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Sportfans unite
The folklore at microsoft says that ms got super interested in what real audio was doing when Jeff Raikes found out he could listen to sports programs from his old university. Jeff is, in my opinion, an incredibly smart guy and, having worked for the...
Kitchen Dot Net
You've seen and heard it, right? The smart oven that keeps things cold until you use your PDA/Smartphone to start cooking the turkey and if you get stuck in traffic or your airbag deploys, the cooking time/temp gets adjusted. uh huh.. let's start with...
A trust engine - somebody will get rich on it
when i type whatever in google or my favorite search engine, it would be nice if i could get the results of what everybody else did morphed into mine and displayed as what others thought was useful. if you typed in looking for websites on MP3 players...
Why ASP.NET for random VC weblog
i've had a number of people ask me why asp.net as a place for a weblog. personally, i can't stand suits and the stiffs that wear them. somehow creating a blog that is read mostly by corporate types wanting to take a meeting to schedule the review of the...
I'll have my regular please
i've just come back from the movies. to speed up time, i use the movietickets website to pre-pay my tickets and cough up an extra dollar per ticket to avoid standing in line. i hate standing in line, any line, for anything. the theater is crowded but...
Failing Faster
In Tom Peters' new book, he talks about failing faster in order to get to success faster. As a VC, I like this basic idea, much to the surprise of other VCs I know. Personally, there should be a website and/or a Blog for failures. Like Bizbooboos.com...
The gift card explosion and some opportunities (?)
wandering in a Kroger grocery store here in Dallas Texas, i noticed a stand alone display of gift cards from an amazing number of vendors. besides the obvious, long distance cards and Kroger pre-paid grocery cards, i saw Macy's, home depot, and about...
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