Archive for the ‘Think’ Category

A tale of what a little technological masterpiece can teach us about learning. Apple’s iPod is a surprising teacher. The product itself has its own lore. It’s one of the asterisks on the time-line of technological development, and probably will always be. [Go all the way - Evolver] But today I’m not worried about that. [...]

So you want to build a business, hey? What do you really want to achieve? Why do you want to do it? Think about it. It matters. Do you just want to get rich, regarless of whether you add value or not? With reference to building a community [city] that supports startups and entrepreneurs, Chris [...]

My how times have changed. “Life has been transformed into an interactive experience, and every individual is now a portion of a developing collective mind.” – Stanley Bing, writing in Fortune magazine – Jan 18, 2010 Can’t say I fully agree. Life was an interactive experience long before computers were even an Apple in Bill [...]

I wrote this recently comparing Yahoo’s failure with Geocities to eBay’s success with Skype. Excerpt: “Anyway, nuts to anyone who says eBay failed by buying Skype [for a tad less than that actually] – at least they are looking to recover some if not most of what they paid, plus it was a cool business [...]