Daily Archives: August 7, 2008

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Watch where you ‘P’ — OpenSorce Branding – Part 2

I have already commented on the power of snappy acronyms to aid in marketing an idea.  But like anything, be careful what you start because if OpenSource has taught us anything, having the freedom to go wherever the wind takes you may leave you explaining to everyone on how the boat ended up at SKULL Island.  I am not saying that you are going to be left to struggle with an 80 foot gorilla who goes by the name of Kong but let’s just say that after you fight through the ensuing confusion you might feel like you have.  What […]

Apple iPhone. . . why it’s so much bigger then actual size.

The iPhone represents a paradigm shift in computing.  It’s presence in the market represents the first time consumers have access to technology that up to now has only been baking in the lab:  multi-touch.  Check out Jeff Han’s company: Perceptive Pixel  Jeff is a hardware systems researcher at NYU that is exploring the possibilities with multi-touch in a very big way.  His global visibility came when his TED talk, given back in 2006 showing him play with a large flat panel system was posted.  I watch Jeff’s presentation on TED as well as the demo video on his website and realize […]