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A little about change we inflict on ourselves

I liked the beginning: They gave her The Device when she was only 2 years old. It sent signals along the optic nerve that swiftly transported her brain to an alternate universe—a captivating other world. By the time she was … Continue reading

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Can you spell bubble with a ‘G’?

More froth – http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/01/13/groupon-readies-for-an-i-p-o/ What’s the rush for an ipo for a well-capitalized company? Fear that the market isn’t going to be there…

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Lost sale – a tale of a forgotten password

“Online interactions should mimic real-life experiences as much as possible” – from a Colleague’s conference abstract With all the talk about customer/user experience, businesses sometimes forget that ALL interactions matter, and that friction built in any phase of the transaction … Continue reading

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[SYNTHETIC-WORLDS] Greenland Open Beta

Always wish I had more time to participate in such activities. Anyone has a chance to try and let me know? Sent to a [SYNTHETIC-WORLDS] mailing list: A main goal of the synthetic worlds initiative at Indiana University is to … Continue reading

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New York City is not exepnsive, and other stories

A few years ago I met people behind many-eyes visualization project from IBM. Today, inspired by other things I have seen in the labs I decided to see what their site (http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com) has been up to. Always consumed by price … Continue reading

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Highrise feature request

Now that I am a paying customer for highrise (highrisehq.com) I can request features, right? :) I am trying to figure out how best to use the “deals” feature, and it would be really great if I could surface emails/notes … Continue reading

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Notes on Margins

Fred Wilson wrote: It’s gotten to the point that if I can’t interact with content, I don’t want to consume it. When I read books, I underline certain passages so I can blog about them later. If I were reading … Continue reading

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[A]/Nonymous

I have always been scared to blog under my name. This fear had a few components. I did notice, recently, that most of the blogs I follow are actually not anonymous. I used to read a lot of anonymous blogs, … Continue reading

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