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While you were sleeping 2/5/2010

Image via CrunchBase Facebook celebrated it’s 6th bday yesterday — stunning the impact they have had on the world… “According to Wikipedia and its Info page, Facebook was launched exactly six years ago, on February 4, 2004. Back then it was called “Thefacebook,” and it was originally located at thefacebook.com, but it’s definitely the same [...]

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While you were sleeping; back to work edition 2/1/2010

Welcome to February! The first month of the new decade is over and the big news is that Steve Jobs is pissed and enmity between Apple and Google and Adobe is mounting… “According to TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog) Steve Jobs railed at Adobe and Google at a company all hands meeting. On Google: “We [...]

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Slate vs. State

Jobs vs. Obama in the ultimate ‘reality distortion field’ knockdown. Who won? The results may surprise you… “Two events dominated discussion last week: the unveiling of Apple’s iPad and President Obama’s State of the Union address. Leading up to last Wednesday, many wondered if Apple’s event would overshadow Obama’s. On social media, that was certainly [...]

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While you were sleeping 1/29/2010

Image via CrunchBase Other perspectives on the iPad began to emerge… What’s dangerous about the iPad is that it’s much closer to a “real” computer than the iPhone is. If you dock it with the keyboard accessory, it really is just a sort of low-powered franken-laptop. And yet this is a computer over which you [...]

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How to fail in 2010

I had the privilege earlier in my career to work closely with the great Jeff Martin [the guy Steve Jobs credits with the 'Think Different' campaign and you know Steve Jobs doesn't often give credit!]. Jeff’s response to stupid ideas was to say ‘Well, that’s a great going out of business strategy’. My friend Dana [...]

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3 stories from Steve Jobs

This is great stuff — even if you’re not a Kool-Aid drinking Mac fanboy like I used to be…

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Buying a new notebook?

Think different! No, I don’t mean buy a Mac — I just mean think before you buy. A friend of mine asked for a recommendation on a big, expensive notebook — you know, one of the ones with the big 17″ monitor? My advice to him was “my recommendation would be to avoid the big, [...]

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Moms and smartphones…

They’re not just for CEO’s anymore… “Smartphones may have started as productivity tools for top executives, but they’re quickly finding their way into the hands and purses of “power moms,” a.k.a. the CEO of the household. As smartphones become easier to use and in many ways more useful, more women, including busy moms, are buying [...]

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There Is No Such Thing as Intuitive Technology

“When the Apple Macintosh first debuted, it was thought of as the first computer that did not have or ever need a manual. In fact, it did need a manual, and an ever-growing one at that. The computer that doesn’t need a manual of some sort has not yet been invented. In the case of [...]

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Going mobile!

Here’s a little tuneage from the Who while you contemplate this; if you’re an iPhone, BlackBerry or Android user, you can now view e1evation.com in a special mobile format. Check it out!

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