This (http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2005/tc20050324_7462_tc024.htm) is totally insane. If anyone needed to understand why monopolies or near monopolies need to be crushed should go read that article.
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Wow, pretty interesting indeed. Semler sounds like a fascinating guy and his company sounds really interesting.
I have spent the last few days playing around with Mac OS X 10.3.8, its come along way since the 10.2 days. I can quickly summarize my thoughts in one word: stunning.
The Titticut Follies is one hell of a disturbing movie. The conditions of psychiatric institutions a short 40 years ago was truly appalling. This film really drives it home. The film was banned by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court because it was deemed an invasion of the inmate’s privacy. The film is so shocking and [...]
One of the things I enjoy most about living in Gotham is the yearly 92nd St Y lecture series. This year along they have Craig Venter, Brian Greene, and the always fun Malcom Gladwell.
Last night was an incredible lecture by Ray Kurzweil. Ray is a Big Thinker. His ideas are honking huge and highly controversial. [...]
I can highly recommend picking this up. Nothing beats old-skool rap. Run DMC & crew made hip-hop what it was and can’t really be blamed for what is has become…
The Economist had a fascinating story about the impact of technology on the developing world. In particular how mobile phones are really impacting the poorest nations on earth.
Consider the case of the telephone man. Using a mico-loan a villager will buy a cellphone. When the cellphone rings he will take it to the person [...]
The most amazing music recommendation engine just launched, its UpTo11.net – Music Recommendations and Search. They seem to be using some pretty interesting algorithms to determine what else to check out. The algorithms actually work pretty awesomely. If you haven’t been there, get there now. It just made del.icio.us most popular link of the day, its that good!
If you haven’t heard Jef Raskin passed away. This has saddened me greatly. I love the macintosh, particularly the early ones. I spent much of my youth exploring the mysteries of that machine (not to mention hacking the crap out of the thing). Jef is the guy who invented alot of the magic in that [...]