Bootstrapping the Music

June 21, 2008

 
I'm just returning from an inspiring Crowded House show at Sherwood Forest, Nottingham.  I've seen Neil Finn and Tim Finn countless times, and I never tire of it.  Tonight was no exception.  The band is strong and vital, even as most of them thrive into their 50s. 
Yet what I'm thinking about as I debrief from the [...]

Boomers, Privacy is an Illusion

June 20, 2008

Boomers, your idea of privacy and security is an illusion!! How many of you have your name, phone number and home address in a telephone directory? From the size of the directory I'm looking at, I'd say, most of you. Do you realize what this means?!? It means people can find you--literally, physically!
Your concern about [...]

End the Freevolution

June 19, 2008

I'm sick to death of paying for free stuff with my time (lost waiting for the page to refresh; lost waiting for the service to come back up), with my data (it's my social graph, damnit), with my attention (no, I don't want to refinance)...   I'm ready to pay with money (the old fashioned way).
Here [...]

Work in Transit

June 19, 2008

I am writing this post from my laptop, on a bus, in a tunnel.
More specifically, I'm writing this post from my laptop on BoltBus, a bus service which offers free wi-fi and travels between several of the larger cities in the Northeast, all for about $12 each way, while traveling through the Lincoln Tunnel.
EVDO and [...]

Excuses and Constraints

June 19, 2008

Holy bat-shit Batman, I hate the excuses! - Bandit, on the rant...
If you want to avoid doing something, invent an excuse. If you need an excuse, pick something outside of your control and call it an impediment. Extra points if you cite financial reasons. Double your score if you mention "regulations" or [...]

The Third Wave

June 17, 2008

I'm in a prognosticating mood. Here's my take on the evolution and future direction of the Internet, Internet technology and applications, business opportunities, and skills.
Pre-Wave had very little commercial activity. UUNET is one of the few examples that comes to mind..

?-1993
Research
Hackers/hobbyists build applications
Significant technical talent required. Massive capitalization required.

The First Internet Wave [...]

Welcome Le Bureau

June 16, 2008

Each month it seems a new (awesome) coworking space opens somewhere in the world.  Just got a not about a new space in London- Le Bureau- which seems to be big, and beautiful, and full of amenities.  Check out Le Bureau when you get a chance...And welcome them to the global coworking community!!!
A week from [...]

Type 2 Session Experiment

June 14, 2008

 
InnovationCamp #1 is two weeks from today!  Being a first, there will inevitably be loose ends, chaos, and some pesky problems on the day.  Without risk, though, there is no reward...
One of the ways that InnovationCamp will differ from other camps will be in the differentiated sessions.  We will run two types of sessions.  One will [...]

Who Needs College?

June 13, 2008

Bandit, Tony B. and I are finally taking stock of all our notes and insights and are making another push with writing the book.  We are now calling the book NotanMBA, because we can!
One of those insights is that, unlike the educational and economic environment in which Bandit and I went to college (in the [...]

Winging-It Doesn’t Cut It

June 13, 2008

My wiring makes me the absolute worst-case example of getting by by the seat of my extemporaneous pants. If I can walk in and wing it, why prepare? Preparation is dull, boring, tedious. Dull.
For me, this just-in-time approach peaking in college. I walked in to an open-book test on Numerical Methods [...]