Jason Thibeault's Blog: From My Pen, page 108

Vertical Social Networks

The world of social networking is here to stay. That much is for certain.And what's more, social networking has definite applications to businesses. Instead of employees congregating around the proverbial water cooler, they can do so on the Web from anywhere allowing for much deeper and wider collaboration than possible before. But Facebook has shown us [...]

Sometimes It's the Little Things That Set Everything in Motion

Do you carry any napkins with you? You might want to start considering such after you read the article below. It seems that a host of big-name ideas, everything from Facebook to ethernet, started on a napkin (rumor has it Jeff Bezos made is Amazon list on a napkin as well): http://www.networkworld.com/community...-

Amazon Hardware vs. Amazon Retail

With the Kindle, Amazon broke into the hardware game. Traditionally a retailer (both electronic and physical), they have seen a tremendous uptake in e-book purchasing because of their device. And now, it seems, they are going to build a tablet to compete against the iPad. http://thenextweb.com/gadgets/2011/07... Some people might think this is insane but I [...]

Extending the Kindle Platform into the OS

Recent software by Amazon enables you to "right-click add" any document on your Windows PC to Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html... Although this is not innovative in and of itself (in fact, many companies have done this; my own startup, GoWare, did this 5 years ago with a feature called "send to my phone" whereby you could right [...]

The Future of Data Interface

As data becomes more pervasive in the cloud, it also becomes easier to display and interact with. You no longer need a full-blown computer to interact with data. You simply need something with a light OS that can run a widget platform which can draw in data and display it (of course, it's more complicated [...]

Forward Look: The Future of Retail

In the sometime near future (I don't want to suppose I have a crystal ball to be able to predict when), the way we interact with retail will be fundamentally different. Not only will we get targeted, highly-relevant deals sent to our phone in many of the stores we shop, but our shopping patterns within [...]

Photo: Road Trips are Over-rated!

Who needs to travel to the national parks when you can see them from space? GeoEye (a company providing satellite- and aerial-based imagery services) has published a stunning set of pictures of America's most notable national parks all taken from space. Wired has collected them: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/201...

Learning From the Pros

As an entrepreneur, one of the greatest resources we have is other entrepreneurs. I frequently work with young startup executives who need guidance and advice on launching their companies. Although I haven't had much success, my failures provide an invaluable source of information to other young businesses. Om Malik, the founder of GigaOm (one of [...]

Mobile Web vs. Mobile Apps. Which Will Win?

For anyone that has spent at least a little bit of time on an iPad or iPhone has experienced the world of applications vs. the world of the Web. In many cases, the smartphone/smartdevice platform that Apple built has given rise to the "application experience:" network-aware/connected applications that provide a much more mobile-friendly/mobile-centric user experience [...]

Great Post on the Changing VC Landscape

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...