“Finding your voice”

I just got off the phone with the CEO of a $10 million software company. He said, "We're trying really hard to put our personalities 'out there' more, write more, blog more. It's kind of a struggle, we're not really used to being big-ego front men. But we're pressing harder to do more of that." He seemed to be pushing this in an unnatural direction. Like: Yes, you should stretch yourself into new areas. But I didn't think that was the key to doing what he wants to do. I said, "What you are r

In Apple’s Defense

Y esterday, I helped proofread my friend Jason’s essay, The Case Against Apple—In Five Parts , which is currently top of Techmeme . It’s an interesting take on the state of Apple that you should all read and that I sincerely hope that someone at Apple reads and listens to. However, since the essay went live, I’ve been thinking about how Apple would reply to this case, were it actually a trial, or were Apple and Steve Jobs the type of company and CEO that ever listened and responded to users

The Case Against Apple–in Five Parts

Note: You’re welcome to republish this piece provided you include the following note at the top: “Reprinted with permission from Jason Calacanis (www.calacanis.com), CEO of Mahalo.com and co-founder of the TechCrunch50.com conference taking place on September 14-15th in San Francisco.” With three links to calacanis.com, mahalo.com and techcrunch50.com if you would be so kind. Looking forward to an open discussion of these issues. About six years and $20,000 ago, I made the switch to Apple

From Walkman to Moonwalk: Mobile Music Creates Jukebox in the Sky

From Walkman to Moonwalk: Mobile Music Creates Jukebox in the SkyIn: Advertising| Apple| Featured Article| Showcase| mobile 16Jul2009 Insider ProfilesEditor’s note: This will be an occasional series where DMB talks with leaders in the digital media technology industry and gets their perspective on the future of digital media.By Mary AwosikaDaren Tsui is CEO and founder of mobile media company, MSpot, which launched an interactive streaming music service for Java-enabled mo

Sony Walkman named top music invention of last 50yrs

The Walkman used to be the perfect companion for whole generation of music lovers, and now the clunky portable cassette player by Sony has been named the best musical invention of the last 50 years, by a leading magazine. Sony’s music player has even beaten the Dolby sound, compact discs, and the ubiquitous iPod to top [...] Related posts: ‘Hand-me-up’ MP3 players spawn new generation of older digital music fans Palm Pre smartphone named the hottest gadgets on Earth Sony CEO resigns du

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