Archive for May, 2007

i heart comcast

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

Just saw this post from the NCTA Cable Show apparently Comcast is demoing a new "wideband" service promising 120 Mbps Internet access!  120 MB!  I now have some serious bandwidth envy now.  Seriously sign me up!  Now that's a fat pipe.

barron’s is smoking crack

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

Barron's writer Eric Savitz is smoking crack if he thinks a Google-Yahoo merger would ever get past the anti-trust regulators.  No way, no how.   That would represent 80-90% of the online ad market measure by dollars.  No way, no how.  Does he think the feds would let one company own ...

yahoo still doesn’t get it even with panama

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

I am fairly experienced with SEM having managed grown an SEM budget from $100 a day a few years ago to hundreds of thousands dollars a month across every conceivable search engine and contextual platform from Google to Kanoodle and everything in between. Because of the size of their traffic - ...

could buying an hdtv be any more complex?

Sunday, May 6th, 2007

Seriously between the 3 types of types of tv's - rear projection, lcd and plasma, the resolution options - 720p vs. 1080p, the varying price points and features, I can't believe how difficult it is to pick one.  And what's scary is I am a gadget freak so I actually understand ...

lies, damned lies and statistics

Sunday, May 6th, 2007

Fred Wilson's post about the age of entrepreneurs in his portfolio was interesting amid his concern of a potential bias in the age of entreprenuers.  But more importantly is Paul Kedrosky's rebuttal showing a survey of the age of entrepreneurs which shows a distribution that is pretty consistent with the ...

toddler parteting tip of the day

Sunday, May 6th, 2007

Freeze dried fruits from Trader Joe's are the bomb.  Not only are they way more nutritious then dried fruits but you can give them to toddlers without fear of sticky mess as if you were to give them real fruit.  My floors and car are much safer.