A VC: Executives vs Leaders
Obama vs. Clinton: “But what happens when the leader is a productive obsessive? Well in my experience that’s fine if the company is operating in a relatively stable environment and the challenge at hand is largely related to heads down execution. But if you are operating in a dynamic environment when the risks are high, rapid decisions need to be made, and patience is not a virtue, find yourself a narcissist for the job and pair him or her with a productive obsessive.”
The Danger of Free - ReadWriteWeb
An interesting look at how free services may impact the coming recession.
Angstrom Power touts hydrogen fuel cells for cellphones - Engadget Mobile
I am really looking forward to hydrogen fuel cells in mobile devices. The battery is a big limitation these days (as in, the main reason the iPhone is not 3G)
Plaxo inches further onto your desktop with new Mac application | The Social - CNET News.com
Plaxo has associated my contacts with the stuff each of them are posting on the web. It is time for Plaxo to start measuring attention. They have more capability to do it than anyone else I know of. Isn’t browser history and possible news reader history available in the Mac CoreData?
Upgrade your Google Analytics tracker
Google released a new version of its Google Analytics tracking code last month. In this post you will learn about the new features available to webmasters and how to move away from the deprecated libraries.
How are you feeling? (Scripting News)
Dave Winer talks about the mental aspect of a struggling economy from a very personal perspective.
Bad Form: 61% Use Same Password for Everything - ReadWriteWeb
Consider this a friendly reminder to change your password or add a new one to the mix.
Jax Can Run
I have a new blog to chronicle my running in 2008. I have been much more consistent blogging than exercising for the last 7 years so hopefully I will now exercise to have something to blog about.
RPT-Time Warner to test Internet billing based on usage - Blogrunner
There is a “leaked” Time Warner memo floating around that is being interpreted many different ways. Either way, we can’t go back to metered web access at home. That ship sailed when Mindspring released flat rate dialup in the 1990s.
Yahoo! User Interface Library (YUI): Index of Library Examples
Have you see the Yahoo User Interface stuff lately? I am impressed.
Merb | Looking for a better framework?
A light and powerful Ruby MVC web framework
Datamapper - Getting started with datamapper
A simple ORM for Ruby that uses a less “magic” than ActiveRecord. The tradeoff is more configuration gets you better performance.
There’s got to be an easier way
Jonathan Hicks is now blogging. He is mostly talking about Ruby, Rails, and best practices.
Blackberry Updates coming soon
Research in Motion has published a list of improvements that will be included in the next OS update. Sweet.
5 reasons NOT to run a marathon
A good post with a hilarious quote: “If you’re looking for buddies, get on Facebook and friend farm ’til the zombies come home. Join Twitter and follow someone off a cliff. Start blogging long and meaningful posts about your dog, then search optimize that puppy.”
