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American Me

Welcome to TNL.net. If you like this content, you may consider subscribing to the RSS feed.Yesterday morning, I entered a room filled with foreigners. By the time I left, there were 240 new American citizens, myself included. My journey to this moment is one that, in retrospect, would pretty much a given. Since 1992, I’ve been [...]

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No Changes in Mobile

Today’s announcement by Nokia that it would acquire all of Symbian represents an important move in the upcoming battle for next generation mobile devices (to call them phone seems unfair as they tend to do more than just make calls). In this entry, I’ll take a quick look at how the different players are currently [...]

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iPhone 2: More than meets the eye

There has been much written about Steve Jobs’ keynote on Monday, introducing a new version of the iPhone, a rebranded version of .mac, and a new version of the OSX Operating System. However, amid all the praises, there seems to have been a few items missing from the discussion. iPhone: 3G OK but not everywhere As expected, [...]

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Is Techmeme myopic?

I’m a big fan of TechMeme, a web aggregation service that provides, at a glance, a few of what’s being discussed in the technology-focused part of the blogosphere. It has allowed me to unsubscribe from a large number of RSS feeds that were providing me with redundant information and I’ve long hoped for a version [...]

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Demographic Shift

Looking at recent events, it appears that we are at the tipping point of a substantial demographic shift in power. In this entry, I highlight my thinking as to why I believe we're there and some of the potential impacts.

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Quiet Moves

It’s been very quiet here on TNL.net but the same has not been true of my life. As a matter of fact, it’s been extremely busy. The Job Search The job search has ended and thanks to the many people who have helped. It’s been an interesting excercise in learning how to use social tools to achieve [...]

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Updates

It’s been kind of quiet here as I’ve been busy with the job search and a number of other matters. The Job Search I am reasonably optimistic in terms of job prospects. The silver lining on this cloud, if there is one, is that this has helped me spend a little more time thinking about what I [...]

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Non-obvious winners and losers in Microsoft Yahoo Deal

The tech community is buzzing at the news that Microsoft has made an unsolicited US$44.6 billion offer to acquire Yahoo and word is that Yahoo is actually considering it very seriously. The potential merger has long been rumored and there are many reasons for which it could actually make a lot of sense for both companies. [...]

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On the road again

Six weeks ago, it was with great joy and hopes that I joined GroupM, leaving behind the safety of a big bank for the more tumultuous waters of media and advertising. At the time, however, I did not expect things to turn as they just did: I’ve been laid off as I was told that a [...]

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Palm responds, Part 2

In part 2 of a 2 part interview, John Moses, global Vice President of Customer Support for Palm, answers questions about Palm's unit replacement program and about other issues relating to Palm's technical support.

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