A historical collection of our writing.
Brad BurnhamEsther and Fred are right that at least in some specific areas like lightweight web services, the flow of technology has reversed. This creates an interesting opportunity for entrepreneurs and investors who,. like us, are on the look out for ways of using services developed for consumers as a […] Read more
Brad BurnhamIn our first “hello world” post on this blog, we made the point that the market we operate in is one of the most dynamic markets anywhere. We concluded that it made little sense to have a static investment strategy in such a dynamic environment, so rather than put up a brochure as our web […] Read more
Brad BurnhamMany years ago, I read an article that made a big impression on me. It compared the adoption of information technology to the adoption of electricity. The article noted that, in the late 19th century, when electricity was a novelty, it was a quirky, visible, high maintenance presence in the lives […] Read more
Brad BurnhamIs it just us, or is there really a sea change in the nature of research and development. For my entire career in information technology, research was all about cracking very hard technical problems. How to move more bits from here to there, how to store more bits, how to organize bits so they can […] Read more
Brad BurnhamI did not study a lot of science in high school so this reference to mathematics is likely to be my last effort to come up with a model from high school science that sheds light on the evolution of the information technology business. After eBay’s purchase of Skype, it became clear to many of […] Read more
Brad BurnhamA week ago I stretched my rudimentary knowledge of high school biology to come up with an analogy that, for me, shed some light on web services. Today, I am going to try an analogy from physics which I know even less about. Most industrial processes produce byproducts. More and more, we see the […] Read more
