Year: 2012
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What if the phone company gave you free unlimited phone calls but they could record, monitor and sell your phone calls and information about what you said on them. Anil Dash in a conversation about How do blogs need to evolve?. This is such as great analogy for — ahem — certain free Internet services.
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LTU in Japan
For the past four months I have been doing periodic interviews with people involved in the tech industry in Vancouver and BC on my podcast Lining Things Up. So far it has been great, and I have learned a lot about local entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship in general. The show (usually) is released every second Thursday.…
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My current podcasts
I often talk about all the podcasts I listen to. I thought I would share them for those that are interested. You can click on the image to enbiggen it. The app I use is Pocket Casts by Shifty Jelly. You can download my OPML file from here. I grouped all the shows as follows:…
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Mobile operating system market share, Feb 2012 from iCrossing. For comparison, see 2011’s numbers. Some standout numbers: Japan 2011 > 2012 China 2011 > 2012 Anecdotal, but per my experience I would think that “Other” in Brazil is eaten up by grey market iPhones.
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I drink your milkshake: Thoughts on the Innovator’s Solution
Clayton Christensen and Michael Raynor’s The Innovator’s Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth was recommended by Horace Dediu on his show The Critical Path. On the show Horace often talks about “Jobs to be Done Theory”, or the idea that customers hire a product to do specific job. It is a very useful way of…
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Warner Bros: You are doing it wrong
The wife got me the Harry Potter: The Complete 8-Film Collection boxed (17 discs) set for our anniversary. Yes, well, she got me Lord of the Rings for another anniversary, so it is already well established that she married a total geek. Besides, it is a great present and I hope to enjoy all of…
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Observations on the lack of “free” WiFi in Japan
Above is pictured a sign at (one of) my local Starbucks. Free WiFi is a rare thing here in Japan, at least in the form it takes in North America. There is no lack of internet access points here, but they require you to be able to login using either your home internet providers credentials,…
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Likelihood of Typing “www” When Going to a Website
Likelihood of Typing “www” When Going to a Website