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Hi My Name is John…and I am addicted to analytics
…and I am addicted to analytics. It all started when I was a wee lad. I quite enjoyed playing Tecmo NBA Basketball, among other games. One day, while…
Mainstream Failure
The media’s telling of the Japan story has been inexcusably bad. I can’t count the number of pieces about confinement breaches and radiation surges; where they are not information-free they are wrong, and where they are not wrong, they bypass what matters. Here are a few specifics.
Bag of hurt
In 2008, Steve Jobs was asked 1 if and when Macs would play Blu-ray movies. He responded candidly :
Amazon shuts down Lendle
Link to: https://twitter.com/lendleapp/status/49919939456409601
iPad 2: Thoughts from a first time tablet user
Well I picked up an iPad 2 and have finally come to the conclusion that my years of gadget yearning should have taught me long ago. It is all about the apps and experience.
I just don’t get LinkedIn, do you?
I’ve tried. I’ve tried several times. And every time I try looking at LinkedIn I always end up staring at it and thinking, “What is the point?”
IPad: The Microwave Oven of Computing
tech, simplified.
Airbnb
obama_oj Originally uploaded by charmaine_cooper. When you walk into our conference room at Union Square Ventures, you see the box of cereal on the right on our conference room credenza next to a wifi router and a jar of Jolly Ranchers. It is there because we are big Obama fans? Nope. The cereal box is […]
Why I'm Close to Giving Up on Windows Phone 7, as a User and a Developer
<p><strong>Jun 2013 Update:</strong> <a href="/2013/05/farewell-windows-phone-you-cant-say-i-didnt-try-hello-android/">I've made the switch to Android. More info can be found here</a>!</p>