Mar
25
I’m taking a break from sorting photos of San Juan to filter down my recent trip to San Francisco. During my trip out there, we were hosted by a bunch of great friends in the Bay Area and SF City itself. It is possible to feel nostalgia for a place you’ve never lived? Clearly we …
Oct
22
As noted by several observers, including Gizmodo, Steve Jobs was very conspicuous about sharing the stage with other product thought leaders at Apple’s latest notebook event. This seems to support my previous post, which suggested Apple would achieve enormous signaling benefit from revealing more about Apple’s strong organizational competencies. Part of my team’s original research suggested that the Apple’s …
Aug
28
One of the great things about MIT Sloan is the rate that it punches out new startups. A buddy of mine, Jeff Vyduna, is involved with Poll Everywhere, the “do-it-yourself” audience polling tool. Jeff is one of those crazy guys who pops out of an amazing consulting company, goes to school for a year, meets …
Aug
09
I’ve been scratching my head lately at Apple’s iPhone application store, wondering what grand plan is at work in Cupertino. iPhone applications are terrific, and the breadth of the platform could give the device a commanding lead over its rivals. Certain apps, like Remote, Google, Twitterific and NYTimes are remarkable additions to the platform and are certainly …
Aug
06
I woke up this morning to news that an iPhone developer had begun voluntarily releasing their sales data. This set off a small flurry of discussion and retoric around the iPhone / macintosh part of the blogosphere. Why aren’t developers (especially small developers) more transparent? In his post, John Casasanta theorizes the reason is that …
Aug
02
I found this plaque on my favorite bridge — the John W. Weeks bridge over the Charles River. What strikes me is that this plaque is seen daily by HBS students on their way to the Square. If only my alma mater would put one in the E51 skybridge. Maybe our this would be a …