What if Microsoft pulled a page out their early playbook and created software for the most popular platforms, be it desktop, tablets or mobile? What if Microsoft was less concerned about owning the entire mobile ecosystem and instead was a player on all platforms? I can’t imagine owning an Android tablet or phone. But because [...]
Your Father’s Search Engine
June 5, 2009 by 6 Comments
Bing vs. Google. The comparisons are inevitable. As Google continues to speed away from Microsoft Live Search in terms of market share (and profits), Ballmer’s crew had to do something drastic. And Bing is their Hail Mary. Which brings us how it stacks up against Google. Some say it’s better than Live Search. Some say [...]
Online Advertising
July 2, 2008 by 3 Comments
It’s impossible to pickup a business magazine or major newspaper without finding an article detailing how online advertising is going to change the technology landscape. Many of these same article have declared Google the hands-down winner in this mystical realm. The people who write these article must not use the internet like I do because [...]
Take It To The Web
May 25, 2008 by Leave a Comment
I spent a couple of hours rebuilding my home PC yesterday which isn’t all that different from what I’ve done over the years. Except that it only took a few hours instead of an entire day (or night on a few occasions). In fact, installing Windows Vista Business only took about 30 minutes. That was [...]
Why I Left Microsoft Outlook for GMail
April 27, 2008 by 2 Comments
I’ve used Microsoft Outlook for just over 10 years. It’s been one of my favorite Microsoft products over the years. Before that I used a combination of Pegasus Mail and PINE. I liked Pegasus so much that I may not have switched to Outlook had I not gone to work for Microsoft in the mid [...]
The Year of Web Services
March 30, 2008 by 2 Comments
Could this finally be the year that Amazon see some competition in the web services market? I got thinking about this while reading this excellent post from Dave Winer this afternoon. Dave believes that it makes sense for Google to release their offering as a free service and makes a good argument for doing so. [...]
My Four Favorite Google Search Tips
March 25, 2008 by 2 Comments
Here are four Google tips I use all the time. All these should be run from the primary Google search engine. I ran across a few of these a while back at Expert Village. If you run Firefox (you should be!) these can be huge time savers since all can be run from the Google [...]
Michael Arrington on Charlie Rose
March 7, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Michael Arrington, the founder of TechCrunch expounds on Microsoft, Yahoo, Google and Facebook to Charlie Rose. Something I’ve been telling people for a while now he puts into words better than I could. To paraphrase: “The markets where Google makes it money are growing whereas the markets where Microsoft makes it’s money are shrinking”. He [...]
