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Monthly Archives: March 2007

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The 1849 Gold Rush and the Internet Bubble

Posted on March 31, 2007 by avram miller • Leave a comment

Mike Hirshland sent me a story on Valley Wag about Industry Standard pre burst (that is post bubble). It is interesting and you can read it here. It caused me to reflect on another time in this history of the bay area, the 1949 Gold Rush. Here can read about that here if you do … Continue reading →

Technology / The Post PC Period

The browser is the DOS of the Internet

Posted on March 24, 2007 by avram miller • 4 Comments

Can it be true?  Are the days of the browser numbered (I hope so).  See the announcement by Adobe of Apollo.  For me the browser is the DOS of the internet.  It served a purpose but that purpose going away.  There is no reason to have great web 2.0 applications sitting on top of an … Continue reading →

About life in the last third / The Post PC Period

Twitter Vision (give me a break)

Posted on March 24, 2007 by avram miller • Leave a comment

A while back, Mike Hirshland (www.vcmike.com) asked me a small group of folks to try Twitter. I tried it for a few days. Mostly Mike and I exchange important information like when we were going to go out for coffee. I did learn that Mike goes to Starbucks which I avoid (I live in the … Continue reading →

Avram's Past

My first computer (the PDP-7 1966)

Posted on March 20, 2007 by avram miller • 2 Comments

In 1966 when I was 21, I had a major career decision to make.  My main choices were between being a poet (I actually wrote some pretty good poems),  being a musician (but all buddies wanted to get stone and then practice while I wanted to practice and then get stoned),  go to jail a … Continue reading →

Books I recommend

Paul Aster

Posted on March 17, 2007 by avram miller • Leave a comment

Over the last several years I have been reading all books of Paul Aster. It has been a truly amazing experience. I am not a big reader of  fiction and never have been although I think I have read some of the best over the years. But Aster’s work have had an amazing effect on … Continue reading →

about business

The End of Time and Space

Posted on March 11, 2007 by avram miller • 1 Comment

Towards the end of 2005, I did an interview with Fast Company Magazine on the most important business idea for the next ten years. It was the tenth anniversary of that magazine. They asked ten people they had interviewed over the last ten years that question (presumably because they liked what we said in the … Continue reading →

About life in the last third / Genealogy

We all die twice

Posted on March 9, 2007 by avram miller • Leave a comment

We all die twice. The first death is the one we all know.  You stop. The lights go out.  They pack you up and/or wrap you up and unless you are Anna Nicole Smith, your body is disposed of in a few days (I am not going to get into whether we have a soul, … Continue reading →

New Media / The Post PC Period / Venture Capital

Communitainment (I bet this word never makes it to the dictionary)

Posted on March 7, 2007 by avram miller • Leave a comment

Someone I very much respect sent me a link to an article on Ad Week which you can read here.  It is definitely worth reading.  In general I agree with what was written but I do want to point out that what we observe at any point in time is the sum of many waves … Continue reading →

New Media / The Post PC Period

It’s all about me

Posted on March 3, 2007 by avram miller • Leave a comment

Just when I thought that blogging with the height of self indulgence I learn of a new capability. Using ning one can create their own social network. I just started my own social network. I called it AllAboutMe. Actually l find ning pretty interesting. What do you think? Continue reading →

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