Marc Andreessen has just posted the best constructed argument I’ve read (yet) for writing a business plan to make sure your idea is competent, setting out to execute it as planned, and then letting your audience/market direct your final product. We are currently in the execution phase over at Common Kitchen, although our business plan says we will be entering the user directed chapter in a month or so…
July 31, 2007
July 24, 2007
Harry Potter Finale
Approximately 750 pages in 7.5 hrs, and all of it well spent. My book came right on time, none of the UPS/USPS monkey business I have been hearing about. I was actually was very impressed with the Amazon packaging: completely recyclable and no wasted space! I’m usually so disappointed when I get a book from them, when it is shrink-wrapped to a piece of cardboard in a giant box filled with plastic air pockets.
July 7, 2007
Kite Video
From the “I wish I thought of that” department, this video is amazing! That’s a $500-750 phone and approximately a $30 kite, so half the fun is seeing someone willing to risk about a third of a mortgage payment for areal photos of their house…
July 6, 2007
Another Pogue Parody
David Pogue of the New York Times is at it again. The former Broadway accompanist turned tech-critic has followed up his TED talk/musical with an Ode to the iPhone. Time to give up the day job?
