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→ This Tech Bubble Is Different
Jeff Hammerbacher, former research scientist at Facebook and now founder of Cloudera: “The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads. That sucks.” Great piece showing why it may be time to move past … Continue reading
★ Money, Freedom or Privacy: what do we prefer to give away?
Marco Arment compares claims that Apple, Google, and Facebook keep telling their users, and concludes: Everyone has their bullshit. You can simply decide whose you’re willing to tolerate. Each of these companies’ business models takes something from us — we … Continue reading
★ Execution Strategy & Business Strategy
Very interesting post from ex-Googler Piaw Na, touching on Google, Microsoft, and Amazon’s execution and business strategies. The distinction between the two is worth keeping in mind: Execution strategy is about keeping good discipline within the ranks. It’s about reaching objectives in … Continue reading
→ Pricing a Tablet
Tristan Louis uses HP’s (involuntary) “experiment” with TouchPad pricing to examine tablet pricing. It seems the HP touchpad has given the industry an idea of what the market is willing to pay for a tablet not produced by Apple. [...] … Continue reading
★ With Plus, Google is Changing — and Getting Personal
Even before I got my invite, my first thought about Google+ was that it felt un-Googley. I maintain that, relative to the “old” Google, the one without a “+”. But more interesting is what I feel today, now that I have access … Continue reading