by Larry | Oct 27, 2010 | Blog
As a gadget fan who spent lots of time in the mobile industry, I’ve been following the story of the Microsoft Kin with great interest. The Kin was launched in mid-April—a social networking optimized phone aimed squarely and explicitly at teens and pre-teens. More...
by Larry | Aug 30, 2010 | Blog
It’s been fascinating over the last several years to watch the big hairy technology battle of our age play out—Google versus Apple. Like Microsoft/Apple a generation ago, this one is also about a clash of ideologies. Much has been made over the open versus closed...
by Larry | Mar 16, 2010 | Blog
I like paradoxes. I even like the word “paradox”. It’s just so delicious – things that taken apart must be true but taken together cannot be true. So like life. There is a lot that is paradoxical about innovation – especially about new product development. One...
by Larry | Feb 21, 2010 | Blog
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve had a love/hate relationship with writing. Don’t get me wrong, I love it more than I hate it. It’s just that I invariably have a hard time getting started. I sit down and usually struggle – there are so many ideas, and they all seem to...
by Larry | Feb 8, 2010 | about
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