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Get out in town

October 20, 2012Business, PoliticsAndroid, black car, Bloomberg, building Google, California, Connecticut, consumer internet businesses, eBay, Facebook, Finance, finance industry, food buffets, gated communities, Gated community, Geography of California, Geography of the United States, Goldman Sachs, Google, Googleplex, Information Age, iOS devices, iPhone, Microsoft, mobile devices, New Jersey, New York, New York City, New York subway, Princeton, private shuttle, public transportation, public transportation infrastructure, public transportation riders, public transportation systems, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose, Santa Clara County, Seattle, Silicon Valley, Stamford, Steve Blank, sub-standard products, the Nexus, Twitter, venture capital, Zynga, Zynga's building, Zynga's dog house

Escaping the valley may be the best way to develop the next great tech product.

New York to displace Silicon Valley

January 8, 2011Business, Politics, TechnologyCalifornia, car-driven society, Chemistry, Geography of California, Information Age, New York, New York City, San Francisco Bay Area, Santa Clara County, Silicon, Silicon Valley, social web, technology space, technology world, Trends, United States, venture capital

Within a decade, New York could displace Silicon Valley as the epicenter of the technology world.

Silicon Valley vs. New York: Talent

January 8, 2011Businessadvertising world, California, Facebook, Fred Wilson, Geography of California, Google, Information Age, New York, New York City, San Francisco Bay Area, Santa Clara County, Silicon Valley, Stanford, talent, talent war, Techie, United States, venture capital, Williamsburg

Talent shortages are part of the environment

Silicon Valley vs. New York: Social vs. Algorithms

January 8, 2011Business, TechnologyApple, Boston, Canada, car-driven society, Chicago, City, Europe, Facebook, Flickr, FourSquare, Google, Groupon, Information Age, netflix, New York, New York City, Person Travel, personal car, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Skype, social media, Social vs. Algorithms, social web, software solutions, Suburbs, technology field, Twitter, United States, venture capital, World Wide Web, Zynga

Living in a city is inherently a social experience. Living in a car-driven society isn’t.

Valley vs. New York: Culture

January 8, 2011Business, Politics, TechnologyBrady Forrest, Business, California, Culture, Design, Fairchild, Geography of California, heavy algorithms, Information Age, Innovation, media space, Monoculture, New York, Pendulum, personal car, Polyculture, Santa Clara County, Science and technology studies, semiconductors, Service innovation, Silicon Valley, Structure, technology field, technology world, Valley vs. New York, venture capital, World Trade Center

Silicon Valley monoculture opens the door for New York tech dominance.

Ten ways in which startups are like movies

November 1, 2010Mediaa lot of bad technology, Action film, also a lot of bad technology, amazon, Avatar, Box office bomb, Cable TV, car chase, director, Evan Williams, Facebook, Film, Film genres, final product, founder, George Lucas, Google, Groupon, Harvard, Howard the Duck, Independent film, James Cameron, lessons learned, Mark Pinkus, mayor, Movies, Orson Welles, Private equity, search engines, Social Networks, startups, Steven Spielberg, success, Tribe, Twitter, venture capital, Wizard of Oz, Zynga

There’s a surprising amount of overlap between startups and movie making

Silicon Valley vs. New York – a silly comparison

September 1, 2009Business, Technologyadvertising world, aka Web, California, Camino Real, car industry, Chicago, Chrysler, Chrysler Building, comparison, DC, Design, Detroit, Finance, financial applications, Geography of California, Geography of the United States, Information Age, Innovation, Internet crowd, Internet industry, Internet people, Internet space, leader, local media, London, Los Angeles, media space relating, Meetup, New York, New York City, real estate, real estate market, San Francisco Bay Area, Sand Hills, Santa Clara County, Seattle, Silicon Alley, Silicon Valley, software licensing, technology efforts, technology field, technology industry, technology innovations, technology space, United States, US government, venture capital

Comparing the tech industry in New York and Silicon Valley? That’s just silly

2006 Predictions

December 28, 2005Business, Media, Technology3G, Advertising, advertising revenue, advertising revenues eroding, advertising world, AdWords, AOL, bank accounts, basic services, blog networks, blog search, Blogging, Broadband, cheerleader, client software team, Criticism of Google, Europe, FeedBurner, finance service, Google, high-speed internet access, incumbent communications services, Internet Access, Internet access development world, Internet Explorer, Internet infrastructure, iPod, large scale networks, larger hosting services, LinkedIn, mainstream media, mainstream media outlets, MeasureMap, Media, media establishment, Microsoft, MSNTV, netflix, online ads, online advertising, online streaming, online video ad insertion, os social networks, Panasonic, payments systems, PlayStation, Playstation 3, regular telephony, search engines, Social Networks, Sony, speed wireless networks, Technorati, telephone communication, Tivo, United States, venture capital, Video, video consumption tool, video services, video telephony, Voice over IP, VOIP, Web 2.0, web services, web-based service, wikipedia trustee, Windows Vista, Wireless, wireless devices, World Wide Web, Yahoo

What will happen in 2006.

Internet in France 2002: An overview

August 19, 2002Business, Politics, TechnologyAccess, Broadband, Cable Internet access, cable modem, cell phones, Connectivity, digital media, DSL, e - commerce, e-commerce sites, Electronic commerce, EUR, Europe, France, France Télécom, French government, Globalization, heavy Internet users, Internet Access, Internet field, Internet initiative, Internet market, Internet penetration, Internet space, Internet users, Languages, leader, legacy systems, Luxembourg, Man-Made Disaster, Minitel, Modem, networked technology, online catalogs, online space, online versions, Paris, Printing, Standard, United Kingdom, United States, venture capital, Videotex, Wireless, wireless computing, wireless computing revolution, Wireless connectivity While

Last week, I was in France for a short vacation. During that time, I got a chance to talk to people locally and get a better idea as to what was going on within the Internet market in France. Here are a few observations based on my understanding of what is going on. Strong Growth France had been a leader in terms of establishing an information society but was starting to get trapped by its legacy Minitel tool. The Minitel was introduced in France in the late 70s as essentially a precursor to the web. The service allowed users to read online versions of magazines and newspapers, shop in online catalogs, chat, play games, and have access to every government office. In the early 80s, Minitel penetration became so high that the government-owned phone company decided to drop printing of phone books and move that service to the Minitel. Fast forward to the late 90s. France is still on the Minitel and the Internet has gotten wide acceptance in the United States. At that point, Internet penetration in France is sluggish as few people see any value in it. As a result, the French government issued an ambitious plan to…

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Get out in town

Silicon Valley vs. New York: Talent

Valley vs. New York: Culture

Silicon Valley vs. New York – a silly comparison

Internet in France 2002: An overview

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