Archive for April, 2006

It’s birthday season

Sunday, April 30th, 2006

BigDave Jacobs - May 4th
the other BigDave Winer - May 2nd
Paolo Valdemarin - April 29th
Kjetil Larsen - May 4th
P-Air Wolff - April 30th
Kjetil Larsen - May 4th
Jamie Faye Fenton - April 25th

What a day! Recalling times gone past, and time to be lived and the powers of creativity

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

Queen’s Day 2006 - I drank a cup of beer.  Lasted til 8 PM.

Man oh man - its morning time in Amsterdam and I’ll be back. This is a special day - where the entire inner city is blocked off and turns into a Mardi Gras flea market yard sale party.  And it’s birthday season.
We went […]

James Joyce in Dublin

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

I forget to tell you that I quoted Joyce in Dublin. It ws my sort of “seed planting” (piss on the side of the wall) marker I wanted to leave behind.
“He was alone and still, gazing out to sea.  She seemed like on whom magic had changed into the likeness of a strange and beauitful […]

Don Hopkins is in Amsterdam

Friday, April 28th, 2006

Getting ready for the Queen’s Day weekend celebration.  Don is a legendary hacker - I’ve known for 17+ years and worked with on several occasions.
 
Me too!

Dublin Blogger dinner

Thursday, April 27th, 2006

Here we all are at some Tapas Bar in Dublin, Temple Bar.
I recited James Joyce and told stories of yars gona past.

AOL wins Emmy for Live8 promo

Wednesday, April 26th, 2006

Look what I found in the paper yesterday.

Congrats to Jim Bankoff and the team at AOL!

Eine deutsche Version für unsere deutschen Freunde

Tuesday, April 25th, 2006

German version of StructuredBlogging.org.  Thanks Raju!

It’s the Context

Monday, April 24th, 2006

Here is the big post I’ve been meaning to write - on convergence, the players and the wire into the home.
For 15 years now we have watched a war rage over who can get the data to flow into and out of conusmer’s homes.  That wire - whether it be the cable TV or telephone wire […]

It’s Monday and I’m link blogging - again

Monday, April 24th, 2006

Dare is pissed that nobody understands Microsoft’s org chart changes.  Can you imagine this ex-Ask guy demanding power and division level budget?  What Dare is MOST excited about is: the press release, [which declares that] this organizational structure will increase Microsoft’s agility in delivering innovation to customers.
Michael Arrington has some suggestions to Ziki - what […]

Half of everything is not here

Monday, April 24th, 2006

Om Malik has a nice bit on the NYT article on MySpace.
Its the realization that there are a LOT of people who are not in the US or speak English.
I believe that International issues will creep up and supercede US based issues - within 4-5 years from now. Chinese and Indian companies will have as […]