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I just downloaded the Wordpress app for iPhone so of course I need to try it out. I don’t know how much I’ll want to blog on this little touchscreen keyboard, but it can’t cause me to post any LESS frequently, right?
Let’s see if photos work. Here’s an example.
One more kitchen gadget for the junk [...]

Cross-posted from StartupSD.net.
What’s a chumby? The quick answer is this: chumby is many things, and the list never stops growing.
We last wrote about chumby in April 2008, when they raised $12.5 million in a Series B round in order to “accelerate growth of the company, and expand and broaden the Chumby Network to other screen-based [...]

Cross-posted from StartupSD.net.

In February of 2008, six guys in San Diego decided to fundamentally change the software community for the better.

You need only read the first sentence of OpenCandy’s About us page to learn a telling amount about the new company: one, they carry a grand vision for the impact their product will have on [...]

From MediaPost.com:
Thomson Reuters has partnered with Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society to launch the Media Cloud, a set of research tools for tracking online media coverage.
The joint effort is meant to bring some clarity to the vast tangle of news and information on the Web, attempting to answer questions about what [...]

Chris Pirillo interviewed a Microsoft employee about work on a project called “Salsa”. Watch the video and then ask yourself the following questions.

Would you consider the research and development Microsoft is doing on the social networking aspects of email communication to be innovative?
My answer: Yes. Just from this short video I can tell Microsoft is [...]

This post has been long in the making, but it is finally here. 
It all started when I decided to apply for the position of Founder’s Associate at Twitter. Rather than a standard cover letter, I submitted a strategic analysis outlining Twitter’s current competitive state and its options to win the microblogging battle and larger social [...]

Now that I’ve survived the move to San Francisco (the travel blog is here and in progress), I can seriously consider making the switch from Verizon to AT&T and picking up an iPhone 3G. I wanted to keep Verizon during the trip because I travelled through many backwoods locations and I know Verizon and its [...]

Garmin is known for its talent in building a wide range of navigation devices, for purposes from driving to fishing to flying to hiking. But its aptitude for direction-giving starts to weaken when it comes to pre-purchase research on the company website.
I was doing some research recently into GPS solutions for flying as my father [...]

It’s an oft-stated reality that confluence of low cost, simplicity, and speed in developing web applications has made it easier than ever for a new competitor to launch on to the scene and grab an opportunity or fill an emerging niche.
The relatively low risks to launching a new Internet business, compared to physical ventures with [...]

Scratching in an update here from the TECH cocktail Conference at Loyola (downtown campus, figured this out at the last minute right before leaving the house to drive to north Chicago).
Panel is discussing use of social media to craft a brand for a business. There is a question from the audience about whether blogging works [...]