Archive for December, 2007

Quicken Online: Web Apps, Here We Come!

December 30, 2007

2008 may prove to be the year of the web application. Google has brought the spreadsheet and word processor online. I have been able to access my email online forever. And now Intuit is set to launch Quicken Online in January.
I couldn’t be more excited! But not just because I have been waiting for a [...]

Fear and the US Economy

December 20, 2007

I have been thinking a lot lately about the next twelve months, as most of us are prone to do each December. During this time, I have been thinking a lot about the big picture. What will make or break my business and, due to my heavy reliance on a paycheck, my personal life? The [...]

Palm: A Love Story

December 11, 2007

The general feeling, from what I can gather through multiple conversations with long standing Palm loyalist customers, seems to be that Palm is dying and that everyone who bought into Palm’s vision is mourning the loss. Given that, while I have been hurt by Palm’s decisions more than most, I’m not ready to say [...]

An Industry In Transition

December 4, 2007

I get the feeling that, technologically, we are approaching a huge inflection point. Look at cars, for instance. In the next few years we will see a massive transition in engine technologies that make them more efficient both in a gasoline and emissions kind of way.
I believe the same is true for cell phone industry.
In [...]