Tech Industry – Technology Poet

Google is freaking me out

December 30, 2015August 25, 2014 by Technology Poet

Last week Google acquired Skybox, a satellite imaging company. This is hot on the heels of acquiring Titan Aerospace – a drone company, Boston Dynamics – a robot company that had military contracts at the time of acquisition, and Deepmind – an artificial intelligence company with technology so powerful they forced Google to setup an ethics board …

Tesla wraps shrewdness in altruism

December 30, 2015June 16, 2014 by Technology Poet

I have a little more cynical take on Tesla’s announcement. I think it’s a play to get other auto makers reliant on Tesla’s infrastructure as a way to:
1. Give them scale to build charging stations and batteries
2. Make electric cars more compatible so they can grow the pie of electric cars vs gas cars (rising tide lifts all boats)

The car business is a scrappy zero sum fight. Tesla is in the gas station business. Or the electric car equivalent: batteries and charging stations

A shrewd move, not an altruistic one.

Apple Has Turned Evil

December 30, 2015June 30, 2012 by Technology Poet

You need only scroll through news of the last few weeks for evidence that Apple has turned evil. The once-doomed computer maker that cowered in Microsoft’s shadow has spent the last two years seeking to squash smaller rivals with a flurry of patent lawsuits. Apple, please see reason – it’s not necessary to sully your good name by unleashing an army of lawyers. Your products are a more powerful assault on competitors than your legal wrath could ever be.

6 Things I know to be true (Enterprise edition)

February 28, 2016May 2, 2012 by Technology Poet

Six things I know to be true about enterprise software development

Shamelessly adapting Google’s “Ten things we know to be true” into six axioms for the Internet age enterprise software company. If you ignore these, you’re unlikely to stay relevant for long…

Windows Glass – Microsoft’s Problem Isn’t Innovation

February 28, 2016April 7, 2012 by Technology Poet

Windows is Microsoft's Innovation Problem

This last week Google announced a really exciting look into the future called Project Glass. Naturally, Google debuted it with a YouTube video that enticed you with the possibilities, but they did more than that. This wasn’t some futuristic video meant to inspire people to build interesting products, this wasn’t just a prototype one researcher …

Okay Apple – You Win!

December 30, 2015March 18, 2012 by Technology Poet

I’ve tried really hard to not make every device in my home yours, but I can’t stand it any longer. I’m tired of putting up with second rate solutions that half integrate. Samsung is light years ahead of the rest of the non-Apple hardware manufacturers, and still they fall short. First to the PC. All …

Ignoring the Introvert – Why even tech companies get it wrong

February 28, 2016March 1, 2012 by Technology Poet

There is a certain meeting that is a staple at many tech companies – the user experience design review. It typically involves a designer or product manager presenting the design for a feature while managers, engineers and anyone with a suitable weapon proceed to beat the unfortunate presenter for an hour. The other day I …

The Tech Release I’m Most Looking Forward to in 2012

February 28, 2016December 31, 2011 by Technology Poet

The tech release I'm most looking forward to this year

In a few short hours 2011 will be behind us, and a new year dawns. While the Mayan calendar portends next year as our last I’m still quite hopeful that we’ll see a slew of amazing software, hardware and services released. For sure 2011 was a busy year in technology. New smartphones were announced almost …

GoDaddy Supports SOPA–Learn How to Transfer Your Domain and Save the Internet

December 30, 2015December 22, 2011 by Technology Poet

It was with some shock that I awoke today to discover the one of the most used domain registrars supports SOPA. For those of you who aren’t aware, SOPA is a piece of legislation currently under consideration by the US congress that would effectively destroy innovation on the Internet. Google, Facebook, Mozilla, Yahoo!, Twitter, LinkedIn, …

Copyright holders gone wild

December 30, 2015December 14, 2011 by Technology Poet

Copyright holders have gone crazy, forcing a legitimate music video advertising a file upload service to be taken down from Youtube, and then doing the same to a tech news story that reported on it. The actual song is available here still – Megaupload song The news isn’t just that so many super star musicians …