Monthly Archives: November 2011

Followup: Don’t Start a Company

Posted on November 23, 2011 by payne

I usually blog by value, but now, I’m blogging by reference. With that bad piece of geek humor out of the way, I want to thank Dharmesh Shah for graciously publishing my article on his OnStartups blog. The comment stream … Continue reading →

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The CPU Free Lunch is Over

Posted on November 14, 2011 by payne

Back in the late 70s, my dad ordered a Heathkit H-89 computer.  It had a 2 Mhz 8-bit Z-80 processor, took months to arrive, cost $1600 (in 1980 dollars!) and we had to put it together.  Now, you can go … Continue reading →

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The GAAF Ecosystem

Posted on November 6, 2011 by payne

When we started Open Market in 1994, the Internet was pretty much the Wild West. Everyone was figuring out what it “meant”, and it was a time when a 2-person company could have the on-line presence of IBM (and often … Continue reading →

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Why The New Gmail Interface Is So Bad

Posted on November 4, 2011 by payne

I’m reading Steve Jobs’s biography, and though I’ve heard many of the Apple stories, it’s amazing to me how involved he was in fine details of Apple’s product design.  It reminds me that details matter, great products are about details, … Continue reading →

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