Monthly Archives: April 2009

My Twitter feature requests (for the Web interface): First-class support for tweet replies/comments Put the search box right on the page, upper right Let me add “searches to track” on my page, that scroll along in little widgets Provide a … Continue reading →

Driving home today, the FastLane toll (E-ZPass for the rest of you) flashes “Call FastLane”. So I call and am prompted for entering my account number “from my statement”.  There’s no option to bypass, but after three failed attempts, it … Continue reading →

I thought Krugman’s Op-Ed about compensation in the financial sector was interesting.  The one-sentence summary:  “I question the value of these financial innovations, and why are they getting paid so much?” Financial innovators have a huge advantage:  they build their … Continue reading →

Since it’s launch, I thought iPod Touch was underrated and under appreciated.  The iPhone’s got the glory, and it’s easy to dismiss the Touch as a “fancy iPod”.  But it’s a lot of computing in a small and cheap platform:  … Continue reading →

A classic “mobile app” company has a CEO or busdev person plugged into the carriers, a marketing person that knows about getting “on deck”, and a tech team facile in BREW and Symbian. Now, with the iPhone, Android, and Palm … Continue reading →

I’m wondering if in-flight Internet is going to lower demand for redeye flights, since you can get a “working day in the air”.

With the recession, inbound requests for “networking” have gone up quite a bit.  (If I’ve been hard to reach, I apologize:  networking time demands currently exceed supply). I frequently get pings from senior folks, some hoping to find an opportunity … Continue reading →