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Cyber-Monday Nails Victoria’s Secret!
It’s Cyber-Monday and Victoria’s Secret can’t keep up! (Insert all the funny puns) I’ve been trying to buy a few things … uh … for my mother and have not been able to check out. The real questions are … How much time is wasted by employees shopping online at work? How much money… Read more
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Gmail Video for the Holidays
Just a few weeks ago, Google announced Gmail Voice and Video chat embedded into Gmail. You simply download a client onto your computer and you’re off! Here are a few of my observations: Setup was simple and if you have a Mac with an embedded camera, it’s even simpler! Having it embedded in my Gmail… Read more
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What makes a good Entrepreneur?
What makes a successful entreprenur? What does it mean to hire for entreprenurial qualities? There probably is not a hard answer to these questions but there sure are a lot of opinions. I’ve had the opportunity to mentor under the most successful entreprenurs in the industry and tried to come up with the top… Read more
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Suspend Conventional Thought
Sometimes the dumbest concepts can turn into huge ideas. Don’t let conventional thought hold you back and be open to different thinking. Read more
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Satellite Radio is Priceless!
Sirius XM Radio rolled out their new combined line up of channels this morning. I was an XM Radio customer before and inherited the Sirius channels. Highlights for me include: Howard Stern — Yes, I grew up listening to him in New York NFL Radio Elvis Radio Jam Band Radio Grateful Dead Radio I can’t… Read more
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Brightstorm Raises $6 Million
Techcrunch is reporting today that Brightstorm raised $6 million dollars in an A round. It’s a bit of a crowded space but I like the general direction of the idea. If they can continue to get top notch teachers and are able to convey their teaching style, that’s sure to help differentiate their value proposition.… Read more
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Google Chrome Is Fast
Alright, Google Chrome has come out and everyone is talking about it. I must say that it is really fast. I almost made it my official browser but some of the web sites were not rendering properly. Important buttons were missing from the Google Groups pages. What is interesting is that some of the Google… Read more
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Google Picasa Name Tags
Just recently, Google Picasa was updated with a new client and web interface. Unfortunately, they hate Mac users so I stopped using the client in lieu of Apple iPhoto with the Picasa upload client. Good enough. The coolest new feature is their support for Name Tags. Basically, they scan through your photos, do some sort… Read more
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Inversion of Control and New Architectures
Here is nice, compact article by Martin Fowler on the Inversion of Control pattern. I’m revisiting the Spring Framework after stepping away from it for a while. It’s always important when building a new products to learn from the “pains” of previous projects. Reminds me of those poor suckers that implemented the full J2EE 1.0… Read more
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Good Quote for Founders and Start-ups
Below is an except from a speech given by Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1967, on the subject of ending the Vietnam war, delivered at Riverside Church in New York City: “We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this… Read more
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Google GMail is Down
Google’s GMail has been down for most of the afternoon for me. I find this hugely surprising given the level of service I have received in the past. I wonder what is going on …. Read more
