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Here’s something I found recently: from my work notebook in 1994, a page where I was explaining to a consultant colleague what the Internet was: Lots of interesting things here: Correctly identified Cisco as a key player Mosaic is the browser (Netscape, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Mozilla didn’t exist yet) Comparative diagrams of the Internet/WWW […] Fred Wilson at the Web 2.0 name checks ITP, at 4:27. In fact, not only does he mention ITP, he attributes a lot of the interesting aspects of the ‘net business in NY to ITP. A video used to be embedded here but the service that it was hosted on has shut down. Very interesting chart from the Chartjunk blog showing the impact of Barack Obama’s tax plan, compared to McCain’s. It’s based on the same data as the Washington Post chart, but scaled to more accurately reflect the impact on real numbers of tax payers. Make sure to read the article to understand how the chart was […] Another piece from 1999, this time discussing how electronic devices are increasingly defined by the software they run, not by their hardware capabilities. I wrote this before the iPod was released, and am pleased by how events have proved my thesis – today’s mobile phones and iPods (esp. iPod touch) are very much the kind […] I originally wrote this piece in June of 1999, when I was working in the consulting industry. I thought it would be interesting to re-post it and see what has changed. The technology industry today is characterized by rapid change in performance, expectations, design & business models. There is increasing pressure to squeeze every bit […] It seems that only last month Nikon announced the D90, a digital single-lens-reflex (DSLR) camera, with the ability to shoot high definition video. DSLR cameras have always been the most popular with consumers and there are many different models from different manufacturers, to learn more about the infamous dslr read more here. So, this new […]
TV trucks lined up in front of Lehman Brothers headquarters, interviewing anyone they could find coming out of the building. It’s become a tourist attraction – people from all over the world getting their picture taken in front of the sign. |
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This week in finance: I Go Chop Your Dollar
“I go chop your dollar, I go take your money disappear…”
A popular hit in Nigeria, by Osofia, about the 419 scams which make up a significant part of the economy there. The US is not far behind.
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=D_YjvC4ndzM
I Go Chop Your Dollar
I don suffer no be small Upon say I get sense […]