It was easy to spot the most popular kid at last week’s “Open Source Meets Business” conference in Nuremberg. Between presentations, in the halls, even at the lavish evening banquets, there he’d be, flitting around in a cherry fedora, showing off the coolest toy in town, if not the world. Jan Wildeboer is a Solution […]
The Dobbs Ferry (Pharmacy) Party Strikes Back !
Dobbs Ferry, January 28, 2007 – Smarting from its surprise defeat in the November election to the Democratic ticket, the Dobbs Ferry (Pharmacy) Party struck back with the only weapon left in their quiver – a referendum to move the election date back to March. By way of background, the Dobbs Ferry Party had dominated […]
Open Source is Big Business
NUREMBERG, Germany Nuremberg enjoyed its first snow of winter this evening, but across town at its gleaming CongressCenter, entrepreneurs celebrated a different triumph. "Open source has crossed the chasm," proclaimed Alexander Bruhl, of VC firm Atlas Venture. Referring to the 1991 tech marketing book by Geoffrey A. Moore, Bruhl argued that Open Source is more […]
Daylife is Epic: An Interview with Jeff Jarvis
The launch of news site Daylife almost two weeks ago was met by a flurry of feedback from thoughtful types across the web. So what happened? Bloggers alternately fawned over Daylife’s “engagingly pretty” interface and decried its lack of interactivity. TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington, a Daylife investor, was disappointed at the absence of commenting and RSS […]
Homo Google Apple Sapiens
I use gmail for all my emailing, google calendar as my daily organizer, google web for all searches, and google photo as my photo lab. I use google maps to go anywhere other than around the corner. As for traveling abroad, I use google earth to learn about the geography of the island I plan to visit. […]
Culmination of Information
The public adoption of the Internet was provoked by the need for quick, efficient information exchange. In the early 90s, the Net was exactly what we needed, and it flourished. As of June 2005, approximately 223 out of 328 million of all North American residents – nearly 70 % – were qualified as being Internet […]