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27 April 2010 ~ View Comments

Microsoft vs. Apple

There’s been lots of talk about how Apple’s market cap is about to equal Microsoft’s.  People love to discuss this because of the battle the two companies have fought over the past 3 decades.  Microsoft famously beat out Apple for PC dominance in the 80′s and 90′s by being open while Apple remained stubbornly closed. [...]

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27 January 2010 ~ View Comments

iPad Thoughts

I’m not sure if you’ve heard about the iPad.  Unless you’ve been under a rock, you can’t avoid the Apple madness.  I’m up in San Francisco this week and couldn’t help but feel the Apple riptide and get drawn into the hype.  So I watched the announcement and here are my thoughts The iPad is [...]

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12 January 2010 ~ View Comments

Reflections from CES

I spent a few days at CES and while i didn’t get to walk the floor as much as i had hoped, i did get around enough to figure out what the themes were this year. Here are my thoughts: Televisions. The TV’s were amazing. In the years past, it had all been about getting [...]

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11 December 2009 ~ View Comments

Droid vs. iPhone Grudge Match

Raduchel recently did a post that inspired me to speak up as I’ve been carrying around both an iPhone and a Droid for the past few weeks (since Droid’s launch) and comparing the two.  I’ve set the Droid as my main phone so i’m forced to use it more and get used to it. My [...]

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25 September 2009 ~ View Comments

Do What You Want

There are a lot of times in the world where people tell me what to do. Things like, “I need the deck by tonight.” or “Can you meet me on Sunday to talk about the deal?” Sometimes i like doing it and sometimes i don’t. Here’s what i do know though: I always like doing [...]

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27 August 2009 ~ View Comments

I Want a Real Apple TV

Apple keep talking about a tablet to be released sometime soon.  What i really want is an AppleTV – and i don’t mean the box that attaches to the TV.  I want an actual TV created by Apple that’s an LCD or Plasma that runs OSX. The levels of convergence would be ridiculous.  You could [...]

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17 June 2009 ~ View Comments

The iPhone and the world of computers

I’m an iPhone users and i love it.  It has transformed my mobile phone usage and dare i say, my life.  With the internet at my fingertips, i no longer go more than 10 seconds without knowing the answer to a question.   I have come to realize that the world of computers and the internet [...]

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20 February 2009 ~ View Comments

Mobile World Congress wrapup

I spent the week at MWC in Barcelona this past week.  I made my way to a bunch of booths and companies.  It was a huge show. Here are some thoughts: Phone Operating Systems There were many new phones released at the show.  LG announced 50 phones, Samsung had 22 more, Sony/Ericcson announced a new [...]

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20 January 2009 ~ View Comments

Leaders and Followers

Cover via Amazon There’s a new book by Seth Godin called “Tribes” which talks about the startup culture and out-of-the-box thinkers.  Two interesting parts of the book are the parts about followers and the parts about Leaders. A good question exists talking about the difference between employees and followers.  Employees show up each day and [...]

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14 March 2008 ~ View Comments

Jobs Interview

There’s a good interview with Steve Jobs in the latest Fortune magazine.  One of my favorite parts was this: People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on.  But that’s not what it means at all.  It means saying no to the 100 other good ideas that there are.  You [...]

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