Friday, March 4, 2005

by alec on March 4, 2005

Planning on buying a new PC?  Here’s a useful “secret decoder ring” to find out the specifics on each CPU.

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by alec on March 4, 2005

The apprentice last night was interesting. The task was to build a mini-golf course at Chelsea pier and market it. Magna sealed their victory in the early stages of the contest by quickly executing exclusive cross-promotional agreements with every other vendor on the pier.  At that point, provided Magna executed well, Net Worth’s efforts were doomed to fail.

On the Net Worth side, the ongoing spat between Audrey and John came to a head.  Audrey was most definitely incompetent, but John played his cards deftly, agreeing to allow her to be the project manager, and then sabotaging her efforts for the duration of the task.  Audrey got fired.

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March 4, 2005

Today I had a chance to talk with Danny Kastner, former candidate on the Apprentice, and CEO of interactive marketing firm POPstick.  It was a fun conversation.  Danny, and his colleague Krishna, explained what they do, and how they might be able to help us launch Iotum.  I had to laugh at one point when he [...]

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March 4, 2005

Michael Gartenberg thinks that context is the next killer app.  Kind of a misnomer, that, because context, while a powerful tool, is not really an application. Still, Michael’s got the right idea.  He writes: “Digital ubiquity is a reality; relevant access to information, both personal and professional, in multiple venues on multiple devices, is no [...]

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