July 18, 2015
The Angel VC: The evolution of the SaaS landing page →
Christoph Janz on the evolution of SaaS landing pages: When you look at the landing pages (or homepages or marketing sites, however you want to call them) of today’s SaaS…
July 14, 2015
Google’s product strategy: Make two of everything →
Found this on Hacker News after I posted the previous link about Google’s cost cutting. Ron Amdeo from Ars Tecnica wrote this back in October 2014: Google likes to have…
July 14, 2015
Google Takes Stricter Approach to Costs →
Alastair Barr on why Google is planning more stricter cost cutting over the next few quarters: Google revenue grew 19% in 2014, down from 21% in 2013, 22% in 2012…
July 08, 2015
Wearables
I’ve been using the Apple Watch for the past few weeks. Before that, I hadn’t worn anything on my wrists in over 15 years. Although I don’t quite understand the…
February 12, 2014
Don’t scratch too hard
As kids, we’re told not to scratch if it itches, since it will just make it worse. As entrepreneurs searching for problems to solve, we’re told the exact opposite. We…
February 06, 2014
Consumer Grade
Historically, enterprise software buying has occurred in silos ruled by IT overlords. IT commanded what computers, smartphones, and software you had to use. In most places, this is still the…
July 24, 2013
Firefox FAIL
I open Firefox, find something relatively interesting to watch: When I try to watch the video it, I get this: FAIL!!!!
March 16, 2012
PayPal’s New Card Reader Seems Very Familiar
The new PayPal payment dongle is to Square….. As the Saber Pyramid tablet is to the iPad. The sad part, is that only one was meant to be a joke. …
September 01, 2011
Maybe There Really Will Only Be Five Computers…
Maybe There Really Will Only Be Five Computers… Thomas J. Watson in 1943: I think there is a world market for maybe five computers. John Battelle 2011: Right now, I’d…
August 29, 2011
Amazon may sell 3-5 million tablets in Q4: Forrester
Amazon may sell 3-5 million tablets in Q4: Forrester Amazon is not going to create a Kindle/iPad hybrid. Jeff Bezos knows that LCD technology can’t match e-ink for real reading….