Month: December 2012

Wednesday, 12 December 2012

Friday, 7 December 2012

Even VCs are Noticing.

by garrick Comments Off on Even VCs are Noticing.

“There’s some magic peace that comes over me when I’m not constantly looking at my iPhone. I really noticed it after two weeks of not doing it. After a few days of withdrawal, the calm appears. My brain is no longer jangly, the dopamine effect of “hey – another email, another tweet” goes away, and I actually am much faster at processing whatever I’ve got on a 27″ screen than on a little tiny thing that my v47 eyes are struggling to read.” – Brad Feld

Thursday, 6 December 2012

Wednesday, 5 December 2012

My Apologies, ‘Users’ is Accurate.

by garrick Comments Off on My Apologies, ‘Users’ is Accurate.

I was riding the LIRR the other day from Queens to Manhattan, and everyone around me was staring into the screen of their smartphone, tapping, typing, clicking. I watched the faces. They looked like the people sitting around in the system lab at the UW Comp Sci Dept in 1978. Same damn thing. Except now instead of a handful of misunderstood geeks, now it’s everyone. BTW, they didn’t look ‘engaged’ or entertained, or even aware of what they’re doing. Most of the time we spend pecking and nibbling at stuff on the net we sort of wish there was something more interesting to do. But there isn’t, so we keep nibbling and pecking. – Dave Winer

Tuesday, 4 December 2012

Monday, 3 December 2012