I’m never doing business with Siemens [rant]
Newspapers struggle to get revenues these days, especially online. I empathize with their situation, and know that there are real jobs at stake and lifestyles to preserve. But it seems that some online publications confuse that situation with a license to screw over the user experience, and don’t understand that it hurts them and it [...]
Wrong person in the wrong place: how experience can help you innovate
If you ask anyone here in the Silicon Valley whether age matters when it comes to starting a company, a lot of people will tell you that young people have a better chance at getting something off the ground. In fact, at the start of this year I went to an MIT event where Doug [...]
One task finished today is better than ten pending tomorrow
Yesterday I was the super man of productivity. No, I didn’t leave the house to isolate myself from the rest of the world. No, I didn’t feel particularly energetic. I simply had planned the day with some concrete things to work on, and spent about half the day trying to get these things done. Many [...]
My 5 favorite iPhone apps
It’s true, I still use an iPhone (although the Nexus One is my primary phone, and I love it!). When it come to discussing apps on mobile, my natural inclination is to focus on how many crap apps there are out there (and most of them are crap, even if the idea might be good, [...]
The movie industry just doesn’t get their customers…
With the birth of my daughter Emma Kara about a month ago (now you know why I haven’t been blogging :) ), my wife and I decided to sign up again for NetFlix. Since we used to subscribe, we knew the convenience of getting our favorite new releases every Wednesday morning by mail, and now [...]