Kudos to Blogger.com Support… really!

I recently wrote about my TypePad envy, relaying my latest Blogger tech challenge and TypePad feature envy. I’d simultaneously written to Blogger for a bit of assistance, and they delivered in spades today: “Looks like you’re using relative links to

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Scobleizer: What Woz learned from failure

Scobleizer: Microsoft Geek Blogger Scoble waxes poetic, and rightly so, about his interactions with Wozniak, and the great Woz’s perceptions of his own failures. My first computer experience was at the tender age of 9, back in ’81… on an

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T-Mobile’s Music Smartphone won’t kill the iPod

Gizmodo : T-Mobile’s SDA Music Smartphone Gizmodo reviews the new T-Mobile SDA Music Smartphone, praising its SD card slot and built-in music control buttons, and commenting: “Phones aren’t going to kill the iPod quite yet, but with a couple gig

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Now consulting to Gap.com (aka Gap Direct Inc)

I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve taken a new consulting client; Gap.com (aka, Gap Direct, the online arm of the retailing giant). My focus will be on product strategy and product management. The project they’ve got underway is… rather substantial…

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Techdirt:New Business Models For The Music Industry?

Techdirt:New Business Models For The Music Industry? TechDirt starts a discussion on business models for IP (specifically, music), based on an NPR story. Part of TechDirt’s perspective is on micropayments: “The second idea is bringing back the always popular, but

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BuzzMachine: Ad Age: Don’t advertise on blogs

BuzzMachine… by Jeff Jarvis Buzzmachine’s Jeff Jarvis reacts to Ad Age’s advice w.r.t. to bloggers: “DON’T throw money at bloggers. These influencers will not respond to outright, traditional ad placements.” I understand Jeff’s points… but there have been plenty of

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Required education for today’s youth: Search

Yahoo! Search blog: Quest For a Car Yahoo! Search Blogger and employee Jerry Welch recounts a story of his 16 year old daughter’s quest for her first car, and how broadband and Internet Search played a role. While it may

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Forbes.com: McCartney Rumored Apple Board Member In "Mind Boggling" Beatles Settlement

Forbes.com: McCartney Rumored Apple Board Member In “Mind Boggling” Beatles Settlement Hmm, something very interesting could be happening here… so why not some wild speculation. Let’s assume the following quote is true: : “Word among the legal community is that

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Roland Tanglao and Product Management 101

Roland Tanglao’s Weblog: Telepocalypse: All product and service development should be transparent and embrace power users and early adopters and geeks Roland Tanglao lends his support to a post on Telepocalypse calling for more accessibility/interaction between customers (likely both direct

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Major graphics flaw threatens Windows PCs

Major graphics flaw threatens Windows PCs CNET News.com A little outside of the scope of things I generally blog about (though computer security is fair game I suppose)… but as a public service, I’m passing this along. Fire up those

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