Tag: Business

I am now a web hosting reseller. I’m still working on package details, but if you’re in need of hosting with a personal touch, send me an e-mail.

Sarah Bridger, sister of my friend Gabe, is a very talented jewelry designer. I was planning on asking my readers for input on where she might try to sell her creations in Portland. However, it seems that she has already found a store: Olio United. Please be sure to check her stuff out, either in the store or online. Angela loves the necklaces and earrings I’ve gotten for her.

The BBC’s program on the history of Tetris is fascinating.

I wish Wired Magazine would publish more articles like Vinod Khosla’s essay about his investments in the biofuel industry. Reading someone’s thoughts firsthand, rather than through a mediator, makes for more compelling reading. Sort of like a blog.

Tonight Google finally unveiled the beta of Google Apps for your Domain. Not a very catchy name. Why not call it what it really is? Google Office. I guess once Writely and Google Spreadsheets are added to the suite, the name will be more appropriate.

What was it that people were saying about Google not having a strategy?

Of course, Steve Gillmor has a good deal to say about this.

Let the disruption begin.

Jigsaw: get paid to sell out your friends and acquaintances. I’m not in their database and would like to stay that way, please.

It appears that Canada’s ISPs are slightly outpacing US ISPs in the money-grubbing (via Digg) space:

In his announcement Tuesday, Parent said Shaw wants its high-speed internet customers to pay a $10 “quality of service enhancement” fee if they use a VoIP phone service from a provider such as Vonage Canada. He said Shaw argues that its fee is necessary to maintain the quality of independent VoIP services.

About a month ago, I linked to a story about ISPs’ plans to charge both content providers and end users for improved internet performance. Yesterday, Oregon Senator Ron Wyden unveiled a bill that would prohibit such practices. It doesn’t say so in this story, but I read elsewhere that the bill already has the support of several Republicans.

Eric Raymond’s response to the article in the Nation entitled The End of the Internet? (which I pointed to a couple weeks ago) has generated some good debate by some very smart people about what can be done to bypass the phone and cable companies.

Venture Voice’s interview of Joel Spolsky is easily the most played podcast in my collection. There’s a lot of practical wisdom in it. To me, the most salient point is when he lists the questions you should have easy answers to when creating a new software product.

What is the pain that somebody’s having? How does my product solve that pain? And will this person be willing to spend money to solve the pain in the way in which I solve it?