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The Amazon Kindle 3G: A Review

January 4, 2011 by Steven Savage

PROS:

The screen is easy on the eyes.
Very easy to use and buy books.
A nice amount of extra features.
Man is it easy to get and read books.
There's promising experiments and software that hint at future improvements.
BOOKS! OH GODS, THE BOOKS!

CONS:

. . . I'll get back to you

SUMMARY: If you're a heavy reader the Kindle is a space, money, and time-saving device you should consider – even if you have a device that supports Kindle software.

Resume Worthy Roundup for December 2010

January 3, 2011 by Steven Savage

And what got our attention last month for Resume-Worthy Companies?

Appconomy – They're taking mobile service to enterprise apps. A smaller horseman of the CorpTechPocalypse – but with a chance to go big.
Bay Citizen – They've got a nonprofit news model and funding.
DocuSign – Thy do something dull (electronic signatures), but that dullness is practacal and got them some nice venture capital.
Flipboard – They keep adding features – and I expect them to be on Android eventually.
Groupon – Because everyone wants them or gives them money. I'd warn though this might be a case of overvaluing. Also note below they have a rival.
LivingSocial – As they got a gigantic investment from Amazon. Oh and they're a rival to Groupon . . . so keep that in mind.
Lookout – Venture capital investments and company that does cloud security?
Media6Degrees – Interesting marketing tech, and of course, venture capital.
MeLLmo – They've got mobile business intelligence software and some investors. Nice combination
Mobyling – They're doing games in HTML 5 and getting venture capital.
Rovio – Because look they're all over our news and can make you buy a game where you use a slingshot to use birds to attack pigs.
Zendesk – Easy tech support tools for your company and they got some venture capital. Also another CorpTechPocalypse company . . .

And don't forget lots of money is flowing to Massachucetts.

– Steven Savage

Christmas, Economics, and The Holiday Spirit

January 3, 2011 by Steven Savage

It seems that in this Holiday Season, a lot of people I know didn't feel very much Christmas Spirit. When I talked to them they said not only they didn't much "sense of the Holiday", but neither did many of their friends. This seeming lack of a Yuletide enthusiasm had me curious, as such things appeal to my psychologist-side, but I couldn't find an answer – until a talk with a co-worker helped clear things up for me.