January 2012
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Sights & Sounds: PIPA & SOPA Protests & Blackouts
Here is how certain Internet companies chose to protest the PIPA & SOPA legislations:
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December 2011
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November 2011
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AOL is covering the government
If you have not heard, AOL is now covering the government at http://gov.aol.com:
AOL Government is designed to bring government leaders a new blend of analysis, discussion and debate about the innovative ideas at work in the public sector today. Through a combination of original reports, insightful commentary from a wide range of experts, and access to the central hub of this community, AOL...
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“How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!”
– Maya Angelou
October 2011
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September 2011
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What a difference a decade makes or does it?
As Microsoft leverages a litigation model to force Windows Phone 7 on the masses and penetrate the smart phone market and Apple prepares to roll out the much anticipated iPhone 5 to bolster their position within the market, take a look at the two companies’ stock prices in September of 2001 and September 2011:
Who do you think will end up on top, and more importantly, who is more in touch...
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Why oh why, Netflix?
Two distinct services + two distinct accounts + two distinct charges = a mega-customer service #FAIL. In his blog post Netflix CEO, Reed Hastings, attempted to explain his decision to separate the DVD business from its streaming business by spinning off the DVD business to a service named “Qwikster”. Each service will require a separate log-on for the systems will not be integrated....
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Words to live by...
The Holstee Manifesto - Check ‘em out.
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“Windows 8, I’m afraid, is too little too late…”
– Yours Truly
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“While the storm clouds gather far across the sea,
Let us swear allegiance to a...”
– Irving Berlin
August 2011
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Props to TSA (for once)
TSA gets quite a bit of bad press. Okay, they get a ton of it, but I want to give them props for once. I just returned from a business trip to Chicago by way of IAD (Dulles) to ORD (O’Hare) and back. My experience going through the security checkpoints at both airports was very quick, and dare I say, uneventful.
Both times I was scanned by the now infamous Rapiscan Secure...
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July 2011
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June 2011
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EmpireAvenue
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Upgrading my blog feed on EmpireAvenue…
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“Enjoy the journey for successes are fleeting moments in time.”
– Yep, I said it…
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“It’s the journey that’s the most exciting.”
– Sami Inkinen (via @fastcompany)
May 2011
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April 2011
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Watch
TED —> Mike Matas: A next-generation digital book
Truly amazing!
March 2011
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“I have learned far more from those I have managed than those that have managed...”
– Something I said just the other day…
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February 2011
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