An interesting post on the 37 signals blog about the business week cover. Apparently the kid that own's a third share of Digg is worth $60M....read on to see how they came to that figure.
http://37signals.com/svn/archives2/dont_believe_businessweeks_bubblemath.php
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Friday, August 04, 2006
Ubuntu gets a billboard
This one spotted near the home of Oracle (thanks O Reilly Radar)
http://wildbill.nulldevice.net/wordpress/?p=177
The cheeky sods won't let me view it in IE7 - must be time to get a life :)
http://wildbill.nulldevice.net/wordpress/?p=177
The cheeky sods won't let me view it in IE7 - must be time to get a life :)
Telco "right" down
When is the NZ government going to realise that the current telco landscape just doesn't work.
For sure something had to happen, but I honestly don't think the measures they've put in place are enough. NZ is too small a country to afford huge investment in telco gear, so what do we do?
Somehow the government needs to be involved. How about they dip into the Cullen Super Fund and make an investment in our future.
NZ will just be another Australia (Telstra) rerun played 3 years after the mistakes happened there .I'd be keen to hear the current thinking on this. Any suggestions ?
Anyway, heres the latest write down for Telecom. The new chairman sounds like a really good guy but my thoughts are that a real technology evangelist needs to be at the helm. www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3754731a13,00.html
For sure something had to happen, but I honestly don't think the measures they've put in place are enough. NZ is too small a country to afford huge investment in telco gear, so what do we do?
Somehow the government needs to be involved. How about they dip into the Cullen Super Fund and make an investment in our future.
NZ will just be another Australia (Telstra) rerun played 3 years after the mistakes happened there .I'd be keen to hear the current thinking on this. Any suggestions ?
Anyway, heres the latest write down for Telecom. The new chairman sounds like a really good guy but my thoughts are that a real technology evangelist needs to be at the helm. www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3754731a13,00.html
War of the workspaces
Now that Intel has won the battle for a while (with AMD) I've started to take a closer look into the war of the workspaces.
A good summary of the whole Bootcamp / Parallels / Crossover storm over at Macworld
http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/06/30/crossover/index.php
Now that macs and windows both run on intels, and the fact that Cross over doesn't require a copy of XP like Bootcamp and Parallels does, then the $60US price tag is quite appealing. If you look at the prices of hardware then you can easily see that affordability wise you won't beat a Mac Mini with a Core Duo at the moment..its easily $60US cheaper than an equivalently specs PC....so will the Mini and the MacBook do magic sales like the ipod - probably yes! Very cunning Mr Jobs.
In terms of a mini pc at home, i'm more keen to go with a custom Aopen Mini running Vista Pro(until a decent GUI comes out for Linux). Maybe a core 2 duo 2.6, say 1Gb ram with 2GB booster and a Life Cam - microsoft.com/hardware/digitalcommunication/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=002
A good summary of the whole Bootcamp / Parallels / Crossover storm over at Macworld
http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/06/30/crossover/index.php
Now that macs and windows both run on intels, and the fact that Cross over doesn't require a copy of XP like Bootcamp and Parallels does, then the $60US price tag is quite appealing. If you look at the prices of hardware then you can easily see that affordability wise you won't beat a Mac Mini with a Core Duo at the moment..its easily $60US cheaper than an equivalently specs PC....so will the Mini and the MacBook do magic sales like the ipod - probably yes! Very cunning Mr Jobs.
In terms of a mini pc at home, i'm more keen to go with a custom Aopen Mini running Vista Pro(until a decent GUI comes out for Linux). Maybe a core 2 duo 2.6, say 1Gb ram with 2GB booster and a Life Cam - microsoft.com/hardware/digitalcommunication/ProductDetails.aspx?pid=002
Shiny Apples and Cider
Monday is the big day.....WWDC.
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=15463&Page=1&pagePos=1
Apple will be all guns blazing...new models using the Core 2 Duo and no doubt lots of other suprises...Apple are so keen to ramp up the notebook war
And have you seen that PC games can now run sweet on Mac's using Cider.
http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/08/03/cider/index.php
This is so good for the end consumer...cheaper prices and stuff that is practical.
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=15463&Page=1&pagePos=1
Apple will be all guns blazing...new models using the Core 2 Duo and no doubt lots of other suprises...Apple are so keen to ramp up the notebook war
And have you seen that PC games can now run sweet on Mac's using Cider.
http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/08/03/cider/index.php
This is so good for the end consumer...cheaper prices and stuff that is practical.
4 Million PS3's hanging on the wall
I confess I haven' t really played games for about 15 years but my interest has been reignited by the launch of the X Box 360 and the arrival of decent 32" LCD + screens. Even a 50" Plasma with relatively low res is great for Test Drive Unlimited - due to hit the shelves in September
Anyway...like any of the current battles Apple vs Microsoft / Intel vs AMD..this one is Microsoft vs Sony
www.playfuls.com/news_03802_Sony_Comes_Out_PS3_Is_Already_in_Production.html
Sony have been quietly busy in July stockpiling their new PS3's and shipping 10,000 of them to developers. I did the quick litmus test amongst our development team at work and I was suprised to hear all the guys were just hanging out for the PS3 - had I missed something.... I thought X Box 360 was just the best thing since sliced bread.
Well I guess time will tell and if a show of faith from our team is a good indication it looks like Microsoft have got a good battle on their hands.... 4 million PS3's will be shipped this year.
I can't wait to see what their strategy is for their equivalent to Microsoft's online 'Marketplace'
Anyway...like any of the current battles Apple vs Microsoft / Intel vs AMD..this one is Microsoft vs Sony
www.playfuls.com/news_03802_Sony_Comes_Out_PS3_Is_Already_in_Production.html
Sony have been quietly busy in July stockpiling their new PS3's and shipping 10,000 of them to developers. I did the quick litmus test amongst our development team at work and I was suprised to hear all the guys were just hanging out for the PS3 - had I missed something.... I thought X Box 360 was just the best thing since sliced bread.
Well I guess time will tell and if a show of faith from our team is a good indication it looks like Microsoft have got a good battle on their hands.... 4 million PS3's will be shipped this year.
I can't wait to see what their strategy is for their equivalent to Microsoft's online 'Marketplace'
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