Blog Index

  • Augmented Reality Video Games

    Interesting TechCrunch post — is Augmented Reality the future or a fad?   The only way to find out — build something.  🙂 Read more

  • Bertrand Piccard’s solar-powered adventure

    Very interesting TED Talk about Bertrand Piccard’s quest to travel through the night in solar powered plane. Read more

  • No iPhone 3GS For Me!

    I have become dependent enough on my iPhone that even the most subtle upgrades in performance, disk and battery life is worth the money to upgrade.  It’s really my primary mobile tool for so many things — these are my to 12 tasks I do on my iPhone (list is subject to change): Email (Work… Read more

  • Tribal Leadership — Getting to Stage 5

    Interesting talk at TEDxUSC by David Logan on Tribal Leadership. What stage is your team at? Read more

  • DigitalGlobe is Web Squared

    Here is a recent blog post by John Battelle on his thought on DigitalGlobe after an interview with our co-founder, Walter Scott. Read more

  • Phish @ Shoreline

    Phish played Shoreline Amphitheater 8/5/2009 and what a show it was.  It was a blast from past — it had been several years since I had seen them last.  They sounded great — the only unfortunate thing was I didn’t get a “Slave” and the show was sandwiched between two of my favorite venues —… Read more

  • Completed San Francisco 1/2 Marathon Today!

    This morning I completed the San Francisco 1/2 Marathon — I did the second half and it was my first.  What an amazing experience!  Here are things I gleamed from the experience: Finding the right sneakers is critical! Spandex is essential for long runs Don’t just drink water if you plan to run more than… Read more

  • Cool Apple Window Display

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  • WWDC 2009 Starts Tomorrow

    The good news — WWDC 2009 starts tomorrow. The bad news — WWDC 2009 starts tomorrow.  What new crap am I going to feel compelled to buy?  I wish I was there. Read more

  • New Bing Advertisement

    I caught the ad below during the NBA Finals.  Ironically, all the issues mentioned were why I hated MSN search.  Is Bing actually a better search engine?  The problem is that I’m happy enough with Google to not care. Read more

  • Leo Laporte Blows up at Michael Arrington

    The video below is of Leo Laporte blowing up at Mike Arrington on the Gillmor Gang questioning a positive review because Leo got a free phone.  Well, valid question if you ask me.  For example, Leo’s audible.com ads on the TWIT podcasts have tuned into live banter between his collegues where they all love the… Read more

  • No Turning Back

    Well, there is no turning back now.  I’m all signed up for the  2nd half of the San Francisco Half Marathon on July 26th.   Let’s be clear here — I’ve lived a fairly sedentary lifestyle and getting this out of shape body to run 13.1 miles (21,097.5 meters) is big deal!  Here are a… Read more

  • Interesting Business Week Articles

    Here are a few articles from this week  that I found interesting: The Failed Promise of Innovation in the U.S. — During the past decade, innovation has stumbled. And that may help explain America’s economic woes RJM:  Does true innovation need to move economies forward?  Is there such a thing as spinning on useless innovation? … Read more

  • Google I/O 2009

    This was my first year at Google I/O and I have to say that it was well worth the $300. Great developer vibe Great sessions Free Android Phone Wave Developer preview accounts This is starting to turn into a Apple’s WWDC conference.  Nice job Google. Read more

  • Steve Ballmer Announces Bing Internally

    Below is the company wide email from Steve Ballmer about the upcoming release of Bing. From: Steve Ballmer [mailto:Steve.Ballmer@microsoft.com] Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 11:30 AM To: Microsoft – All Employees (QBDG) Subject: Announcing Bing Today, at the D Conference in Carlsbad, CA, I’m announcing the release of Bing, our new search engine. This is… Read more