This was going to be a rant about one of my pet peeves: Why does every electronic device have to have its own power cord and data cable? I am not a great gadget person, but I have accumulated a fair share of doo-hickeys: mobile phones, PDAs, iPods, work computers, GPS navigators, personal computers, cameras, [...]
Entries from February 2009
Of Innovation, Software and Phone Chargers
February 23rd, 2009 · 4 Comments
A Potential Business Model for Facebook II?
February 18th, 2009 · 7 Comments
NOTE: This is a work of fiction. When I first heard about Facebook trying to change their Terms of Service to give them perpetual rights to users’ content, even if they delete their data, I was not too fussed. I figured it was to avoid any possible legal complications rather than a sinister secret [...]
Tags: Facebook · predictions · social software
Marvelous Idea from Australia
February 14th, 2009 · No Comments
I came across this picture this week from a trip I took to Australia about a year ago. I was so struck by what a marvelous idea it was that I had to stop and take a picture. That black rectangle is a rubber mat, like you sometimes see on children’s playgrounds. This mat [...]
Tags: Personal
Apple Myths
February 10th, 2009 · 5 Comments
Dissing anything Apple is one of the most dangerous things a blogger can do, but I feel obliged and justified. Baiting Apple fans is second only to criticizing open source as a way to generate vituperative comments. I have always had a mixed marriage with my wife preferring Macs and me needing to use Windows [...]
Tags: Apple · Personal · consumerization
Great UI needed for social software controls
February 1st, 2009 · 6 Comments
This New York Times article reflects an issue that has been lurking at the back of my mind ever since I started using social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Yammer, Linkedin and my infrequent private blog. While I’m not a really high volume poster, I like to share a fair amount of stuff on [...]
Tags: Twitter · blogging · consumerization · social software