How Computers Make Us More Productive
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Archive for the ‘Sci / Tech’ Category
Doug’s Tip Makes Engadget – the D620 Story
Friday, April 2nd, 2010Steph was on TV on Wednesday and I get a mention on Engadget on Friday. Quite a week for us. http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/dell-latitude-e6410-e6510-finally-make-it-to-us/ (click on any photo for larger size)
Fear, thy name is Ron Wayne
Monday, February 15th, 2010One of the little known facts of Apple’s history is that Apple wasn’t the creation of Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs. Apple was actually founded by three guys: Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs and Ron Wayne. The equity split was Wozniak 45%, Jobs 45% and Wayne 10%. Wozniak recalls, “Steve had 45 percent ...
IBM and Creative Destruction
Thursday, January 14th, 2010One of the fundamental aspects of successful capitalism is the principal of creative destruction. In a capitalist system, businesses that are hampered with flawed business models, substandard management, unproductive labor or changing markets, among other things, pass away in a sometimes agonizing fit of destruction. New businesses, with a better ...
They Still Can’t
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009This post is available as a PDF file here: http://www.hackneys.com/docs/theystillcant.pdf 30 December 2009 In August of 2002 I endured a personal challenge. At the time, I was sitting on a bar stool at a friend’s house in my Iowa home town listening to a classmate prattle on about 9/11 and all of ...
Smartphones: The Decision
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009Seven months and seven days ago, I asked some friends and relatives for input on smartphones, specifically iPhone vs. Blackberry. Not seeing any need to rush into this, I took my time before committing. I especially felt there was no need to rush into this since when you’ve been away for a ...
CERN and Doors to Other Dimensions
Friday, November 20th, 2009CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is probably best known as the birthplace of the world wide web, CERN being the then employer of Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of HTML, the markup language used to create web pages. Less known, at least outside Europe and physics nerd circles, is that CERN is also home ...
Tom and I
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009Exactly 40 years ago this second, one chapter ended and another began. 40 years ago, plopped down on the shag carpet of our basement family room, watching our round tube Curtis Mathis color television, I saw Neil Armstrong step down onto the surface of the moon. I didn’t know it then, but ...
Pick A Horse
Friday, July 17th, 2009Here’s a quick test for anyone who has sat in their cubicle and dreamed about starting their own business. Read this short web page about a new technology: http://www.agilenano.com/technology.htm What would you build with that technology? What are your product ideas? My friend Scot Mortier, an assistant District Attorney suggested, “Interesting...so, applications from ...
