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Sonos is remarkably well done. But in my mind it’s only the tip of the iceberg; Sonos is a very-specific audio implementation of the combination of three technologies: WiFi as the new household remote control standard – replacing infrared, X.10, and other standards. For $50, a house can get a WiFi access point [...] TechCrunch has a nice post about the history and drivers of MS’s browser innovation (or lack thereof). Rather than playing nicely with the exciting development of HTML 5, MS instead is dragging its feet and trying to push people toward its latest trojan horse, which is called SilverLight. I wonder if, in their strategic planning, [...] Recently I upgraded an old computer with an HDMI-capable video board and a wireless keyboard to make it my home theater PC (“HTPC”). I plugged it into my TV, sat on the couch, and happily experienced Windows 7 on a 52″ screen. Two weeks in, my experience is: - Zero time watching cable TV [...] Sync is one of personal computing’s holy grails. Here’s an interesting article on why it’s difficult. I think that this problem is well on its way to being solved by Ray Ozzie at Microsoft, with MS’s Live Mesh product. Live Mesh may be the next killer OS feature: with Live Mesh, you can painlessly have [...] Andrew Hyde has a great post today about how non-internet business can (and should) use Twitter for cheap and effective marketing. Andrew is an expert at community building/marketing, and his points are spot on: The Easy: Talk to your customers. The Not So Easy: Realize you don’t own [...] Twitter is hiring a BizDev person. Given that: Twitter’s buzz is approaching the same stratosphere as Facebooks’; My friend Brad Feld often talks about the important and constructive role that failure has in the entrepreneurial process. Today’s post-du-jour comes from Will Price, whose mentor has a great perspective on failure. The money quote: “…the key is to get up in the that batter’s box and take a swing. And all you have to [...] Musically, I’m not a huge NIN fan. From an internet entrepreneur’s perspective, however, it appears as if Trent Reznor has an outsized dollop of business acumen. I admire his approach and learning process, and the results speak for themselves. Frank Rose’s review is a very interesting read about a man on the [...] Following on the heels of my post yesterday about Internet TV: The NYT has an interesting summary of the discussions about IPTV at The Cable Show last week. Also, in the NYT’s technology section, is an interesting article about Internet-enabled STB’s. Change is a comin’ to the cable industry. Me thinks Mark Cuban dost protest too much: his post on why traditional TV is here to stay is plainly self-serving, but thin on vision and logic (and, for Mr. Cuban, unusually obfuscatory!). I see Internet TV coming within a handful of years to most every affluent US urban dwelling. Here’s why: a) Internet viewings of content traditionally [...] |
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