On a new site designed as part of the transition into office, president-elect Barack Obama asks for some ideas, effectively trying to use the internet created a government run "for the people, by the people, and of the people." Here are some I had around the budget...
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.
Looking at the fluctuation of the Dow over the last few weeks, I noticed a pattern of increased volatility. In this entry, I try to present some of what I'm looking at and hope that readers will help me better understand that data.
Welcome to TNL.net. If you like this content, you may consider subscribing to the RSS feed.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 [...]
With a $700 billion bailout planned by the government, I go looking for sources where we can find the money to pay for this.
From barter to grain to metal and paper, and eventually to electronic money, currency has a long history. In this talk, presented at the Web 2.0 Expo conference, I give a quick summary of that history and present how more recent trends could highlight some hypothetical futures for currency.
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 [...]
A product long rumored and whose very existence was long denied by Google itself finally launched: the Google browser, aka. Google Chrome. There are a number of things that are good and a few that leaves one scratching his head but ultimately, it is very clear that Google is working very hard to ensure that [...]
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, [...]
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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