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Jan 28, 2011
We live in a time of amazing transformation. Nowhere has this been more apparent recently than in Tunisia and Egypt where people are fighting against entrenched regimes and for democracy. In both places the Internet has played a critical role [...]
Jan 27, 2011
And now for something completely different. Like most (all?) geeks, I love the idea of human space travel. I know we have got tons of problems to fix here, but I don’t think that should deter us from pursuing some [...]
Jan 24, 2011
Jan 21, 2011
I am thrilled to see Larry Page take over as CEO from Eric Schmidt. In a post a few months back I had expressed my worry that Google was headed the way of Yahoo under too much “professional management” and [...]
Jan 20, 2011
LivingSocial yesterday was selling $20 for $10, which is a good deal for everyone buying it (and remembering to then make use of their Amazon gift card). Not surprisingly, they sold at least 1 million for a total value of [...]
Jan 19, 2011
If there was any doubt, the iPad is a huge winner for Apple with 7.3 million units shipped in the last quarter. Casual observation from flying a fair bit has made that obvious over the last few months. You can’t [...]
Jan 18, 2011
Fred posted over the weekend about deficit reduction. What we really need though is not cutting within the existing system, but rather restructuring government for the age of the Internet. We currently seem to be in the habit of piling [...]
Jan 13, 2011
Apologies up front for no links as I am typing this on the train to the city. I am curious to find out whether anyone else thinks that 2011 will be the year that inflation returns (and possibly with a [...]
Jan 12, 2011
Much has already been said about the need for more gun control in the aftermath of the Arizona shooting of Rep. Giffords. I am in complete agreement that we need much tighter controls, especially for assault weapons (which should encompass [...]