A historical collection of our writing.
Saw the Marina Abromovic show “The Artist is Present” at MOMA yesterday. I was not a big fan of performance art previously, but was really moved by this. The combination of seeing a live performance with recording and broadcasting the audience’s reaction and participation is very powerful. The show […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Historically in the software business high gross margins were considered essential. It is not clear to me that the same logic will apply for cloud-based services. Their cost structure might wind up being quite different. Much smaller development teams can accomplish amazing things on top of a cloud […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
I saw on Twitter this morning that Apple has passed Microsoft in market cap. This is a momentous occasion and a testament to the extraordinary talent and vision of Steve Jobs. But the real challenge starts now for both companies. Apple needs to unveil a cloud strategy fast. I have written about […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
A decade ago I was in the heat of a deal negotiation with a large company when they suddenly went silent for a week. I was furious. I thought they were trying to string us (startup) along to see if we might back off from some of our deal terms as the deal dragged on. […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
So thanks to Google, since Thursday I have been playing around with an HTC EVO on the Sprint network. I have come away impressed and it has nothing to do with the EVO theoretically supporting 4G. I have mostly had 4G turned off – apparently it is a huge battery hog and the few times […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
Yesterday, a major barrier was crossed with the creation of the first artificial lifeform. Craig Venter and his team created a cell from scratch. Well not exactly from scratch: they created the DNA and inserted into an emptied cell. This is very similar to programming a computer – the hardware is […] Read more (opens Continuations in a new tab)
