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"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." -Aristotle

Why Paying to Pitch is Necessarily a Scam
Posted 4 months ago (Oct 29, 2009)

Filed under: Entrepreneurship | Rants | Things that bother me | Venture Capital

Dissecting Yammer: A Revenue Stream is not necessarily a Business Model
Posted 1 year and 4 months ago (Nov 03, 2008)

Filed under: Entrepreneurship | Rants | Business | Twitter | Innovation | Venture Capital

You don’t change the world with a marginally better mousetrap
Posted 1 year and 7 months ago (Jul 30, 2008)

Filed under: Entrepreneurship | Startup | Facebook | Rants | Business | Google | Microsoft | Venture Capital

Why you SHOULDN’T start a tech company in Silicon Valley
Posted 1 year and 8 months ago (Jul 08, 2008)

Filed under: Entrepreneurship | Startup | Business | NYC | Notches | Venture Capital | Rants | NextNY

Technology really only matters when it creates new possibilities
Posted 1 year and 9 months ago (Jun 22, 2008)

Filed under: Technology | Rants | Gadgets

Simultaneous Discovery and its impact on stealth mode
Posted 1 year and 9 months ago (Jun 08, 2008)

Filed under: Entrepreneurship | Startup | Rants | NextNY | Business | Notches | Innovation | Patent | Intellectual Property | Social Behavior

Give me an “elite” leader, please
Posted 1 year and 9 months ago (Jun 07, 2008)

Filed under: Politics | Rants

The Challenges of Scaling Twitter's Follower Model
Posted 1 year and 10 months ago (May 26, 2008)

Filed under: Software Development | Rants | Programming | Twitter

Innovation, Disruption and The Economics of Free
Posted about 2 years ago (Apr 08, 2008)

Filed under: Entrepreneurship | Startup | Rants | NextNY | Business | Notches | Innovation | Venture Capital

The Enterprise, The iPhone, and the Role of Silverlight
Posted about 2 years ago (Mar 27, 2008)

Filed under: Technology | Enterprise | Gadgets | .NET | Microsoft | Rants | Programming | Apple

T-Mobile doesn't know how to treat its customers
Posted about 2 years ago (Feb 24, 2008)

Filed under: Things that bother me | Rants | Gadgets | Marketing | Business

CIGNA Sucks!
Posted about 2 years ago (Feb 11, 2008)

Filed under: Things that bother me | Rants | Personal

When will the NFL Network standoff end?
Posted 2 years and 2 months ago (Dec 27, 2007)

Filed under: Technology | Sports | Things that bother me | Intellectual Property | Law | NYC | Rants

Verizon to open up its network and devices
Posted 2 years and 4 months ago (Nov 27, 2007)

Filed under: Technology | Rants | Gadgets

The Case for Freeing the WSJ Online
Posted 2 years and 7 months ago (Aug 25, 2007)

Filed under: Technology | Blogging | Rants | Web 2.0

Taking on WestLaw and LexisNexis
Posted 2 years and 7 months ago (Aug 24, 2007)

Filed under: Things that bother me | Law | Rants | Law School

What exactly is an iPhone application?
Posted 2 years and 8 months ago (Jul 24, 2007)

Filed under: Technology | Apple | Gadgets | Marketing | Things that amuse me | Programming | Software Development | Rants

The Hypocrisy of Live Earth
Posted 2 years and 8 months ago (Jul 07, 2007)

Filed under: Things that bother me | Politics | Rants

The iPhone is a game-changer
Posted 2 years and 8 months ago (Jul 05, 2007)

Filed under: Technology | Rants | Apple | Gadgets

The Sopranos Series Finale
Posted 2 years and 9 months ago (Jun 10, 2007)

Filed under: Things that bother me | Rants | Things that amuse me | Video

Refocusing Net Neutrality
Posted 2 years and 9 months ago (Jun 04, 2007)

Filed under: Technology | Things that bother me | Net Neutrality | Rants | Video | Google

Arguing Intelligently about Copyright
Posted 2 years and 10 months ago (May 01, 2007)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Rants | Intellectual Property

Was DRM-free music an Apple innovation?
Posted about 3 years ago (Apr 09, 2007)

Filed under: Things that bother me | Copyright | DRM | Intellectual Property | Law | Microsoft | Audio | Rants | Things that amuse me | Apple

I Don't Get Twitter
Posted about 3 years ago (Mar 22, 2007)

Filed under: Technology | Facebook | Social Behavior | Rants | Things that amuse me | Web 2.0

More on the Music Industry's Slow Death
Posted about 3 years ago (Mar 22, 2007)

Filed under: Copyright | DRM | Audio | Rants | Law | Music | Intellectual Property | Social Behavior

DHL Sucks
Posted about 3 years ago (Mar 03, 2007)

Filed under: Things that bother me | Rants | Marketing | Business

Steve Jobs and Apple telling half-truths about DRM
Posted about 3 years ago (Feb 13, 2007)

Filed under: Copyright | Rants | Apple | Music | Intellectual Property | Business | Law

A look at Apple and Microsoft strategies
Posted 3 years and 2 months ago (Jan 01, 2007)

Filed under: Audio | Rants | Things that amuse me | Innovation | Microsoft | Apple | Music | Gadgets | Business

Podcast support in Windows Media Player 11
Posted 3 years and 2 months ago (Dec 28, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Software Development | Blogging | Audio | Rants | Podcast | Apple | Music | Gadgets

Trying to Cancel Office Live
Posted 3 years and 3 months ago (Nov 28, 2006)

Filed under: Things that bother me | Rants | Things that amuse me | Business | Microsoft

The tradeoffs of the Energy Policy Act of 2005
Posted 3 years and 4 months ago (Oct 30, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Things that bother me | Software Development | Rants | Things that amuse me

Another ironic Mac commercial
Posted 3 years and 5 months ago (Oct 19, 2006)

Filed under: Rants | YouTube | Apple | Web 2.0 | Gadgets | Advertising | Marketing | Security

Taxing Virtual Economies?
Posted 3 years and 5 months ago (Oct 18, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Gaming | Rants | Intellectual Property

Google bought the brand, not the technology
Posted 3 years and 5 months ago (Oct 12, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Rants | YouTube | Web 2.0 | Business | Google

PodShow gets funding... but forgets to renew DNS?
Posted 3 years and 5 months ago (Oct 09, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Blogging | Rants | Things that amuse me | Web 2.0

The Broadcast Flag and TiVO
Posted 3 years and 7 months ago (Aug 24, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Rants | Gadgets | Intellectual Property

Why is Microsoft charging for Office 2007 Beta downloads?
Posted 3 years and 7 months ago (Aug 02, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Software Development | Rants | Vista | Microsoft

Update on the DOA Dell
Posted 3 years and 7 months ago (Aug 02, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Things that bother me | Rants

You can either fight change or embrace it
Posted 3 years and 8 months ago (Jul 12, 2006)

Filed under: Rants | Business

Gartner sends a cease and desist to remove a link
Posted 3 years and 8 months ago (Jul 11, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Things that bother me | Copyright | Intellectual Property | Business | Rants | Things that amuse me

The Lost Mac Ads
Posted 3 years and 8 months ago (Jul 09, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Rants | Things that amuse me | Gadgets | Business

The problem with regulating what you don't understand
Posted 3 years and 8 months ago (Jul 05, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Rants | Web 2.0 | Intellectual Property

Why hasn't the World Cup caught on in the United States?
Posted 3 years and 8 months ago (Jul 03, 2006)

Filed under: Sports | Rants

PayPerPost.com pays bloggers for their posts... and credibility?
Posted 3 years and 8 months ago (Jun 30, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Rants | Web 2.0

This Apple advertisement doesn't make any sense. Touche!
Posted 3 years and 9 months ago (Jun 19, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Rants | Things that amuse me | Apple | Advertising | Microsoft

The Significance of Google Spreadsheets
Posted 3 years and 9 months ago (Jun 09, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | AJAX | Software Development | Rants

The Web 2.0 Trademark Debacle
Posted 3 years and 10 months ago (May 26, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Rants | Web 2.0 | Trademark | Intellectual Property

Blogging from Office 2007 (Beta 2)
Posted 3 years and 10 months ago (May 25, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Rants | Productivity | Web 2.0

The Absurdity of Legal Casebooks
Posted 3 years and 10 months ago (May 11, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Rants | Law School

Commercial Skipping
Posted 3 years and 10 months ago (May 10, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Rants | Gadgets | Intellectual Property

Warner Bros to start selling movies on BitTorrent
Posted 3 years and 10 months ago (May 09, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Rants | Intellectual Property

Is Apple following Palm's footsteps?
Posted about 4 years ago (Apr 14, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Innovation | Rants | Apple | Gadgets | Business

Webaroo seems so 1999 to me
Posted about 4 years ago (Apr 10, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Software Development | Rants | Innovation

Addicted to EVDO
Posted about 4 years ago (Apr 10, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Tablet PC | Rants | Productivity | Gadgets

MPAA, P2P and digital downloads
Posted about 4 years ago (Apr 09, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Rants | Gadgets | Intellectual Property

Sony's UMD format failing?
Posted about 4 years ago (Apr 08, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Rants

Redefining the Generalist
Posted about 4 years ago (Apr 05, 2006)

Filed under: Rants | Personal | Innovation

Death by Risk Aversion
Posted about 4 years ago (Apr 04, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Rants | Innovation

My Crusade Against Cubicles
Posted about 4 years ago (Apr 01, 2006)

Filed under: Rants | Productivity | Innovation

Web-based word processors will not replace Microsoft Word
Posted about 4 years ago (Mar 31, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | AJAX | Software Development | Rants

No worries, I programmed the memory card to self destruct!
Posted about 4 years ago (Mar 24, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Rants | Things that amuse me

Blog for the readers, not the traffic
Posted about 4 years ago (Mar 21, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Rants | Web 2.0 | Personal

The Hidden Costs of Outsourcing
Posted about 4 years ago (Mar 09, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Rants

Origami's success depends on battery life and price point
Posted about 4 years ago (Mar 08, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Rants | Gadgets

Innovating on behalf of your customers
Posted about 4 years ago (Mar 06, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Rants

Just Cruise: Tom Cruise running in Nike commercial
Posted about 4 years ago (Mar 06, 2006)

Filed under: Rants | Things that amuse me

Why you should care about privacy even if you're not doing anything wrong
Posted about 4 years ago (Feb 28, 2006)

Filed under: Rants | Security

How not to treat the customer
Posted about 4 years ago (Feb 26, 2006)

Filed under: Things that bother me | Rants

If history tells us anything, Blu-Ray will probably fail
Posted about 4 years ago (Feb 24, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Rants

Security, Trust, and Transparency
Posted about 4 years ago (Feb 23, 2006)

Filed under: Rants | Personal | Security

Does skipping commercials infringe copyright?
Posted about 4 years ago (Feb 23, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Rants | Gadgets

Using Exchange and FolderShare for ubiquitous access to your information
Posted about 4 years ago (Feb 22, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Rants | Productivity | Web 2.0 | Outlook Tips

Surprise: RIAA trying to undermine important exceptions to copyright exclusivity
Posted about 4 years ago (Feb 22, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Rants | Music | Intellectual Property

Making the consumer feel great about a purchase
Posted about 4 years ago (Feb 21, 2006)

Filed under: Rants | Personal

The problem with - and promise of - Web 2.0, AJAX and other awful buzzwords
Posted about 4 years ago (Feb 10, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Software Development | Rants

Here we go Steelers! Get one for the thumb!
Posted 4 years and 1 month ago (Feb 03, 2006)

Filed under: Sports | Rants | Personal

The Hyundai Effect: "India is getting expensive"
Posted 4 years and 1 month ago (Feb 03, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Rants

Another reason to love Foldershare: Distributed mirroring!
Posted 4 years and 1 month ago (Feb 02, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Rants | Productivity | Security

Death of a Tablet, Part Deux
Posted 4 years and 1 month ago (Feb 02, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Tablet PC | Rants | Gadgets

Contrary to popular belief, CDs are not going away yet
Posted 4 years and 2 months ago (Jan 26, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Rants | Music | Intellectual Property

Brokeback Mountain is a spectacular movie... go see it!
Posted 4 years and 2 months ago (Jan 17, 2006)

Filed under: Rants | Things that amuse me | Personal

Let's get 3 things straight: Copyright, Trademark, and Patent
Posted 4 years and 2 months ago (Jan 02, 2006)

Filed under: Copyright | Intellectual Property | Rants | Technology

Source links go missing from Weblogs Inc RSS feeds again
Posted 4 years and 3 months ago (Dec 22, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Things that bother me | Rants | Web 2.0

Converting from protected music formats to unprotected MP3s
Posted 4 years and 4 months ago (Oct 31, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Rants | Gadgets | Intellectual Property

Have you preordered XBOX360?
Posted 4 years and 5 months ago (Oct 09, 2005)

Filed under: XBox 360 | Rants | Gadgets

Putting Tragedy in Perspective - and the Power of Fear
Posted 4 years and 6 months ago (Aug 31, 2005)

Filed under: Things that bother me | Rants

Why do gun manufacturers deserve immunity?
Posted 4 years and 8 months ago (Jul 29, 2005)

Filed under: Things that bother me | Rants | Intellectual Property | Law School

Becoming very frustrated with Newsgator
Posted 4 years and 8 months ago (Jul 15, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Things that bother me | Rants

More on Software Subscriptions
Posted 4 years and 8 months ago (Jul 09, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Rants

Software as Service: Thoughts on Newsgator's subscription model
Posted 4 years and 8 months ago (Jul 08, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Rants | Outlook Tips

Taking Jason Calacanis, and Weblogs Inc, to task
Posted 4 years and 9 months ago (Jun 14, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Rants

Microsoft Exchange 2003 Push E-mail: Blackberry killer?
Posted 4 years and 9 months ago (Jun 14, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Rants | Gadgets

Organized, but no RSS feed
Posted 4 years and 9 months ago (Jun 06, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Rants | Productivity

SQL Script to update owner for DB objects
Posted about 5 years ago (Apr 06, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Software Development | Rants

RSS for Integration
Posted about 5 years ago (Mar 28, 2005)

Filed under: Software Development | Rants

Did you hear the one about the lawyer and the software engineer?
Posted about 5 years ago (Mar 14, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Rants | Things that amuse me | Intellectual Property | Law School

When should a Blogger be treated as a Journalist?
Posted about 5 years ago (Mar 07, 2005)

Filed under: Rants | Intellectual Property

Wireless Flash Drives
Posted about 5 years ago (Mar 06, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Rants | Gadgets

Community Server 1.0 - Source and conversion tool available
Posted about 5 years ago (Feb 25, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Software Development | Rants

Hamilton College and the Ward Churchill Controversy
Posted about 5 years ago (Feb 12, 2005)

Filed under: Things that bother me | Rants

Stay Thin by Sleeping More?
Posted 5 years and 2 months ago (Jan 24, 2005)

Filed under: Rants | Things that amuse me

Community Server Beta 3 is released...
Posted 5 years and 2 months ago (Jan 13, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Rants

Crossfire cancelled, Tucker Carlson gone from CNN
Posted 5 years and 2 months ago (Jan 07, 2005)

Filed under: Rants | Things that amuse me

Happy New Year!
Posted 5 years and 2 months ago (Jan 01, 2005)

Filed under: Rants | Personal

Do strict laws encourage anti-social behavior?
Posted 5 years and 2 months ago (Dec 30, 2004)

Filed under: Rants | Intellectual Property | Social Behavior | Security | Law

Where are the dead animals?
Posted 5 years and 2 months ago (Dec 30, 2004)

Filed under: Rants

Team in Training: Donate to a Good Cause
Posted 5 years and 3 months ago (Dec 24, 2004)

Filed under: Rants | Personal

Arguing from the other side
Posted 5 years and 3 months ago (Dec 19, 2004)

Filed under: Rants | Things that amuse me | Law School

Update on XBox Live disconnects
Posted 5 years and 3 months ago (Nov 29, 2004)

Filed under: Things that bother me | XBox 360 | Gaming | Rants | Gadgets

Outsourcing: Stop Whining
Posted 5 years and 5 months ago (Oct 20, 2004)

Filed under: Things that bother me | Software Development | Rants | Things that amuse me

Google Desktop Search
Posted 5 years and 5 months ago (Oct 14, 2004)

Filed under: Rants

Zoomquilt
Posted 5 years and 5 months ago (Oct 09, 2004)

Filed under: Rants | Things that amuse me

iPods *are* a security risk... or, not-so-yellow journalism
Posted 5 years and 8 months ago (Jul 13, 2004)

Filed under: Technology | Things that bother me | Rants | Security

Rain Frogger
Posted 5 years and 8 months ago (Jul 12, 2004)

Filed under: Rants | Things that amuse me

Lookout 1.1.8
Posted 5 years and 8 months ago (Jul 06, 2004)

Filed under: Technology | Rants

On-the-go playlists for the iPOD
Posted 5 years and 9 months ago (Jun 23, 2004)

Filed under: Technology | Things that bother me | Rants | Gadgets

An exciting NBA Finals...
Posted 5 years and 9 months ago (Jun 08, 2004)

Filed under: Rants

Why must iGo make it so hard?
Posted 5 years and 10 months ago (May 19, 2004)

Filed under: Things that bother me | Rants | Things that amuse me

Innovation and Close-Minded Zealots
Posted 6 years and 4 months ago (Nov 18, 2003)

Filed under: Business | Innovation | .NET | C# | Rants | Software Development

The Promise of RSS
Posted 6 years and 9 months ago (Jun 16, 2003)

Filed under: Technology | Rants | Web 2.0

Good evening...
Posted 7 years and 1 month ago (Jan 29, 2003)

Filed under: Rants