I have a very dear friend. We are like brothers (and nearly the same age). A while back, my friend got a very significant position at one of the leading internet companies. Not only was it a great personal opportunity for him but it also offered him the ability to do some real good in … Continue reading
Category Archives: The Post PC Period
Here I discuss life in the post PC period. I will cover both the effects on companies and individuals. Most of the emphase will be on the consumer.
One man’s vision or no man’s vision: Bush vs. Putin
I have been really torn about switching from the Windows environment to the Mac environment. While my first personal computer was apple like ( It was actually an ACE 1000 which was an apple II clone made by Franklin Computer where I was president in 1983), I pretty much switched over to the what we … Continue reading
If you want an audience jump out of a building.
I think it was around 1996 that I declared that Advertising was the Killer App. of the Internet at presentation I made at the National Association of Broadcasters. I still believe that although, in reality people to people communication is the killer application and advertising is just the way must companies try to monetize that … Continue reading
You know you are old when
You know you are getting old when an attractive woman sits down next you in first class and says “it is going to be a long flight since I forgot to bring a book” and you look at her, smile and hand her a book to read. That just happened to me. But it made … Continue reading
Social Network becomes Social Net WORK
Being the curious guy that I am, I tend to sign up on a lot of web sites which I rarely use. I f course I tried out the social networking when the first came out. For instance, I jump on Friendster as soon as it launched since my friend, Ram was an investors. … Continue reading
GPS and the collective unconciousness
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
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
Twitter Vision (give me a break)
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
Communitainment (I bet this word never makes it to the dictionary)
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
It’s all about me
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
Two Thirds Done 