Breaking Barriers in Human Thought Extraction
Something has been really bugging me lately. Why is it that we can get data into our heads faster than we can get it out? By one back of the envelope calculation (drop me a note if you want to…
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When Networks Collide
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson this week said what I have been saying since last July — that Apple and AT&T would soon introduce an iPhone that works with AT&T's faster 3G wireless data network. I said it because I had heard last summ…
Adventures in $40 eyeglasses
Last year, I stumbled upon a blog post about buying prescription eyeglasses online. It sounded too good to be true: you could get any frames you wanted quickly and cheaply, and the comments were filled with optometrists freaking out. Eventually, the author launched a dedicated blog for it called Glassy Eyes. When the site was [...]
Workshop: Computing in the Cloud
I’m excited to announce that Princeton’s Center for InfoTech Policy is putting on a workshop on the policy and social implications of “Computing in the Cloud” — the trend where companies, rather than users, store and manage an increasing ran…
It's still the customer experience
One of the world's best word-of-mouth and customer evangelism success stories, Starbucks is launching its first national advertising campaign. [See the spots here.] Why advertise? Because store visits are down 1% from same time last year. The stock…