Monthly Archives: January 2006

Ideas in a flat world

Umair posited that in a truly Friedmanesque world, the only thing of value is the idea, because executing it is cheap. This was part of his argument that the whole VC structure is broken, and even though I don’t want … Continue reading

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Building web2.0 apps – the interface

As some of you may know, my company, infinimedia, has been working on a number of small business apps in addition to our regular client work. All of the projects share one problem, designing within constraints. You might be asking, … Continue reading

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The coming boom in micro-publishing

While perusing the latest issue of business2.0, I came across an interesting statistic: only 5% of our national marketing dollars are spent online even though the internet now commands 30% of people’s attention. Now I don’t know if this is … Continue reading

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Getting real workshop and real work

So today I attended 37signals’ “Getting Real Workshop” at the Gleacher Center in downtown Chicago. Quite the seminar I must say, the guys at 37s did quite a job of organizing the whole deal, everything was well thought out down … Continue reading

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Busy Busy

Postings are going to be slow this week as I am finishing up the interface for the first of our next 4 products we’re going to be releasing this spring. On top of that, I have to pack for Chicago, … Continue reading

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The hidden power of blogs

Or why blogs really are a big deal. The other day while looking through BizNicheMedia‘s portfolio of sites, something struck me, this is why blogs are really important. You might ask, why BizNiche? Well its simple, they are doing something … Continue reading

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Business 101 – Getting Started

When starting a new business venture, one of the first things most of us do is fail to break down the matter at hand. What I mean is, we are all so excited about our revolutionary new idea, that we … Continue reading

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Blog network battle of the stars

Ok, so I wake up a little late today and get in to the office later than usual and miss an ENTIRE blog network battle! WTF. Can’t these people wait till noon to start and end a battle? Normally I … Continue reading

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