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Are simplified hadoop interfaces the next web cash cow?

I have this thesis that goes a bit like this: phase 1 of the modern world wide web was about linking documents (hyperlinks), phase 2 was about enabling users to create content for the web (user generated content/social media), phase … Continue reading

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Could Following The Moon Be Amazon’s Secret to dominance?

I saw a tidbit the other day about a cloud computing concept called Following the Moon. Apparently this concept had been brought up sometime last year after a study was published espousing its merits as a cost saving method for … Continue reading

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The problem with Palm

So Henry Blodget posts yesterday on Silicon Alley Insider a piece “Palm CEO explains to employees why the company is toast,” outlining a few key points from Jon Rubenstein to his troops. The gist of Jon’s points boil down to: … Continue reading

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What the medium means to the message

If the iPod was to music, and the kindle is to text, then what will the iPad mean to [insert media here]. Fake steve jobs had an interesting point when he states the kindle is a piece of shit, if … Continue reading

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Who should really be afraid of Chrome?

When the press first caught wind of chrome they said that Microsoft was the likely target, and that Internet Explorer stood the most to lose from Google’s entry into the browser market. I however beg to differ. Internet Explorer has … Continue reading

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Building the web in Latin America: Prezentit

I had the pleasure of meeting German Martinez and Juan Pablo Scaletti on my recent trip to Lima at the local BeerTwit twitter and blogger meetup. These two guys are the brains behind Prezentit, a very cool new service that … Continue reading

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Construyendo la web en Latino américa: Prezentit

Recien tuve la oportunidad de visitar a Lima, Peru y tuve la fortunidad de poder encontrarme con el grupo de twitters y bloggers aya. Durante esta reunion conoci por primera vez a German y Juan Pablo de Prezentit, un nuevo … Continue reading

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Web and latin america a recap

After my blitz trip through lima this past weekend it came to my attention that there is huge amount of underlying potential for the web in this part of the world, but its missing key components needed to grow. I … Continue reading

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