by Gil Friend | Feb 8, 2005 | Tech
I think I’ve learned to more or less moderate my zealotry over the years. I’ve been using (and running my companies) mostly on Macs for the last 21 years (after moving from CPM to MS-DOS) mostly because they just work better. Not because they’re...
by Gil Friend | Jan 6, 2005 | Tech
[Roland Tanglao]: Note to self: Andy Kessler like Steve Jobs is crazy but what he writes below makes sense in a wacky sort of way. Andy Kessler (author of Running Money), in the WSJ: We Think, They Sweat: …you start to get a feel for how the world works. A $1.5...
by Gil Friend | Aug 11, 2004 | Tech
Speaking of Gillmor (and of market signals) he did a fine piece on options and executive compensation back in May. In their 2003 book, ‘In the Company of Owners,’ Joseph Blasi, Douglas Kruse and Aaron Bernstein argue for wider stock ownership among...
by Gil Friend | Aug 11, 2004 | Tech
Sent as an open letter to Dan Gillmor at the San Jose Mercury News, the most reliable source I know in the Valley: I thought this might be of interest as a tech trend for you to write about. And I’d welcome your advice. Verio, our ISP and web host, has just...
by Gil Friend | Aug 1, 2004 | Tech
No such thing! says John Dvorak A disruptive technology is defined as a low-performance, less expensive technology that enters a heated-up scene where the established technology is outpacing people’s ability to adapt to it. The new technology gains a foothold,...
by Gil Friend | May 26, 2003 | Tech
Adam Kalsey: Anatomy of a Meme. [Scripting News] And “buttonmaker”