tech roninlife in the 21st century, personal technology, free agent nation, social web...Bush Iraq war $ will bring US to its knees- March 18, 2008 Read it and weep: The Three Trillion Dollar War. The Iraq war has already cost us more than the twelve year Vietnam war and twice the cost of the Korean war. The Bush tax cut, shoddy reporting, a timid congress and a huge real estate bubble lulled Americans into a stupor while our future was being flushed down the toilet. If pro-war McCaine wins the election, I'm outta here. US infrastructure both old (highways, bridges) and new (broadband, fiber) is long overdue for an upgrade relative to our..http://tokerud.typepad.com/blog/2008/03/bush-iraq-war-1.html Weak enonomy will slow iPhone vs BlackBerry- March 10, 2008 Enterprises married to the BlackBerry won't switch any time soon. But any with an eye to the future are likely to invest in trial programs with iPhones. Someone in IT is going to see to it that some experimentation is done with the new SDK for enterprise-critical apps. Meanwhile, forward-looking firms that may still be using Treos would be first candidates to switch to iPhone. Companies have been putting the brakes on IT spending since last August's market scare. IT cuts won't help Apple make a.http://tokerud.typepad.com/blog/2008/03/weak-enonomy-wi.html Upgraded MacBook Pro and iMac 24 to 4 gb RAM- March 10, 2008 In the last couple of weeks I upgraded my MacBook Pro and iMac from 2 to 4 gigs of RAM. It cost me about $100 at Other World Computing for the 2- 2 gig sticks of RAM, so that was about $200. I checked just now and you can get out the door with UPS ground shipping for under $98 for 4 gigs of RAM for the MBP or iMac Core 2 duo machines. I tried on my own to install the RAM and after encountering the slightest bit of difficulty in each case (a screw was too tight for...http://tokerud.typepad.com/blog/2008/03/upgraded-macboo.html Recession is Apple Talent-grab Opportunity- March 8, 2008 You know that $18 billion in cash Apple has lying around gathering dust What say Apple starts staffing up for the coming era of iPhone iPod touch platform domination You can buy both companies and talent on the cheap in a recession. Steve is Scotch as I recall. Combine a crappy economy, an awesome new iPhone SDK, a frictionless wireless App store and a $100 million iFund and what do you get The best and brightest global entrepreneurial software talent are going to swarm this. Look what...http://tokerud.typepad.com/blog/2008/03/recession-is-ap.html iPhoneiPod touch: THE platform of the next decade- March 6, 2008 Apple today introduced a glimpse of iPhone 2.0 to be shipping in late June. They showed lots of enterprise features. They are going for the enterprise which is appropriate to compete with the BlackBerry and because the US consumer market is going to be slower than molasses for a while. Apple showed vertical market software with early non-shipping versions of SalesForce.com and Epocrates. Both looked sensational. I am counting on my md to be sporting an iPhone when I have my checkup in August....http://tokerud.typepad.com/blog/2008/03/iphoneipod-touc.html |