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… The other day, while reading Guy Kawasaki's weblog, I laughed when he wrote that “he was the author of 8 books, or, the same book 8 times…”. Having been an author myself, I thought that was pretty funny. Just for the record, it is 8 books, and great books they are. Today while reading … Read more

isolatr is a Yahoo! company… And it is hilarious… A product that was built out of necessity? Maybe. And I love Xeni's quote on their main web page… pretty raw, but it cracks me up! Oh, and don't forget about their IMolatr – antisocial applied to IM! If you hate interacting with people, because you … Read more

A very neat idea and solution conceived by Microsoft's Ray Ozzie and his team. Wiring the Web with LiveClipboard is about extending the clipboard to the web, by making it web-sensitive. It allows the end-user to consume structured content and services without programming, using the simple clipboard methaphor… cut and paste, publish and subscribe. Add … Read more

After having to cleanup hundreds of blog SPAM entries this morning, I have decided to disable comments. I may re-enable them later, maybe just for the latest entry – I will investigate. Trackbacks are still enabled, for now. ceo

I love widgets… they are fun, useful, and when designed properly, very good at what they do, at their specific function. While I personally run Konfabulator, today Yahoo! Widget Engine, I just learned about Opera Widgets… And there are widgets on the Mac, and there will be in the upcoming version of Windows, and there … Read more

One of my recent posts was about a Poll I am doing on my website… Anyhow, the poll is done via an external provider – it is pretty neat, I like it very much, but when the service goes down, as it did today, it is a major issue: It is an interesting dilemma. So … Read more

How To Do What You Love, by Paul Graham, is a must read, a great essay. You are so right Paul! It is good to be reminded about what it is all really about. A couple of citations from Paul's essay: “The test of whether people love what they do is whether they'd do it … Read more

*Picture above is of Ho Chi Minh City taken by Jan Chipchase Future Perfect, Present Imperfect… Future Perfect is the name of one of my favorites blogs — that is Jan Chipchase's blog. It is unique, it is colorful, it is artistic, it has meaning… it is a window into the world…

Neat, Motorola has acquired Austin-based Wireless Valley — congrats to Ted and Jim and the rest of the team! Jim Welch, Wireless Valley's CEO, was the CEO of Metrowerks — he is a very good guy with great vision and I enjoyed working with him and his team while I was at AGEA. Ted Rappaport, … Read more

I just wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ¡Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo! Joyeux Noël et une Bonne Année Buon Natale e felice anno nuovo Frohe Weihnachten und ein glückliches neues Jahr Prettige Kerstdagen en een gelukkig nieuwjaar Bon Nadal : Feliç … Read more