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10/04 Nation Building — Here’s a topic I have never written about before… Nation Building. I just want to point you to a great article I read in the Globe yesterday that puts some meat on the question of “Nation Building,” when has it happened before? How long does it take? What is really happening? How does it start and h...
10/03 Update on Spotify II — I have become a total Spotify addict. I have almost totally stopped downloading MP3s and am gradually locating all my favorite music on Spotify. I posed a couple of semi-sceptical notes when I first started using Spotify and so I am due for an update, right? - [Cancelled Rhapsory, trying Spotify](/...
10/02 Solid State Disk (SSD) links — I’ve been looking into changing up the primary (and only) disk in my 2 year old Mac Pro to a Solid State Disk (SSD). Based on what I’ve seen on the new Mac Airs I think it will boost performance a lot more than adding more memory would. The problem is that these beasts are pretty expensive,...
10/01 Check out CityPockets — I’ve been using various Groupon-ish web sites to great advantage. Whether it’s Groupon itself, or LivingSocial, OpenTable and others, I send all their offers to an email folder and scan the 10-15 offers I get a day ...
09/28 Swipely, cool but scary? — So there’s this rather cool new service that says they will find and give you special deals to the stores and merchants you use already. The way they do it is to examine your credit card bills and help you find deals. They say: > With Swipely, you can earn automatic cash back rewards at the best ...
09/23 Google+ – Professional Social Network? — Some people are starting to wonder whether Google+will continue to grow and become a major social network. Even for Google, it will be quite an achievement to penetrate the already relatively crowded world of social networks and become a major player. Indeed they have had an excellent sta...
08/26 One More Thing… — Check this post One More Thing… from TechCrunch: > "So instead I read what everyone else had to say. Some articles were excellent, many were very good, others read far too much like obituaries. Mor...
08/24 Steve Jobs steps down as CEO of Apple — This news saddens me: > “Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs resigned today as chief executive officer from Apple. His place at the top of the company will be taken by Tim Cook, previously Apple’s chief operating officer.” (from CNET) I hope he’s doing alright and is with us for many many years to come.