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Comment on Maximizing Bandwidth… by liamhutch

liamhutch — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 05:23:00 +0000

How's your year going, John? We're halfway through it and we rarely hear from you now. We understand though because we know you are busy with more important matter. We'll be waiting for your updates. - Liam, best ebook site

Comment on Maximizing Bandwidth… by J. D. Farmakidis

J. D. Farmakidis — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:52:00 +0000

No problem! I’ll be looking out for your update

Comment on Maximizing Bandwidth… by John

John — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 01:53:00 +0000

J.D. – Thanks for the comment, and my apologies for taking so long to get back to you.

I have had a LOT going on these past 6 months, so I have had extremely limited time to post here. I am putting together an update to fill everyonein. The whole community here has been very patient with my rather sporadic posting schedule, something I am very grateful for…

John

Comment on Disruption And The Incumbent's Dilemma… by Matthias

Matthias — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 12:25:00 +0000

Very good article

Comment on Disruptive Innovation In The Gaming Industry… by darey

darey — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:19:00 +0000

good article, well structured and informative.

Comment on Maximizing Bandwidth… by J. D. Farmakidis

J. D. Farmakidis — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 04:17:00 +0000

Thanks for coming back to engage us John. Most people never make the distinction between engagement and interaction, especially when it comes to ‘social media’.
They’re all too often terms interchanged.

Comment on Apple TV Finally Gaining A Foothold… by Small business IT support Crys

Small business IT support Crys — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 02:55:00 +0000

I have no clue when Apple plans to do their next Apple TV refresh. But
given the traction it seems to be getting in the market place, I am
confident that one will be coming in the near term. I covered the
things I think are realistic both technically and politically, and hope
to see at least some of them there when a new version drops.

Comment on Special Purpose Processors… by John Mahoney

John Mahoney — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 03:18:00 +0000

Hi Eladin,

Sorry for such a late reply…

I would be happy to help you if I can. Why don’t you reach out to me via email (john@thedigitaledgeblog.com) to give me a little more background on the types of things you’ve been studying/researching, and any specific areas you would like to focus on. Processor design is an exceedingly complex field, so its important to find a topic in this area that you will be comfortable working on.

Look forward to hearing from you…

-john

Comment on Early Stage Insider: Taking Advice… by Gnural Net, Inc » Early Stage Insider: Defining Your MVP…

Gnural Net, Inc » Early Stage Insider: Defining Your MVP… — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 19:48:40 +0000

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Comment on Special Purpose Processors… by Eladin

Eladin — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:13:00 +0000

Dear Mr. John, i am a computer engineering student, and currently in my senior year, choosing the subject of my graduation project, i am currently thinking of the field of stream processing, but in general, I want to make the “coolest most useful special purpose processor” that can be done in a graduation project

I find you well informed of the different technologies in the world, I am sure that you have some good ideas for a graduation project in the field of computer architecture, please share them with me, thank you

Comment on Early Stage Insider: Taking Advice… by John Mahoney

John Mahoney — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 01:36:00 +0000

Your participation here is very welcomed. Please keep you thoughts and insights coming! Thank you…

Comment on Early Stage Insider: Taking Advice… by J. D. Farmakidis

J. D. Farmakidis — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 23:41:00 +0000

John . You are a real thought provoker. Thank You.

Comment on Early Stage Insider: Taking Advice… by Early Stage Insider: Defining Your MVP…

Early Stage Insider: Defining Your MVP… — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 21:24:03 +0000

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Comment on Early Stage Insider: Taking Advice… by John Mahoney

John Mahoney — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:53:00 +0000

Hi J.D. – Sorry for such a late reply.

Initial product research is an iterative process, and usually begins with validating the premise of the idea you are starting with. You will need to be sure the opportunity is really there, and would be able to sustain a business over the long term. This is a good topic, so let me do a more detailed response to this in another post – I’ll try to get it out this weekend.Thanks for taking the time to read and share – I really appreciate your comment here!-john

Comment on Early Stage Insider: Taking Advice… by J. D. Farmakidis

J. D. Farmakidis — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 23:40:00 +0000

Great story, it’s amazing how much timing and luck have to do with success. One of the challenges I have is collating any/all feedback into a usable format. Would you mind sharing your method used to filter research? I am taking way too long to construct the ‘minimally viable’ results.

Comment on Apple’s Legal Victory Matters For Everyone… by Michael Elling

Michael Elling — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:34:00 +0000

John. Totally agree. I can think of 5 different smartphone variants that I would use during the day in different settings. This one size fits all and every situation is limiting. Michael

Comment on Some Insight From Steve Jobs… by John Mahoney

John Mahoney — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:14:00 +0000

Thanks Isaak. It is so easy to get caught up in the mechanics of what we do on a day to day basis that we often lose sight of what we actually want to accomplish with our lives. It goes way beyond money or titles, and right to the heart of who we are and the impact we hope to make on the world around us.

Comment on Some Insight From Steve Jobs… by Ikaraev

Ikaraev — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:09:00 +0000

Great post John! Thank you for pointing it out. It’s so absalutely true.

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Let’s Grab A Coffee!… — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:20:40 +0000

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Comment on Microsoft Needs To Cut The Cord… by John Mahoney

John Mahoney — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:47:00 +0000

There are a number of really good true productivity apps for the iPad outside of communication tools and readers. The ones I use most frequently are:

Office Apps: Apple has the iWorks suite – Pages, Keynote, and Numbers – all are strong
Design: OmniGraffle for iPad (Visio like diagraming – a little quirky, but very powerful), Photoshop Touch (perfect feature set for working with illustration type images – limited resolution support of 1600×1600)
Note Taking/Idea Organization: MagicalPad (outliner/mindmapper), Auditorium (includes both note taking and voice recording), Things (strong but not exceptional)
Contact Management/CRM: VIPOrbit – strongest CRM like tools for iPad (made by folks that developed ACT!)
News/Information Tools: Newsletter Publisher by InfoNgen and Zite (uses Google Reader list as start point then generates additional article recommendations)
Blogging: Blogsy (my favorite) and WordPress
Travel: HopStop (must have for Urban navigation), FlightBoard (Check status of any flight in US), Starbucks (find your nearest Starbucks wherever you are)
Calendaring: miCal HD (Better feature set than built in calendar)

There are two iPhone only Apps that I use all the time as well:

LinkedIn (business contacts/communication) – Not great but very useful
Clear (Elegant, Quick ToDo lists)

I’m sure I’m missing some, but these are the ones that come to mind right now. Hopefully this is helpful.

Comment on Microsoft Needs To Cut The Cord… by Kirill

Kirill — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:11:00 +0000

Can you recommend any good iPad productivity tools? I mean true productivity not communication like mail, skype or different types of “readers”. I’m struggling to find any useful tool besides Evernote and Toodledo (GTD task manager).

Comment on The Innovators Vs. The Regulators… by John Mahoney

John Mahoney — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:26:00 +0000

Michael – good to hear from you!

This wasn’t meant to be a political piece, per se, but I do take your point regarding the two lines of thought typically being held by our government representatives. While it would be difficult for me to place this in a matrix, I would observe that dynamic systems that remain unregulated tend to self-optimize over time, albeit in a somewhat Darwinian manner.

In this context, I see regulation as a tool to preserve the dynamic nature of a system (helping it to achieve an optimal state), and to smooth out – not eliminate – the Darwinian dislocations that are an inevitable part of this process. Innovators using regulations (via political influence) to lock out competition or lock in advantages is just as wrong and inefficient as politicians using regulations to appease voting blocks to get elected. Both are wrong and harmful in the long term.

Regulators need to recognize that failure is fundamental to improvement, and not be shy about allowing it to happen. If we as a society focus on removing the downside of failure and the upside of success, we will end up creating a static economy for ourselves where innovation withers. Everyone may have a more equal piece of the pie, but the overall pie being shared will be a lot smaller. My heartfelt belief is that if we continue to encourage and reward innovation and risk-taking, we will produce an economy where everyone will be better off over time. Finding the right balance that will get us there isn’t easy. My point in this post is not that regulation is inherently wrong – just that innovation needs to be the engine we continue to hitch our future to.

-john

Comment on The Innovators Vs. The Regulators… by Michael Elling

Michael Elling — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:28:00 +0000

John,

Add to this the fact that a “liberal” perspective is typically one that focuses on “effects”, whilst a “conservative” perspective is one that focuses on “causation”. How would this 2×2 matrix look and function?

Best,
Michael

Comment on International Travel With Your iPhone… by Anns2468

Anns2468 — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:25:00 +0000

Google Voice might be a good option too.

Comment on International Travel With Your iPhone… by vakantiehuizen javea

vakantiehuizen javea — Mon, 09 May 2011 10:00:00 +0000

Wow…Great post on calling to your loved ones when you are in abroad…. Till the date only Skype offers the cheapest way to call any where in the world….I too have used it and found it interesting as well as easy to use..

Comment on International Travel With Your iPhone… by Mike O

Mike O — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 14:42:00 +0000

Hi there, Does your SKYPE time count as ‘upload & download’ when roaming, as normal surfing (on the iPhone, but not on your laptop) does when using it abroad?

Even using free wireless (not 3G), it costs me money to upload and download when roaming (abroad) – I am concerned that the same will be true for SKYPE…

Mike

Comment on The Need For MultiFaceted Sharing Models… by Michael

Michael — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:29:00 +0000

When the multi-faceted you is searched, which one comes up?

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The Master Of My Domain – Finally… — The Digital Edge Blog — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:09:52 +0000

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