by Brian Prentice | February 19, 2010 | 4 Comments
Lately I’ve been reading “Burning the Ships: Intellectual Property and the Transformation of Microsoft” – a book written by Marshall Phelps (Microsoft’s VP of Intellectual Property Policy & Strategy) and David Kline (co-author of “Rembrandts in the Attic”). While I’m reserving the right to write up a proper book report (my 5th grade teacher would [...]
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by Brian Prentice | February 12, 2010 | 7 Comments
I’m writing this blog post while 12,000 meters above the Bay of Bengal. I’m on my way home after having spent the last week visiting New Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai. As an IT analyst there are few places I consider more interesting to spend time than India. It is an amazing blend of high-calibre people [...]
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by Brian Prentice | February 2, 2010 | 10 Comments
For reasons that still stupefy me, Apple seems to be one of the scant few companies in our industry that understands the power of simplicity. This goes way, way beyond user interfaces and gesture recognition. Their skill is both in matching functionality to purpose and being able to identify purposes which are meaningful. That is [...]
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