If you are a good web developer, and enjoy cool projects, please email me: jonathan@hiidef.com.
Krups Fast Touch Coffee Grinder
A must have, and I’ve never had coffee, ever. Yesteryear’s process now seems primitive.
Microsoft and the Media are focused on the wrong target. At $31, Yahoo is being valued at $45 BN. Assuming a 40% acquisition premium, Amazon also costs $45 BN.
This is part I in a multi-post series that will be edited in real-time over the next several weeks:
Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched in 2002, and has revolutionized the entire Internet infrastructure model. AWS disrupts storage, hardware, hosting and content delivery markets, and is increasingly the most strategic service for thousands of Internet services. The AWS team is outstanding. Rackspace, Joyent and Media Temple provide small-time competition, and Google only released App Engine in 2008, giving Amazon the undisputed leadership position in utility computing.
Amazon has spent the past several years developing emerging leaders in digital downloads. MP3 is more open and flexible than iTunes, the Unbox + TiVo integration represents an important implementation in the Set-Top / TV services market, and the Kindle appears to be exceeding Amazon’s internal projections. Digital technology continues to impel fundamental change in media distribution, and Amazon is well positioned.
In retail, Amazon has the most comprehensive user-generated review database and Prime ($79 = free 2-day / $4 next-day shipping), the cost-effective answer to many Internet shipping problems; the alternative is a Big Box experience and $4 gas. Ultra-competitive prices and the most diversified inventory (1st + 3rd-party) make Amazon the online Wal-Mart. Why use a comparison shopping engine when Amazon offers everything at great prices, in one location, with convenient service?
Nike Paul Rodriguez 2 Zoom Air
Newest, flashiest addition to my most humble wardrobe. This particular pair is nostalgic; I grew up wearing Chuck Taylor classics autographed by Tony Hawk.
And, these are SO damn luxurious. Gold tips adorning the yellow laces, and plush synthetic padding in a vibrant money green for cushioning.
MySpace Charging for Application Promotion
Sound, logical decision. Insulates them from the Widget Economy ponzi-scheme. The pricing seems fixed right now, but will likely evolve into an auction format once the technology is ready.
And Google has clearly demonstrated the awesome power of an auction model used for promotion; anytime the price of a digital good or service can increase exponentially with zero impact on cost, you have a near perfect model.
The Widget Economy is big business. Slide’s investors valued the Company at $500 MM, and it is only a derivative.
The media will likely decry this strategy as prohitibitive for Joe Public, but everything of value should carry a cost. And, super charged word-of-mouth is still free.
If I were a member of the Giants, I would not attend.
I have an NBA themed blog called Half-Blog, Half-Amazing. I was picked up by the yahoo! sports NBA blog Ball Dont Lie.
Check out the yahoo! post here.
DXG-569V HD Camcorder | Uncrate
Poor quality online video is but a relic of the past.
