Archive for January, 2007

Prepping for the Big One

Thursday, January 11th, 2007

The hail stones hit right at rush hour yesterday; bigger ones than the day before.  We had a blast, driving on popcorn and opening the sunroof.  Lots of BMWs parked at the side of the road.  The trip 5 miles up Willows road was 3 hours.  The tail lights stretched endlessly like a slow-moving stream of […]

Ooh, Beijing’s Blog Rebel!

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007

Here’s a tip to Geoffry York and other journalists.  Don’t write about China Web Entrepreneurs without talking to Tangos Chan first.  And a tip to investors — do your research before investing.
This Globe and Mail piece is a shameless puff piece for a company trying to get some American VC funding.  It is immoral and […]

My Dad Can Beat Up Your Dad

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007

Rick Segal relates a story of a green Microsoft employee posturing with the CEO of a startup at CES.  Back when Rick was at Microsoft, this kind of behavior was a lot worse — simply saying “we will bury you” was (I’m told) enough to get someone to do what you wanted.  Today, though, everyone […]

Yahoo! Messenger for Vista

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007

Beautiful!  Now I just wonder if WPF will be ported to run on iPhone…

My Thoughts on the Apple Phone

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

Apple know how to design beautiful products.
But I’m waiting for v2 before I even consider buying one.  This isn’t a Microsoft shill; I have a Mac on my desk at work, and 4 iPods.  But this phone seems like something that is exciting to gadget-lovers, but a PITA for people who actually use their phone. 
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