Jason Thibeault's Blog: From My Pen, page 106

Positively Parsimonious…

Originally posted 2011-06-19 20:24:24. Okay, so what's with all the Ps? Not really sure but as I started adding categories, and a few of them began with the letter P, I got challenged to do the same for all of them. It was rather fun although I really have no affinity for the letter over [...]

A Sign Of Things to Come for Mobile Apps (and Apple's Appstore in Particular)?

Originally posted 2011-08-10 10:50:21. Amazon's recent launch of Kindle Cloud is pointing to an interesting possibility with regards to mobile applications. There are two core components to which I want to draw attention. First is that the application is based in the browser. Quite obviously, this means that regardless of what browser the user is [...]

It's Not Just About HTML 5: Why Flash Can be a Better Solution for Streaming Video on the Web

Originally posted 2011-08-25 12:20:15. This originally appeared on the Limelight Blog (link below). http://blog.limelight.com/2011/08/its... There is an unmistakable trend in the video delivery and content publishing industry right now: HTML5. When HTML5 hit the market, the video industry immediately jumped on it as the proposal of a tag that was part of the native [...]

The Evolution of the Web

Originally posted 2011-09-02 08:24:21. The evolution of the web has been fast and furious. An interactive web application has attempted to capture that evolution in a colorful and engaging manner: http://evolutionofweb.appspot.com/ Do you see anything missing?

A Shift in Tech Startup Mentality

Originally posted 2011-07-14 21:23:05. There's an interesting post on ReadWriteStart from Chris Shipley (she runs the DEMO conference; I launched a company there several years ago, GoWare) on a "startup" bubble: http://www.readwriteweb.com/start/201... After reading the article, I was immediately struck by the need to term this a "bubble" when, in fact, I think we are [...]

Got Startup?

Originally posted 2011-07-18 16:02:41. Got a great startup going? Want some press? Pitch it to the folks at Mashable and get your PR on (or just stalk Charlie Sheen until he Tweets about it): http://mashable.com/bizspark/

Visual: A Snapshot of Web Activity

Originally posted 2011-08-05 10:30:55. Wonder how web traffic is shaping up? How much time people are spending on websites? Who else to provide insight than Google who, through their search engine and site-tracking analytics (Google Analytics), probably sees a bulk of the Internet traffic across the globe. What's more, Google shares the data from sites [...]

The Evolution of Evolution

Originally posted 2011-07-14 11:55:09. We sometimes talk about the theories of Evolution in a very matter-of-fact way. But what you may not be aware of is the heated discussions within the evolutionary theorists circles. There is a lot of conjecture about just how evolution works, when it works, and the levels it works at. The [...]

Understanding Mobile Behavior

Originally posted 2011-06-01 20:56:38. I see a lot of startup companies right now focused on two types of mobile activities: content consumption and content interaction. What I haven't seen successfully implemented (or implemented well), though, is an integration of these activities into mobile behavior. If we all believe that users are going to want to [...]

Interview with William Gibson

Originally posted 2011-09-02 14:39:55. If you're a fan of the seminal sci-fi master, you'll love this exclusive interview from BoingBoing: http://boingboing.net/2011/09/01/will... Great quote: Liking the Hollywood movie industry is like liking war. Some people do like war, though, and I've sometimes enjoyed my own experience of the Hollywood movie industry. People who haven't actually been [...]