Link | Netbooks » Wired

The March Wired article on netbooks is very interesting, too. I've always been a fan of having a small laptop. I was a portege guy for a long time. I've been wondering about the usefulness of these small unix laptops for a few years. A couple summers ago I loaded xUbuntu on a 1999 vintage...

Link | Wired March Cover

Just got my march copy of wired yesterday. I love the cover "The Secret Formula That Destroyed Wall Street". Now I've got to read it.

Link | iPhone App Store Secrets » Fred Wilson

Fred points to a cool presentation on iPhone Apps from Pinch Media. Looks like apps that "stick" are very rare. slide 15 - Long term audiences are ~ 1% of total downloads slide 15 - paid applications retain users longer than free apps, although drop is is still pretty steep. ( slide 13- Users returning...

Link | An Unfair Crisis » Niall Ferguson : reportonbusiness.com

Bullets from Niall Ferguson interview in Globe & Mail. "It's almost paradoxical that an American crisis ... reinforces the status of the United States as a safe haven.” "It's tempting to conclude from that ... that Canada will be less hard hit in the crisis than the United States. But that is unfortunately wrong. Because...

Link | Seth’s Blog « Three things you need if you want more customers

Note to self. Don't forget ❗ to re-read Seth's Blog: Three things you need if you want more customers often ❗ Very simple points that are extremely hard to do in practice. With a few examples of those who dared to skip one 😦 In a nutshell: A market you can identify & reach (ie...