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07.07.07Apple and their obsession with being closedI have always enjoyed Fred Wilson's musings on technology. From my understanding, he and I seem to agree quite often on issues that I read through his blog. I am surprised to hear that he is just now seeing the danger in Apple's model of a proprietary software-hardware model. I am particularly concerned that I'll have to use iTunes to synch music and photos instead of being able to drag and drop. This post explains there is no way to get music and photos onto the iPhone without using iTunes. I've got way more than 8 gigs of music on my ...
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07.07.07Interesting things happening in Boulder this weekendI'm finding the folks at Startup Weekend have found an idea that is easy to properly implement in only a weekend. The idea of the weekend was to cram 70 developers into a room and hack out an online business within a 72 hour weekend. Right now it is looking like they will be creating a voting platform to form a group consensus efficiently. They have put up a live video feed to listen to the discussion. It will be interesting to see what business opportunity comes of this; namely, whether they come up with a creative business ...
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06.22.07The Paris Hilton Litmus TestDoes the shift of keyword count at this year's Supernova Conference from relevant industry leaders to celebrities such as Paris Hilton indicate the Web is going mainstream. Paul Kedrosky thinks so. While it may be true that the frontiers of mainstream media on the Web are just now being explored, gossip and celebrity mishaps have long been a driver of traffic to seemingly irrelevant sites. BusinessWeek's August 14, 2006 cover story Valley Boy discusses the rise of the (then) new wave of development on the Internet. The accompanying podcast mentions that social news aggregator digg received it's first big break ...
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06.19.07Fickle Facebook FriendsPaul Kedrosky has noted Facebook user's fickle adoption of the new third-party applications. Like any user-centric platform users can easily add or remove an application. This does lead to a high level of tire-kicking as Paul mentioned. What developers can expect then is an audience that approaches adoption with a try-before-I-buy mentality. In other words, the Facebook crowd is a savvy user base, fearless but harsh. Therefore, when developers are planning for and designing their F8 strategy, it is important to remember what the platform was originally designed to do. Just read the home screen, "Facebook is a social utility that ...
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