Category Archives: Tech Industry

The Parable of the (Search) Well and Opening Up User Data

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

Great article about Tim Berners-Lee: Demand your data from Facebook, Google today. It reminded me of a broader story that I tell about the evolution of search: “the parable of the well”.  Back in the day, people used to walk … Continue reading →

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Downward Spiral of Best Buy Not a Good Thing for Me

Posted on March 30, 2012 by

There was an interesting article about the problems that Best Buy is having financially in the awake of online retailers. I am certainly guilty at times of going to Best Buy to take advantage of their product selection and expertise, … Continue reading →

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I Love My XBOX and I’m Not a Gamer

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

There was article (Don’t Look Now But Microsoft is Winning the Living Room War) that quoted IEB execs stating that XBOX is now used more for entertainment than gaming. I concur! Our family was pretty late jumping on the gaming … Continue reading →

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Kayak Team Site

Posted on January 7, 2011 by

Love the team site on Kayak’s website. It has the usual bio and picture mumbo jumbo, but check out the filters on the left hand side. Well aligned to site functionality and brand and makes you (or maybe just me) … Continue reading →

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Voice Recognition Takes Next Step with TellMe

Posted on December 8, 2010 by

Great article in CNET discussing TellMe and it’s move towards “conversational understanding”. Over a decade ago, I remember using the first iterations of voice recognition on my PC. It was clunky, seldom got my accent right and had limited uses. … Continue reading →

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My Week with Windows Phone 7, Relegating My iPhone 3Gs to a Dumb Music Player

Posted on November 29, 2010 by

On November 18th, Microsoft US employees were allowed to go out an buy their Windows Phone 7. As luck would have it, I was in Florida visiting Disney World at the time. Normally, I try not to think about work … Continue reading →

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The Four Most Interesting and Important Investment Areas at Microsoft

Posted on October 26, 2010 by

Before I go on, I should state that this post is just my personal opinion and in no way represents official Microsoft corporate strategy! I spent the last few months looking around Microsoft, meeting various leaders in the company, digging … Continue reading →

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Microsoft in the Cloud–Office 365 and Ray Ozzie Departure

Posted on October 19, 2010 by

Yesterday, Ray Ozzie, one of the main drivers of our initial focus on the cloud, announced his upcoming departure from the company. I worked with Ray on some social networking investments back when I was in Spaces, and I remember … Continue reading →

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Mundie on Kinect and Future of “HUI”

Posted on October 9, 2010 by

Last year, one of our friends gave my son their Nintendo Wii because they didn’t use it that much. It was our first gaming console, and I have to say my son (4) loves using it. The controls are intuitive and … Continue reading →

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Windows Azure – Cloud Computing Platform

Posted on November 17, 2009 by

Over the next decade, the notion of the operating system is going to change immensely. Developing applications that only run on a local PC will become irrelevant with virtualization and the increasing capabilities in web browsers. More and more applications … Continue reading →

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