Jason Thibeault's Blog: From My Pen, page 104

Great Post on the Changing VC Landscape

Originally posted 2011-06-29 14:22:40. As a serial entrepreneur, I'm always interested to read great articles like this one about changes in the very nature of software companies (how quick and easy they are to get up and running now) and the impact that has had on investment: http://www.pehub.com/110112/mark-sust... From In the Mind of Jason Thibeault, [...]

Christopher Walken + Fairy Tale Reading + National TV = Twistedly Hilarious!

Originally posted 2011-08-04 11:04:18. In 1993 the now defunct British TV comedy series, Saturday Zoo with host Jonathan Ross, sat down actor Christopher Walken on stage to read a very demented version of the classic fairytale, The Three Little Pigs. As you can probably imagine, the results were humorous and even Walken himself seems amused [...]

How-To: Picking the Right Touch-Screen Tech For You

Originally posted 2011-07-22 17:31:49. Ever wonder about the differences between touch screen types and which is best for you? The infographic below provides a basic overview of the three primary types: From In the Mind of Jason Thibeault, post How-To: Picking the Right Touch-Screen Tech For You Post Footer automatically generated by wp-posturl plugin for [...]

Text Books For Everyone!

Originally posted 2011-07-18 09:15:41. Amazon Kindle has recently launched a program that allows students to "borrow" digital text books, mark them up with highlights, and save the notes for future use (even after the rental period has ended). TechCrunch has a cursory write-up of the new product: http://techcrunch.com/2011/07/18/amaz... There are a number of very interesting [...]

Is the Future of Gaming in the Clouds?

Originally posted 2011-07-15 13:26:14. According to the CEO of OnLive, the answer is yes. I, though, am not quite sure. First, as an avid gamer of MMOs, I have routinely encountered the impact of lag on the gaming experience. And this is on significant bandwidth. That is because lag is both a combination available bandwidth, [...]

There's No Escape From Gamification

Originally posted 2011-08-09 10:35:29. I've written before about how companies are adopting/embracing the concept of gamification, especially with the explosion of social media and the Web. It seems that these two catalysts (social media's ability to provide permanence to a user's achievements in the form of badges, and the web's ubiquitous access) are helping to [...]

Photo: How To Shoot Rainbows

Originally posted 2011-08-29 12:11:18. Everyone loves a rainbow (well, some people also love unicorns and glitter but we won't cover that here) especially photographers. There is something magical about capturing the spontaneous beauty of a rainbow (and, in reality, the simplicity of its formation which is all based on elementary physics). MacWorld published a great [...]

Photo: When Lightning Strikes

Originally posted 2011-09-01 12:12:19. Beautiful picture featured on NatGeo of a lightning strike at Utah-AZ border. Click on the link to read more about the shot. http://photography.nationalgeographic... From In the Mind of Jason Thibeault, post Photo: When Lightning Strikes Post Footer automatically generated by wp-posturl plugin for wordpress.

Review: Hands-On With StarWars the Old Republic (SWTOR): Part 2

As a participant in the SWTOR beta program, I wrote a review that covered some of the highlights in game play, interface, and game experience. Of course, it was somewhat limited given that the beta was not full-fledged. The game has been out now for about 2 months and I have been playing it steadily [...]

"Venture?" Capitalists

Originally posted 2011-06-01 20:55:53. Note: this blog post was originally published in 2008. I wonder if these observations still hold? Having spent the last six months or so trying to raise money for GoWare (www.goware.com), I have formed a lot of opinions about the venture capital community that I would like to share. First, let [...]