Jason Ball's TechBytes

Technology & Venture Capital. Early stage venture capital news mixed with personal views and comments

WiFi=SciFi

Wireless high-speed Internet connections offer the same science fiction Internet services that 3G promises to provide. What’s the difference? Wi-Fi is available today- and you’ll have to wait 2-3 more years for 3G services to be developed.
Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under: Double Think

Security, Privacy and Fear

The attack on the World Trade Center towers in NY on Sept. 11 has raised security concerns on many fronts. People are crying out in outrage against further security measures- online and offline [1]. This attitude is also echoed by John Perry Barlow, an outspoken Internet rights activist, whom I have cited and respect greatly. Other authors echo this sentiment as well. [2]
Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under: Double Think

Palm, what is it good for?

Approximately 70% of all users only use the applications included in a Palm, that is, the address book and the agenda. Be part of the other 30%. Be productive.
Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under: Double Think

The Tower of Babel

In the Bible, The Tower of Babel explains why there is such a diversity of languages. Language could become as irrelevant in the digital age as stone tablets were in the Industrial Age.
Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under: Double Think

Wishful Wireless

Wireless this, wireless that. Wireless what? With all the hype surrounding wireless, you would think we would have seen something by now, right?
Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under: Double Think

Calling for Assistance

The dot.com boom, the dot.com bust; Andy Grove still believes in the Net, Marc Andresseen still believes in the Net and your garbage-can believes too.
Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under: Double Think

The Audience is Listening

But do you know who’s there? Without presencial technology it’s like being in a room with the lights off.
Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under: Double Think

Strategic Advantage

Why have companies turned their backs on strategy? Probably because most of the twenty-something dot.com CEOs weren’t even born when good solid strategic books were being written.
Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under: Double Think

What Works?

Modularity works, for one. For several years now modularity has been a key in new product development: Operations-based customer-driven product development.
Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under: Double Think

HotSync Live

Wireless services, 3G, SMS, WAP, Bluetooth, i-Mode. You name it, they’re pushing it out the door. This is an abbreviated version of Palm’s near future.
Read the rest of this entry »

Filed under: Double Think

Twitter Updates

wordpress
stats

Contact

Archives

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 3,602 other followers