I bought a portable GPS for our trip in Italy and France. The unit I got was the Nuvi 360. It can be used in a car, walking or on a bicycle and gives the appropriate directions for the type of transportation used. I bought a special memory card that has European information in it. Since … Continue reading
Category Archives: about business
Joost: The Entrepreneur as a Brand
Joost, an internet video distribution site has gain an amazing amount of attention. Recently it raised more than 45 million dollars and has a valuation close to 200 million. Joost is in a closed beta (I have been using it for a while). The company owns no content, wires or towers. I doubt (but do not … Continue reading
HomePlug Rules
I feel vindicated. Around 2002, I jointed the board of Current Group, the leader in Broadband over Powerline (the company provides both a set services and capabilities the will help power utilities mange the power grid which can provided dramatic improvements in reduction of both powerconsumption and green house gases emissions as well as a … Continue reading
Congestion ahead
I am having just been in NYC for a couple of board meetings (see I do work from time to time). Last week, I was in Tokyo which I am found of saying is like New York without the dirt and crime but that is not really fair. New York is like no other place in … Continue reading
Conan Obrien visits Intel
This is a very funny video with Conan O’Brien visiting Intel. I do not know how it happens but it is a typical example of Intel poking fun at itself. The company does have humor although these days they might not be finding as much to laugh about. See the video here. When I interviewed for … Continue reading
Those who couldn’t and did
After the last tech bubble burst in 2000, I developed a classification system for the people I knew and or would meet that were shaped by this. It was a two by two matrix to deal with how people handled their stock (including options). There were four possibilities: 1) Those who had stock that … Continue reading
Is business like surfing
To be successful as a surfboarder, you first need to go to the beach. Not just any beach but one with the right waves (it is too hard to make a wave although many people in business think they can). Then you have to fight your way out with all the little waves trying to … Continue reading
The 1849 Gold Rush and the Internet Bubble
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
The browser is the DOS of the Internet
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
The End of Time and Space
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
Two Thirds Done 