Archive for January, 2007

Appleseeds

I’ve posted some thoughts on fostering a better culture for startups and entrepreneurs in NYC on the nextNY blog, click on over if you’d like to read…

Scam alert.
$600-1,200 for 2.5-3.5 hours per week ?
Read and repeat: If it comes from the internet and it sounds to good to be true, it always is.
I admit, I read it through twice and almost replied, the idea of getting up a half-hour earlier each day and getting some “fun money” is pretty seductive. Fortunately, [...]

Does anyone remember how a smart, innovative, “revolutionary” PC company released a ground-breaking OS/computer, but made it hard for developers (aka “hackers”) to get at the goods with a deeply recessed, non-standard case screw? While in comparison, the “other company” let “a hundred flowers bloom,” encouraging a modular, easy-access hardware environment and sharing their OS [...]

A search mashup that google-dexes your delicious bookmarks has been unleashed on the blogosphere. You can scroll down to see it in action with my own bookmarks.

…Not!
In spring 2007, Apple will release the newest version of its Mac OS X operating system, codenamed “Leopard,” which will let users build widgets from scratch and share them with others, even if they’ve never written a line of code.
How long will the consumer computing demigods put dixie cups of this kool-aid on the table [...]