Opinionated

Many of the cool ideas that have been brought everyday use by the computer industry over the last several decades were first contemplated at Xerox Parc. In particular many of the ideas that led directly to the Mac. One of the visions at Parc involved computing devices existing in three formats; tabs, pads and [...]

Aaron Patzer was in Cincinnati to speak to the GCVA earlier this year, and since then he sold his startup Mint for $170m. I thought his presentation to GCVA was excellent and he gives a nice outline of his real life experiences with costs at various stages here:

Juice Pitcher Aaron Patzer

Everyone seems to have noticed over the past few months just how twisted some of the decisions Apple is making are.  They chose a faulty carrier for the US market so they could line their pockets with kickbacks on the monthly fees, they rejected the Google Voice app, the Apple legal team seems to want [...]