The stumbling juggernaut

There are some companies that are so big and powerful that you have to wonder if anything could take them down. Microsoft is one such company .. they probably spend more on litigation than marketing on a yearly basis and most of the IT world views their products as a necessary evil. Microsoft [...]

Maybe the French are right about something ..

I’ve long theorized that we are slowly killing ourselves with what we consider a successful life. Why? Somehow we as a nation have bought into the notion that if you stop long enough to have a conversation without wedging in some work or chore then you are wasting time. People are working [...]

Ruby on Rails Redux

About a year ago I was involved in a Web 2.0 venture with a startup company, and one of the technologies that we looked at was Ruby on Rails. It was a really attractive development platform because we only had 2 developers and not a lot of time to spend on building a development [...]

Best .. list .. ever.

I am sure I am not alone in my distaste for those voice activated menu systems that A) won’t stop talking for you to say/enter a response or B) don’t understand anything you say.  Some of these systems are so bad I would actually prefer talking to the call center in New Delhi.  GetHuman to [...]

What should we really be afraid of?

Bill Maher had an interesting segment about being scared of the wrong things. It seems like politicians are keeping our attention focused on external threats to avoid having to deal with internal threats, or threats that affect the whole planet. Bill Maher brings up the obvious threat: global warming. You can debate [...]

Finally, a company that gets it ..

It is nice to see that some companies still realize that their customers are the reason they exist. These days you’re more likely to get a DMCA take-down notice for making an amateur commercial for a product, but Apple has stepped up and basically offered this kid a job for making a professional version [...]

The Pigs are Flying

There has been a lot going on this year with the music industry, Bittorrent, piracy and anti-piracy. We have seen little girls and single mothers and dead grandparents sued for exorbitant fees for sharing music online.   Record labels are suing more people than you could imagine, and a few are fighting back.  Here [...]