Venture Chroniclesby Jeff NolanWhat if Microsoft designed the iPod packaging- February 28, 2006 Too funny. Substitute your favorite German enterprise software company. via Scoble.http://sapventures.typepad.com/main/2006/02/what_if_microso.html Ross fact checks Carr fact checking Wikipedia- February 28, 2006 Third he claims that the media took a narrow survey and implied broad implications for quality with high-level coverage. This is somewhat true, and, well, what mainstream media does. And what Carr did with his first claim. But the articles...http://sapventures.typepad.com/main/2006/02/ross_fact_check.html Master of the 3 ring circus- February 28, 2006 "Jobs then segued into how 40 percent of all autos sold in the US included integrated iPod support as an option," I'd like to see the fact base on that claim... perhaps he means "4 out of 10" automobile manufacturers...http://sapventures.typepad.com/main/2006/02/master_of_the_3.html Google and the DOJ- February 28, 2006 It's interesting that Google has the support of the ACLU in their recent dispute with the DOJ about the subpeona for keywords and search results. I found this statement from the ACLU to be rather ironic: "It's never been a...http://sapventures.typepad.com/main/2006/02/google_and_the_.html National Pancake Day- February 28, 2006 Time to celebrate, today is National Pancake Day... also known as Fat Tuesday. Sorry IHOP is not serving up free pancakes.http://sapventures.typepad.com/main/2006/02/national_pancak.html BoingBoing blocked- February 28, 2006 Censorship is breaking out all over the place, and when BoingBoing gets blocked you really have to wonder what the hell is going on. Last week, we reported that Boing Boing was blocked by entire countries including the United Arab...http://sapventures.typepad.com/main/2006/02/boingboing_bloc.html Web 3.0 Wiki- February 28, 2006 My more observant readers likely noticed an interesting link on my sidebar titled "Web 3.0 Wiki". The more curious of you clicked on that link only to be directed to a login screen, at least before today you did. The...http://sapventures.typepad.com/main/2006/02/web_30_wiki.html Are VCs the Real Chasm In 2.0- February 27, 2006 I think the answer's simple: VCs. VCs are great are crafting value propositions for enterprise software and semiconductors. They understand those industries very, very well. But they distinctly don't understand media and culture, and so they can't craft value propositions...http://sapventures.typepad.com/main/2006/02/are_vcs_the_rea.html Only a few more days left....- February 27, 2006 until sapventures.typepad.com is abandoned in favor or www.jeffnolan.com. As of March 1st I will no longer be posting on this site. Please update your bookmarks, links and feeds. Thanks. New site link: http:www.jeffnolan.com or http:www.venturechronicles.com New feed details:http:feeds.feedburner.comVentureChronicleshttp://sapventures.typepad.com/main/2006/02/only_a_few_more.html |