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Pyramids and iPads
I am a history buff. Though my enthusiasm for history has been confined mostly to documentaries and various readings, I have, nevertheless, been voluntarily exposed to quite a lot of information about human history. From anthropology to ancient Egypt, Greece … Continue reading
Posted in Geek, General, Innovation, Tech
Tagged Atlantis, Eddie Izzard, History, inventions, ufos
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Kevin Jacoby Invented Android
Full disclosure: that title is an utter fabrication of the truth. I could no more create a smart phone operating system than invent and subsequently pilot a solar-powered space shuttle from the dark side of the moon to the biggest … Continue reading
Posted in General, Innovation, Tech
Tagged Android, Apple, cellphone, galaxy nexus, google, ice cream sandwich, iphone, mobile, samsung
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Do It Yourself Aircraft Carrier
It’s not customary for the Rain team to publically comment on everything we are notified of floating around the Internet ether. Like the prime directive, general order #1 from Star Trek, we observe, but try not to influence indigenous life … Continue reading
Did Dodo Birds Use Desktops or Tablets?
The landscape of Rain’s continued march to the top of the hill is chock full of data further indicating the ultimate demise of the desktop PC at Apple and other large manufacturers. While it has some interesting twists and turns … Continue reading
Posted in Biz, Tech
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What the Desktop Can Learn From Mobile and Web Apps
Having grown up during the dawn of personal computing – you know: a time of bad hair, bad clothes, and bad synth-drenched pop music that anthropologists call The 80′s – I have seen my share of computers and their operating … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Tech, The Web
Tagged Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Computer History, Douglas Engelbart, GUI, Jef Raskin, OS, Web Development, Xerox PARC
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Dear Mr. Website, Work For My Information, Dammit!
Every day we enter more and more of our personal information into sign up pages on the Web. And more and more there’s a disconnect between what we think we’re signing up for and what we really get. Don’t get … Continue reading
Posted in Tech, The Web
Tagged advertising, facebook, netflix, Online Privacy, pandora, privacy, Usability, Web Apps, Web Services
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How Does a Cloud Hold Rain?
So here is a little ditty on some basic aspects of cloud computing. As I have advised many times, ultimately tier 1s like Dell, Apple and HP will be making either $300 tablets or $10,000 cloud servers all but forgoing … Continue reading
Desktop vs. Tablet Market Share: The Point Of Diminishing Returns
Over my career thus far I had the privilege of being invited to quite a few “behind the curtain” top level meetings at AMD, Intel and Microsoft. In 2006 and 2007 there were a few of these meetings that stood … Continue reading
The Primordial Ooze of iPad in the Business Space
Among all the articles I have commented on, this one is perhaps the most indicative of our prophecy that the iPad or tablet platform will replace the $500 desktop and become the new “dumb terminal”. I must say that the … Continue reading
