Geeks: Get Involved
February 27, 2011
Why geeks need to get involved in policy making.
#140 Independence
July 2, 2010
The declaration of independence as tweets.
Apple: Same value, lower price?
October 14, 2008
In this entry, I analyze the differences between the old MacBook Pro and the new MacBook, based on Steve Jobs’ announcement that it was the same functionality for $700 less. Sometimes, one has to do the research to discover whether something is true or not.
Culture Crash
September 29, 2008
As the financial landscape is being reshaped in one of the largest crisis of confidence ever encountered by the American form of capitalism, I cannot help but wonder whether what we are witnessing is the beginning not just of an economic crash but also of a cultural crash. A few months ago, I started getting the feeling that we […]
Paying for the bailout
September 24, 2008
With a $700 billion bailout planned by the government, I go looking for sources where we can find the money to pay for this.
7
September 11, 2008
The memory fades, the pain levels: 7 years ago today a lot of us lost our innocence. 7 years ago today, it seems both like a lifetime away and an instant. But today, I can say that I got past most of the funk. Sure, I still look up in the sky when a plane flies lower than expected; Sure, I still get some […]
American Me
June 28, 2008
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 involved on the outer periphery of presidential elections. In the mid-1990s, for a brief period, I was even lucky enough […]
Could Tech Support Undo Palm?
December 27, 2007
I’ve been a supporter of Palm for a very long time (in fact, I’ve been a supporter of Palm for longer than the company itself has existed as I supported it through the first iteration of the company, its subsequent acquisition by US Robotics, then 3COM, then its return to a new company base, its merger with Handspring and its […]
Blogger’s Code of Conduct: a Dissection
April 9, 2007
Due to the recent kerfunkle over the Kathy Sierra affair, Tim O’Reilly has now proposed a “blogger’s code of conduct” (covered with no less than a front page article in today’s New York Times.) In this entry, I will dissect the code and highlight why I think such a code is a bad idea. June 26th of this year will mark […]
Dark Side of the Blogosphere
March 27, 2007
A portion of the blogosphere is abuzz with comments relating to the alleged death threats against Kathy Sierra . To recap, Kathy Sierra is the creator of a popular blog called “Creating Passionate Users.” In a recent post, she asserts that she has received death threats that are paralyzing her with fear and left her so terrified […]
