, I'm using GoingOn's blogging tool right now and this post will be up on my GoingOn personal blog and Junto Boyz on Blogger. We didn't add another set of fields yet, so I can't route this post to my TypePad blog but we will soon. Thousands of little steps towards our public beta in a couple months.
Ashish, co-founder of Tekriti and our development partner, mentions the GoingOn alpha release on his blog here. Ashish and his team kicks ass! Tekriti kicks ass! (I'm such a meathead at times with limited vocabulary)
Monday, March 06, 2006
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BALL BEARINGS... WELL, ALL ABOUT SOCIAL NETWORKS HERE
Great line from "Fletch", one of my favorite movies during my junior high school years. Anyway, here are a few articles and posts on social networks:
Social Networking and Blogging: Who Cares?
Irving Wladawsky-Berger asserts this is a big deal: we've cracked knowledge management, and the impact is everywhere from big business to small communities. (AlwaysOn)
Social Networks: More Bubble Than Profit?
Sites like MySpace and Tagged generate millions of visits by users, some fanatical. But that does not a business model make (BusinessWeek)
David vs. Murdoch er …. Goliath.
If history of online communities is any indication, then myYearbook seems to be a worthy contender against the reigning champ of social networks, Rupert Murdoch’s MySpace.
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But myYearbook is different. It’s beyond cool… it’s orthogonal to cool. For the teenagers in high school, it’s rapidly becoming a necessity… on par with other daily essentials like IM, email, and a cell phone, it’s not just a nice thing to have, it’s becoming a must-have. The way myYearbook does this is by providing teenagers with the tools to digitally and seamlessly extend nearly every aspect of their lives. (GigaOM's full post)
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Great line from "Fletch", one of my favorite movies during my junior high school years. Anyway, here are a few articles and posts on social networks:
Social Networking and Blogging: Who Cares?
Irving Wladawsky-Berger asserts this is a big deal: we've cracked knowledge management, and the impact is everywhere from big business to small communities. (AlwaysOn)
Social Networks: More Bubble Than Profit?
Sites like MySpace and Tagged generate millions of visits by users, some fanatical. But that does not a business model make (BusinessWeek)
David vs. Murdoch er …. Goliath.
If history of online communities is any indication, then myYearbook seems to be a worthy contender against the reigning champ of social networks, Rupert Murdoch’s MySpace.
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But myYearbook is different. It’s beyond cool… it’s orthogonal to cool. For the teenagers in high school, it’s rapidly becoming a necessity… on par with other daily essentials like IM, email, and a cell phone, it’s not just a nice thing to have, it’s becoming a must-have. The way myYearbook does this is by providing teenagers with the tools to digitally and seamlessly extend nearly every aspect of their lives. (GigaOM's full post)
"AP KATRINA BRIEFING STORY - RATHERGATE CONNECTION"
HatTip to Wizbang. The amusing liberal press... from Wizbang's page:
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HatTip to Wizbang. The amusing liberal press... from Wizbang's page:
Yesterday, in looking at the AP piece on the Bush Katrina briefings (Rewriting Katrina History - AP Style), I had this to stay about the AP\'s work:
...[I]t has all the hallmarks of the Bush Air National Guard story on 60 Minutes II by Dan Rather and Mary Mapes. The AP has dressed up mundane video to try and prove that President Bush (and everyone else) knew that the levees in New Orleans were going to breech. The problem is the evidence they present in their story to make that point does nothing of the sort.
It turns out that there\'s much more to that analogy than even I knew at the time. Have a look at the byline to the AP story:
By MARGARET EBRAHIM and JOHN SOLOMON
Here's an interesting detail on someone who certainly looks like one of the story authors from the French-American Foundation's membership roles:
Margaret Ebrahim (2003)
Producer
CBS News, 60 Minutes II
This CBS News page confirms that a Margaret Ebrahim was a 60 Minutes II producer in 2005. Ironically it was Mary Mapes who gave her away... (full post)
Sunday, March 05, 2006
61 MEMBERS OF AL QAEDA CAPTURED IN IRAQ
HatTip to Power Line. I wonder why the Left in America states that we\'re not fighting al Qaeda in Iraq when events like this happen:
Military officials announced today that 61 members of al Qaeda In Iraq were captured yesterday in Anbar province, west of Baghdad. They were apparently captured in a raid on a "training and bomb-making facility" among those captured were some of al Qaeda's "critical facilitators" according to Major General Rick Lynch.
Will this be covered in CNN or The NY Times? Hells no! (favorite phrase lately:)
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HatTip to Power Line. I wonder why the Left in America states that we\'re not fighting al Qaeda in Iraq when events like this happen:
Military officials announced today that 61 members of al Qaeda In Iraq were captured yesterday in Anbar province, west of Baghdad. They were apparently captured in a raid on a "training and bomb-making facility" among those captured were some of al Qaeda's "critical facilitators" according to Major General Rick Lynch.
Will this be covered in CNN or The NY Times? Hells no! (favorite phrase lately:)
Friday, March 03, 2006
REVIEW OF UNDER THE RADAR... FOX INTERACTIVE BUYING A STARTUP
MySpace for Business Purposes?... Viacom Will Rise
I attended the last few hours of the Under the Radar event yesterday. The past couple I've gone to are solid. Debbie and Alison are definitely building a great brand under the IBD Network umbrella and reputation for organizing useful and interesting events.
I saw a couple interesting companies for potential partnerships with GoingOn and a couple current partners (launching GoingOn alpha testing next week). Most of the companies at the event I already beta tested, used, and read about on some tech blog.
The best part of the event was Michael Arrington's fireside chat with Ross Levinsohn, president of Fox Interactive. It was interesting to hear Ross explain Fox's approach on their past deals and how he thinks of their current acquisition targets. Would he use a service personally? How would consumers use it? How does it fit into their current slate of online services?
It was also good to hear him state how he wonders about some of these startups that wouldn't be stand-alone businesses and are one feature companies without revenues. I'm not sure if it was a direct knock, but he brought up deli.cio.us as an example.
He went on to describe the future of MySpace and how he can see it develop into a multitude of uses. For his own social use (older demographics) to business purposes (I guess we won't be approaching Fox for investment:). I thought it was a bit of a stretch, but interesting if they can make any type of transition beyond the current core of MySpace demographics and utilization.
The surprise of the interview was when Ross mentioned that they bought a company that was one of the presenting companies at the Under the Radar event. Michael has a post and video clip about it at TechCrunch here, and Dan Farber has a post here.
Fox Interactive has been impressive in their aggressiveness and movement within the online space over the past year. I know from friend that they swept in at the last minute to take IGN away from Viacom, but Viacom will make some noise soon. I heard they are looking in the online gaming space and a couple other properties. I'll post about it only when I confirm things and given permission to do so.
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MySpace for Business Purposes?... Viacom Will Rise
I attended the last few hours of the Under the Radar event yesterday. The past couple I've gone to are solid. Debbie and Alison are definitely building a great brand under the IBD Network umbrella and reputation for organizing useful and interesting events.
I saw a couple interesting companies for potential partnerships with GoingOn and a couple current partners (launching GoingOn alpha testing next week). Most of the companies at the event I already beta tested, used, and read about on some tech blog.
The best part of the event was Michael Arrington's fireside chat with Ross Levinsohn, president of Fox Interactive. It was interesting to hear Ross explain Fox's approach on their past deals and how he thinks of their current acquisition targets. Would he use a service personally? How would consumers use it? How does it fit into their current slate of online services?
It was also good to hear him state how he wonders about some of these startups that wouldn't be stand-alone businesses and are one feature companies without revenues. I'm not sure if it was a direct knock, but he brought up deli.cio.us as an example.
He went on to describe the future of MySpace and how he can see it develop into a multitude of uses. For his own social use (older demographics) to business purposes (I guess we won't be approaching Fox for investment:). I thought it was a bit of a stretch, but interesting if they can make any type of transition beyond the current core of MySpace demographics and utilization.
The surprise of the interview was when Ross mentioned that they bought a company that was one of the presenting companies at the Under the Radar event. Michael has a post and video clip about it at TechCrunch here, and Dan Farber has a post here.
Fox Interactive has been impressive in their aggressiveness and movement within the online space over the past year. I know from friend that they swept in at the last minute to take IGN away from Viacom, but Viacom will make some noise soon. I heard they are looking in the online gaming space and a couple other properties. I'll post about it only when I confirm things and given permission to do so.
Thursday, March 02, 2006
UNDER THE RADAR CONSUMER TECH: WHY WEB 2.0 MATTERS
After a meeting and some calls, I'll be dropping by Under the Radar's conference: Why Web 2.0 Matters. They have a good lineup of companies and speakers. I'll post about the event later today.
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After a meeting and some calls, I'll be dropping by Under the Radar's conference: Why Web 2.0 Matters. They have a good lineup of companies and speakers. I'll post about the event later today.
RANDOM NEWS QUICKLIST
"Microsoft: Our engine to be better than Google soon"
"Yahoo Says It Is Backing Away From TV-Style Web Shows"
"Hooking up with Apple"
"Phone, media firms see mobile ads soon"
"Microsoft's Origami puzzle begins to unfold"
"Nuclear Deal with India a Victory for Bush"
"Immigration Debate Divides Republicans"
"Growing friction separates Shiite, Sunni"
"Disgraced Cloning Scientist Questioned"
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"Microsoft: Our engine to be better than Google soon"
"Yahoo Says It Is Backing Away From TV-Style Web Shows"
"Hooking up with Apple"
"Phone, media firms see mobile ads soon"
"Microsoft's Origami puzzle begins to unfold"
"Nuclear Deal with India a Victory for Bush"
"Immigration Debate Divides Republicans"
"Growing friction separates Shiite, Sunni"
"Disgraced Cloning Scientist Questioned"
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
HOT 25 STARTUPS
Business 2.0 has an article recognizing 25 hot startups. Crap! Why isn't GoingOn Networks in there? Oh, we haven't launched yet... :)
The Next Net 25
A new Web revolution is picking up steam, and the next Google or Microsoft could emerge from the companies that are in the vanguard.
Things are really crackling in Silicon Valley these days. There's the frenzied startup action, the rising rivers of VC cash, even the occasional bubble-icious long-term stock prediction (Google $2,000, anyone?).
(See the list and gallery: The Next Net 25)
There's so much happening that the buzzword recently employed to try to encapsulate the era -- "Web 2.0" -- now seems hopelessly inadequate, defined and redefined into near meaninglessness by squadrons of aspiring entrepreneurs, marketers, and other fortune hunters.
So it seems a particularly useful moment to wave away the smoke and home in on what's really core. Don't be distracted by the Valley's hype-o-meter pushing toward the red: There's something very real -- and very powerful -- afoot.
Driven by ubiquitous broadband, cheap hardware, and open-source software, the Web is mutating into a radically different beast than it has been. And that is leading to the creation of entirely new kinds of companies, new business models, and oceans of new opportunity.
We are in the early stages of what might be better thought of as the Next Net. (full article)
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Business 2.0 has an article recognizing 25 hot startups. Crap! Why isn't GoingOn Networks in there? Oh, we haven't launched yet... :)
The Next Net 25
A new Web revolution is picking up steam, and the next Google or Microsoft could emerge from the companies that are in the vanguard.
Things are really crackling in Silicon Valley these days. There's the frenzied startup action, the rising rivers of VC cash, even the occasional bubble-icious long-term stock prediction (Google $2,000, anyone?).
(See the list and gallery: The Next Net 25)
There's so much happening that the buzzword recently employed to try to encapsulate the era -- "Web 2.0" -- now seems hopelessly inadequate, defined and redefined into near meaninglessness by squadrons of aspiring entrepreneurs, marketers, and other fortune hunters.
So it seems a particularly useful moment to wave away the smoke and home in on what's really core. Don't be distracted by the Valley's hype-o-meter pushing toward the red: There's something very real -- and very powerful -- afoot.
Driven by ubiquitous broadband, cheap hardware, and open-source software, the Web is mutating into a radically different beast than it has been. And that is leading to the creation of entirely new kinds of companies, new business models, and oceans of new opportunity.
We are in the early stages of what might be better thought of as the Next Net. (full article)
SOUTH KOREAN YOUTH! WAKE UP!... NORTH KOREA BRAINWASHING THE NATION?
HatTip to Joong. Not a surprise, but definitely disappointing to learn about these polling results:
Nearly half of South Korean youths who will be old enough to vote in the country's next elections say Seoul should side with North Korea if the United States attacks the communist nation, according to a poll released Wednesday.
At the same time, 40.7 percent of the 1,000 young people surveyed said Seoul should remain neutral in the event of hostilities between Washington and Pyongyang, according to the poll by The Korea Times and Hankook Ilbo dailies. Only 11.6 percent said the South should back its longtime U.S. ally.
Obviously, South Korea really needs to improve their education system that's been underfired for years for lacking in developing students' critical and creative thinking skills. Being excellent in math and some sciences obviously isn't healthy for South Korea's political and cultural development.
How can so many young South Koreans believe that siding with an oppressive dictator who starves his people is better than the U.S.? Is their strong nationalism clouding their judgment? Who are teaching these people? Maybe the 1,000 to 10,000 (reports vary) North Korean spies, many of which are planted in the education system, are having the effect they always wanted? Whatever the cause South Korea needs to wake up!
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HatTip to Joong. Not a surprise, but definitely disappointing to learn about these polling results:
Nearly half of South Korean youths who will be old enough to vote in the country's next elections say Seoul should side with North Korea if the United States attacks the communist nation, according to a poll released Wednesday.
At the same time, 40.7 percent of the 1,000 young people surveyed said Seoul should remain neutral in the event of hostilities between Washington and Pyongyang, according to the poll by The Korea Times and Hankook Ilbo dailies. Only 11.6 percent said the South should back its longtime U.S. ally.
Obviously, South Korea really needs to improve their education system that's been underfired for years for lacking in developing students' critical and creative thinking skills. Being excellent in math and some sciences obviously isn't healthy for South Korea's political and cultural development.
How can so many young South Koreans believe that siding with an oppressive dictator who starves his people is better than the U.S.? Is their strong nationalism clouding their judgment? Who are teaching these people? Maybe the 1,000 to 10,000 (reports vary) North Korean spies, many of which are planted in the education system, are having the effect they always wanted? Whatever the cause South Korea needs to wake up!
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