What I learned from Steve Jobs
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Today the world loses a brilliant visionary creator and business mind. Here are some of the things I’ve learned from the life of Steve Jobs.

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Trees relax a little, digital beginning to overtake paper books
Thursday, 27 Jan, 2011 – 22:47 | No Comment
Trees relax a little, digital beginning to overtake paper books

Looking back at 2010, we will see it as the year that digital sales of books overtook those of paper books. According to the online retail giant Amazon.com, e-books leapfrogged over their hardcover dead tree edition cousins back in July of last year, and barely six months later, they’ve now done the same with paperback.

Violent video game regulation: A deeper look
Wednesday, 10 Nov, 2010 – 1:04 | No Comment
Violent video game regulation: A deeper look

Tonight I joined my local Fox affiliate for a debate on violence in video games: Should games be regulated? Should they be completely protected under the First Amendment? What about the California law that is …

This $550 million brought to you by the letters ‘i’ and ‘s’
Thursday, 21 Oct, 2010 – 14:29 | No Comment
This $550 million brought to you by the letters ‘i’ and ‘s’

First with the now-$200 million iFund and today’s $250 million sFund, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is all about building up new tech companies.

The Apple iPad, gamechanger
Monday, 4 Jan, 2010 – 19:46 | No Comment
The Apple iPad, gamechanger

I was pretty on the fence about Apple’s iPhone, when it was first announced. Truth be told I was pretty on the fence about smartphones in general. I had an iPod, I had a PDA, I had a cell phone. I liked using all of those devices, but thought that convergence was going to be a problem – why would I listen to music all day and then prevent myself from making phone calls?

Destimulating the economy, 1% at a time
Sunday, 13 Dec, 2009 – 0:15 | No Comment
Destimulating the economy, 1% at a time

On Tuesday, President Obama announced that “we’re proposing a complete elimination of capital gains taxes on small business investment.” The very next day, the Democratically-controlled House voted to more than double that tax rate. Oops.

Snow Leopard – worthwhile or worth waiting?
Saturday, 5 Sep, 2009 – 13:31 | No Comment
Snow Leopard – worthwhile or worth waiting?

Recently Apple Co. released the latest version of their storied operating system, 10.6, otherwise known as “Snow Leopard.”

The revolution vs. the evolution
Friday, 17 Apr, 2009 – 22:37 | No Comment
The revolution vs. the evolution

The revolution is here, and it is in people’s living rooms. Of course I’m not speaking of a Marxist holiday, I’m referring to the development codename for the hottest gift item over the last two years, that we know as the Wii.

Barkley 2014: Shut up and vote
Monday, 3 Nov, 2008 – 17:47 | No Comment
Barkley 2014: Shut up and vote

Recently Charles Barkley revealed to CNN’s Campbell Brown that he intends to run for governor of Alabama in 2014. He believes the state has nowhere to go but up, and while Alabama is “number 48 in everything,” Arkansas and Mississippi which are apparently 49 and 50 “aren’t going anywhere,” which means to Mr. Barkley that at the very least, he can’t screw things up any worse.