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The Three Most Important Startups of 2014

Tuesday, 06 January 2015 by
Blah blah, great intro about how cool 2014 was for innovation.  Let’s get to why you’re here: Slack’s team communication in one place, everywhere. Admit it, workplace collaboration, messaging, intranet, project management, etc. sucks.  They all do.  I haven’t been satisfied with internal communication since I worked at Yahoo, more than a dozen years ago when
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Austin Captivates Film, Music & Gaming

Wednesday, 11 September 2013 by
Sunday, October 6, the future of the digital entertainment industry realizes it’s home in Austin with the premier of Captivate at Austin’s Palmer Events Center. In an era where voiceover contracts, micro-transactions, crowdfunding, augmented reality, and 3D printing converge are defining the future of entertainment, Captivate takes a unique look at the convergence of film,
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As Goes the Web, So Goes, well… Everything

Wednesday, 01 May 2013 by
There is a great school of thought, an interesting debate really, loosely related to the idea that we just started talking about here within the concept of architecture and it’s role in business. That is, that as technology becomes more pervasive in everything we do, so too is that the case in business. CFOs, CMOs,
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The Backr, the Baker, and the Candlestick Maker

Thursday, 28 October 2010 by
I had the distinct pleasure of spending some time with appbackr last week, one of the few startups in the app development space doing anything interesting and truly beneficial. A purely narcissistic meeting, and a chance for a beer from a friend, I’ve been desperately seeking services that make it easy to develop on mobile
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Apple’s best ad campaign yet?

Friday, 15 October 2010 by
If this doesn’t make you want to run out an buy an iPhone, it will certainly make you want to pick up the Atomic Tom single “Take Me Out.” This music video was filmed, unannounced (though hardly spontaneously), last week Friday aboard a New York City train over the Manhattan Bridge. To be clear, this
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What App to Rule them All?

Tuesday, 04 August 2009 by
Its not that often that I go completely off topic but with the flurry of excitement over Microsoft, Google, and Apple, of late, I’ve had my mind on that miracle PDA which is destined to transform mobile computing. I am a Mac convert, courtesy of the iPhone. As one who has long panned the promise
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