Author: Dave
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Google May Buy a Balloon Company to Build Huge Wireless Networks
Wireless: Google May Buy a Balloon Company to Build Huge Wireless Networks OK, I’m intrigued. The balloons only last a day or so, and then they come down. This is my problem. Exactly where do these things come down? If Google wants to put up bunches of these things every day, that means bunches of…
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The Web Me
It took a while, but I finally got to the top. Those of you with a name like a celebrity or a common name know what I mean. Use Google to search for yourself. What page are you on? I happen to have the same name as a former Mr. Olympia and actor from from…
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Body Heat Could Charge Your Cellphone
Body Heat Could Charge Your Cellphone Saw this article the other day, and I couldn’t get over the possibilities. As interesting as charging your cellphone from body heat is, think of all the other possibilities. If you live in the North East like I do, you could generate electricity from the lost heat of your…
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Shameless Plug – Inquisix Private Beta Launch
I’ve been a little lax lately with posts, but there is a good reason. Yesterday afternoon, Inquisix launched Private Beta. It’s been a very busy few months building the site and getting everything rolling. Being a very early startup, we operate without a lot of resources, but that makes it fun. There is nothing like…
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Lessons Learned for Startups
Chris Herot’s post on Zingdom Communications, formally Convoq, closing its doors recently is a must read for anyone in a startup. While the news is bad, the lessons learned should be posted on every wall. The same mistakes get made too often – especially iterating in the conference room instead of the marketplace. Don’t ever…
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Cool vs. Valuable
If you are a software developer or manager of a software development team, how many times have you heard something like “This is cool, we should do it!”? Whenever I hear that, I get nervous. Don’t get me wrong, cool stuff is, well, cool, but that doesn’t mean it is valuable to the customer. Remember…
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Inquisix and WordPress Blogs
I’ve been a little busy for the last few months. As I hinted at a couple of times, I’ve been working on a new venture. Well, that venture is starting to get more public. My partner and I have been working on Inquisix. Inquisix is a site designed for sales people to help them meet…
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Windbelt – Third World Power
Windbelt – Third World Power – Wind Generator – Video – Breakthrough Awards – Popular Mechanic I love it when people take something simple and make it useful. Turning this macro will be a trick, but it is a neat concept regardless. Put this down as another one of those “Why didn’t anyone think of…
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Technical Leadership
Why does it seem so hard to manage engineers, especially software engineers? In my years, I’ve seen a lot of unproductive situations. I’ve worked for and with some amazing people. I’ve also had the pleasure and privilege of managing some of the finest engineers. In general, I found the secret to managing a development team…
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Watching “The War”
Leadership: Watching “The War” I’m also a history buff, especially 1939-1945. Ken Burns new documentary, “The War”, is so far one of the best series I’ve seen on the subject. I know this has nothing to do with technology, but it is about life and what happened in our past to allow us to be…