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Business Excellence

The trouble with Steve Jobs

5 March 2008

Tagged as: Apple, Innovation, Jobs.

Business Excellence

A friend of mine pointed me to an interesting article about the personality traits/flaws of Steve Jobs and the impact, both real and imagined on the stockholders of Apple (for purposes of disclosure, I am a stockholder). The article is worth reading and raises several issues germane to the issue of disclosure to [...]

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End of the line for Netscape

24 February 2008

Tagged as: browser, mosaic, netscape

Computers

It is hard to say goodbye. I don’t remember the date, but I still remember the first time I saw or used a web browser exactly. I know it was NCSA Mosaic running on a UNIX box in a computer lab at BYU. Having been an avid Compuserve users (and trying AOL) [...]

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Apple TV Nails It the Second Time Around

23 February 2008

Tagged as: Apple, apple tv, online video

Apple

Downloading and watching recent movies — in high-definition, from the comfort of your living room — is a stupendous experience. It could become habit-forming (exactly what Apple probably has in mind.)
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Don’t put a stake in the ground

22 February 2008

Tagged as: Innovation, leadership, startup

Innovation

My friend Kelly Smith over at Curious Office has blogged about a Financial Times article about the need for flexibility in any endeavor, but certainly any Internet related business.  It really is a great article and the FT has some great content, so head on over (free subscription required).
From the FT article:
The quest to develop [...]

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When Good Isn’t Good Enough

22 February 2008

Tagged as: hiring, hr, programming

Business Excellence

Great Business Week article (written by CEO of Rapleaf) on hiring the right employees as a startup or small company.
A company with fewer than 50 employees needs great programmers, not just good ones. And once you find them, you have to hold on to them. A startup needs people who not only can think [...]

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Seattle Taps Its Inner Silicon Valley

8 February 2008 Innovation

Many communities dream of becoming the next Silicon Valley. But Seattle is actually doing it. The influx of entrepreneurs and of venture capitalists to bankroll them is slowly reshaping this city and a regional economy long buffeted by the booms and busts of the aerospace and timber industries. A start-up ecosystem needs social networks, [...]

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Verizon Embraces Google’s Android

4 December 2007

Tagged as: android, Gadgets, Google, open devices, verizon, wireless

Communications

It is premature to remove Verizon from the list of anti-tech companies, but this is certainly a step in the right direction.
In yet another sudden shift, Verizon Wireless plans to support Google’s (GOOG) new software platform for cell phones and other mobile devices. Verizon Wireless had been one of several large cellular carriers withholding support [...]

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The Most Anti-Tech Organizations in America

3 December 2007

Tagged as: AT&T, Communications, Innovation, Media, MPAA, patents, RIAA, telco

Communications

Excellent article @ PCWorld written by Mark Sullivan on the 5 most anti-tech organizations in America. History is replete with examples of products, companies, and industries that fail to adapt and adopt to new technology. These 5 will be next.
From PCWorld by Mark Sullivan
Their names keep coming up over and over again in courtrooms [...]

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Mac OS X Leopard: A perfect 10?

27 November 2007

Tagged as: Apple, Leopard, osx

Apple

Apple’s new operating system and its massive new feature set challenge users and developers to explore new and better ways of working. I don’t think Leopard is a perfect 10, but the author, Tom Yager, opines that Leopard’s many new features and underlying capabilities allow Leopard to “stay out of the user’s way while [...]

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Intel to Unveil Chips for Improving Video Quality on the Web

11 November 2007

Tagged as: compression, intel, online video, Web

Content

From the NYT:  Intel plans to announce a family of microprocessor chips on Monday that it says will speed the availability of high-definition video via the Internet.
As consumers clamor for more Internet video, a huge computing burden is placed on companies like Google, Microsoft and providers of digital video, who must compress the video files [...]

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