Larry Page Rolls the Dice

From my most recent Social Analyst column: “Larry Page is confident, hyper competitive, brilliant and a visionary who isn’t afraid to make big bets nobody else is willing to make. In other words, he thinks he can accomplish what Jobs accomplished. That’s why he’s not about to cede the lucrative smartphone and tablet market to… Continue reading Larry Page Rolls the Dice

The E*Trade Baby On Today’s Market Crash

Sure, this video is from April, but this is absolutely what a ton of people are starting to feel after yesterday’s economic meltdown. Hopefully we’ll bounce back with a recovery from the oversell tomorrow, but the long-term economic indicators are not pretty.

Apple Starts Rolling Out iCloud

Apple Launches iCloud Beta [PICS] It still doesn’t have music streaming though, but I’m sure that’s coming soon. The price of storage is double that of Amazon, but I doubt anybody will care. They’re nice apps to play with, though. Apple really needed to cut itself off from MobileMe. (FYI I’m going to start sharing… Continue reading Apple Starts Rolling Out iCloud

The Feral Parrots of San Francisco

These parrots were made famous by the documentary The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill. They’ve been visiting my apartment the last few days, but the landlord has told us not to feed them anymore (they defecate too much, and the neighbors complained).