November 2010
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The tech industry is a virus. →
I paid huge money for the iPhone, so it’s not like it could be anyone’s “business model” to use that data. But now, as far as I know, some unknown startup in California has all my data.
September 2010
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“There is SO MUCH CAPITAL available at so little cost to so many that the...”
– The Stock Market is still for Suckers and why you should put your money in the bank « blog maverick (via thommyc)
August 2010
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June 2010
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May 2010
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Watchsoftware patents: 29 minutes worth it (via feld) brought you by the FSF.
Moreover, a collection of radically innovative patents here. And, last but not least, a patent all SEO people should be familiar with: patent nr. 6285999 filed on Jan 8 1998.
April 2010
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February 2010
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Stop me if you think that you've read this one...
One of the most interesting aspects of online businesses is the evolution of the ways an online company achieves profitability. Or, in other words, the way business models change.
There have to be some reasons why the good old paradigm of money vs. product / service has been proved to be obsolete! I would like to try to sum up some considerations that might help to explain the emergence of new...
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WatchHow will the interaction with a PC evolve in the future? It was stunning to think how “unnatural” is to use the mouse. After all the basic idea is already (almost) 30 years old!
This project gives a first idea about how we’ll be using computers (or whatever we’ll call them). The interesting point is that the programs we are using now are conceived for mouse and keyboard....
January 2010
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shakin' hands
I must admit I am fascinated by the broad dynamics that can be identified behind the changes in an Industry. Let me tell you these facts:
“Some of 2009’s biggest properties didn’t exist at all in 1999” (source), or The next big thing always starts out being dismissed as a “toy” (source).
Prof. Richard Langlois has published in 2003 a paper (named after Smith’s and...
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tumblr vs. posterous →
“Or, to put it another way: Posterous is an engineered product, while Tumblr is a designed product”.
or²: some free thoughts.
I think that tumblr is somehow counterintuitive. For example, it took me a while to understand its mechanisms, and start to appreciate the “dashboard”. Now it’s for me a source and especially a filter for interesting stories, information,...
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Hello, tumbleworld!
I am starting this tumblelog, inspired by some personal considerations and from articles like this and this. I am interested in VC and technology and expecially that “magic” that comes from people that love what they’re doing. In this very moment I am thinking about it as a collection of interesting things i read online and eventually some considerations on things that I like to...