Best Job in Tech?

By Jake • Published on May 28th, 2009 • View Comments

So, Rich and Anthony are at Google I/O today, and I’m hearing everyone was blown away by Google Wave.
Rich tweeted, IM’ed and finally called me to say how awesome it was. I’m now waiting to watch the hour-and-a-half demo that rocked so hard.
I’m hoping Rich’s session went well. He was bummed that they conflicted with [...]

Best Invention of the Last 20 Years?

By Jake • Published on November 18th, 2008 • View Comments

Meg’s comment on my post about TiVo (note to self, add TiVo to iPhone as a topic that gets lots of comments) got me thinking about the best of the last 20. She said:
I have said often that Tivo is the best invention of the last 20 years, in my life it is equal to [...]

Does Blogging Matter Anymore?

By Jake • Published on October 21st, 2008 • View Comments

Or is it just a matter of perspective?
This piece in Wired today seems like flamebait, and several bloggers have gladly obliged. The title alone begs you to clickthrough, i.e. “Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Make Blogs Look So 2004″.
It reminded me of a conversation Paul and I had months ago; the short version was “does the conversation, [...]