Moving...

Well I am not really moving, but this blog is!

It is hard to believe but this Blog has been going since August of 2004. Six amazing years. I have come to a place now in my life that I need to better define and move forward my own personal brand and have taken steps to do that. This will probably be the last post on this blog. I say probably, because you never know where the future may lead you.

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Apple will be #1 for a while...

From a very interesting interview here from Peter Vesterbacka, Maker of Angry Birds:

“Apple will be the number one platform for a long time from a developer perspective, they have gotten so many things right. And they know what they are doing and they call the shots. Android is growing, but it’s also growing complexity at the same time. Device fragmentation not the issue, but rather the fragmentation of the ecosystem. So many different shops, so many different models. The carriers messing with the experience again. Open but not really open, a very Google centric ecosystem. And paid content just doesn’t work on Android.

So Angry Birds has to be ad supported on Android because you can't charge with Android. Ah the great race to the bottom. The one caveat is that they estimate to make close to a million dollars a month on the ad supported model.

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Roku Sales Double When Apple TV is Released

In an interview with the Business Insider Roku CEO:

Instead of taking a big hit, Roku sales actually doubled when the new Apple TV came out, Roku CEO Anthony Wood tells us, because Apple helped bring a lot of new attention and awareness to the category. And Google TV is not proving itself to be a worthy competitor yet.

Proof that as we continue to migrate away from traditional forms of consumption forward thinking business like Roku are in a great place for the future. 

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This is really fun

Teaching tools for social media is very enjoyable.

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Shot of the class tonight

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I think this is the future of browsers.

RockMelt! I can't wait for my invite!

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Twitter users spend more time meeting in person

Here is a recent study that shows that frequent users of social networks are spending more time not less meeting people.

 

I think this goes to how we are introducing and interacting with people through social networks and then forming deeper connections. I know personally this is the case for me. What do you think?

Read more here

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Apple live streams their event again!

Apple has announced they will be live streaming their event today! Take a look by pointing your apple device here.

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