My dad died over the weekend. He gave me many things in life, but I remember him most for his constant, enveloping and unqualified love. He was a giant to me and I miss him terribly. Goodbye, Dad – I love you. Update: here are links to his obituaries in various papers / news outlets continue…
As I follow the early press on the HTC / T-Mobile G1 (a.k.a., “the Google Phone”), I’m struck by how little attention the phone features are getting, as compared to the IP-based tasks made possible by the open developer marketplace. One application that got me thinking about where this is all headed is iSkoot, a continue…
One of the first things we look for in an investment opportunity is a unique insight about how to secure low-cost distribution for the idea. Absent that insight, even the most compelling software execution can languish in obscurity; if it’s present, the resulting momentum can turn a good idea into a category killer by giving continue…
Om Malik has a great post up today titled “Why Windows Mobile is in Trouble.” In it, he cites a recent Gartner study on smartphone market share that helps put the iPhone phenomenon in perspective, and also shines a light on prospects for Blackberry’s much anticipated Storm model. As the table below indicates, worldwide iPhone continue…
I’ve long been an avid reader of Paul Kedrosky’s Infectious Greed, a “finance” blog covering everything from micro- (e.g., early stage VC and individual stock analysis) to global-scale macro-economics. His recent posts on the global credit meltdown have been some of the best and most lucid writing I’ve come across on the subject, but today’s continue…
I was a little late on this one (they launched at DEMO 2007), but Mashable just wrote up another interesting entrant in the Personal Relationship Management (PRM) category: BatchBlue. The article was timely – Andy and I were just talking about the need to manage our professional contacts more effectively last Friday – and the continue…
Mobile tech blogger JKOnTheRun has a fresh post up today offering three reasons why Apple is likely to add a “netbook” to their laptop line in the near future. I have no idea if his arguments hold water, but I sure hope so. It’s coming up on two months since I replaced my stolen laptop continue…