Blogging is easy

October 28, 2006

Although I am not a heavy blogger, I post entries to my blog three or four times a week, I have found it easy to keep it updated. After all, every day I get exposed to situations or news I would like to react to. That is the way most blogs work, we receive information […]

New Mac Book Pro models

October 26, 2006

On Tuesday Apple released new Mac Book Pro Models. This wasn’t a big surprise as as Intel had announced the new Core 2 Duo chip months ago and speculation was running high that new models would arrive in time for Christmas. What strikes me is that while everyone expected this announcement, rumor sites had to […]

Is open-source software innovative?

October 25, 2006

Software vendors like to talk about innovation. They usually mention their R&D budget as a proof of their commitment to creating new exciting technologies. However, the truth is that most large companies are turning to A&D (Acquisition and Development) strategies to quickly incorporate new ideas into their products. Buying startups that have developed new ideas […]

The iPod. Five years innovating?

October 25, 2006

The iPod just turned five. I remember buying mine in Orlando at a CompUSA store just a couple of weeks after Apple launched it. At the time there were no podcasts so I used it the way it was intended to be used, to listen to my music library and it was a vast improvement […]

Leadership Readiness training

October 21, 2006

I have been a manager for a couple of months now and I was invited to participate in the Leadership Readiness Program. The material was really interesting. It is clear that IBM intends its people managers (managers who are responsible for teams with at least four members to devote all their resources to devote all […]

How would a wireless iPod operate?

October 15, 2006

Steve Jobs recently gave Newsweek an interesting interview. In it he spoke about the development of the iPod as well as the impact the device has had on how we listen to music. To me, the most interesting part of the article is where Jobs talks about the Zune, and in particular its wireless music […]

What politics should mean

October 14, 2006

I just finished reading an article over Air America Radio filing for bankruptcy. I did not expect readers to analyze this information in the context of a general reduction of audiences for this particular media, after all, Air America was planned from its inception as a platform for liberals to communicate their message and counter […]

More on the iTV device

October 12, 2006

From the unprecedented volume of response I have a received to my previous iTV blog entry, it is clear that Apple has generated a lot of interest around their latest gadget. I have been a proud owner of an eyeTV set-top box since early last year. I must say that I have been very pleased […]

We must learn to live in virtual worlds

October 7, 2006

When you write a blog you quickly learn that on the Internet not everyone is nice. There are simply tons of rude people out there that will not hesitate to insult you just for expressing opinions that do not closely match theirs. They usually hide themselves behind the anonymity that the web provides. The problem […]

Netcasts?

October 4, 2006

Leo Laporte has been pushing lately for renaming podcasts as netcasts. He argues that non technical people believe that they need an iPod to listen to podcasts and that this limits the potential audience of podcasts. I am not convinced. By looking at my logs, I know that I have IT Insight listeners who download […]

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