At LinuxFestNW this weekend I ran into a company, Zareason, that sells computers with Ubuntu pre-installed. Not just desktops but laptops that have camera’s, wi-fi, and support for power management of modern laptops.
Zareason started out refurbishing computers in Berkley, CA and soon realized there was a demand for new Linux laptops and PCs. That’s when [...]

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Aaron Wall at SEOBook has a good video on why SEO is a social Activity. Nice overview pointing out that the days of gaming Google is over and that SEO requires a good deal of human interaction and understanding to be effective. I like his example of sending some dirt to ValleyWag which got him [...]

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Bill Gates steps down as the Chairman of Microsoft on July 1st to transition to full time philanthropic efforts with the Gates Foundation. However, I wonder how effective Bill will be other than writing checks. You see Bill’s never played well with others.

Microsoft v. United States

Microsoft v. AOL (Netscape)
Microsoft v. Apple
Microsoft v. Sun

At a speech [...]

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When you live in Raleigh, NC you realize any trip to the west coast isn’t direct. What’s really bad is when you I to a small city on the west coast  I have a double layover trip. This time to beautiful Bellingham, WA. Today I will be enjoying the fine amenities of the Atlanta and [...]

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This month’s Fast Company cover story is Ning’s Infinite Ambition. Ning is a social networking company founded by Marc Andreessen. The article discusses the concept of viral loops (The image on the right is a graphical representation of a compound viral loop).
Viral loops have emerged as perhaps the most significant business accelerant to hit Silicon [...]

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